Finding My Passion

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By Ron Dinehart (about the author) Page 1 of 2 page(s)

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I cannot think of anything more important in your lifetime than living your passion and doing what you were put here on planet Earth to do.

I constantly see so much media today, bombarding us with messages on how to dress, how to find the love of your life, what to eat, how to get your body in shape, how to make all the money in world etc"

None of these things mean a darn thing if you are not living your life with purpose. In fact, it is only once you are living your life with your soul's unique purpose that all of the above will come to you effortlessly and appreciatively.

Do you really think that if you had all the money in world right now, you would be happy? ".honestly.

Your soul does not need money: rather, it needs for you to listen to it and carry out it's wishes: to live your life purpose; to live the life you were put here to do. In fact, do you think you stumbled upon this article by accident? There are no accidents.

It is only once you've discovered and begin to live your soul purpose that everything will start to fall in place. I am living proof of this.

Back in college, I remember reading "Death of a Salesman" (by Arthur Miller) and the professor saying, "There is nothing more tragic in life than doing something for a living that you did not like." I smirked and said to myself, "that would never happen to me. How could somebody do something they couldn't stand doing? That's just crazy and cowardly."

But along the way something happened without my really even knowing it. I had always been very smart in math and the sciences when I was in high school. after graduation, I decided to go into engineering. Unconscious of the fact that I was doing this from someone else's expectations, I got both my engineering degree and MBA. And became an engineer. Little did I know that the career path I chose would be a slow, creeping death.

I was not used to the rigors of a 9:00 to 5:00 day, much less the conformance and adherence to a structured corporation and culture. Somehow it just didn't feel 'right' or natural to me. It wasn't long before I started to become very depressed.

I always had a bit of a rebel in me, and the strict conformance and adherence to these rules was killing me. However, the paycheck kept coming in and was supporting my current lifestyle, so I managed to stay the course.

Soon thereafter, I met someone and got married and had a couple of children. Unconsciously, I started to become more and more enslaved to work. Things continued feeling "not right," but I managed to bury these feelings. After all, I had responsibility and a family to take care of.

I continued to work laboriously for 13 years at my 9:00 to 5:00 job (although my days were actually much longer) until I finally couldn't take it anymore.

I crossed the threshold where the pain, numbness and hopelessness was greater than my fear of failing or following my own dreams. It was during a seven hour road trip in my car alone that a voice came to me and told me to start making shirts with "the universe knows" imprinted on them.

The phrase had been in my head for years but I never acted on it. However this time, it was special. I didn't question the voice. I acted quickly without wondering about the consequences and took my first baby step: I incorporated.

In August of 2003, The Universe Knows, Inc. was born. Our website is still in its infant stages but we will continue to nurture it because we totally believe in it.

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