What Is Your Ikigai?

​What's your reason for waking up in the morning? 

Your reason for getting up in the morning!

Ikigai 生きる理由 is a Japanese concept meaning "your sense of purpose." This is what you live for, the passion and the purpose of your life. Have you found your "Ikigai" yet?

Channeling your ikigai is about self-love, connection, joy, and doing things that feed your soul. It can be as small as drinking your morning cup of hot chocolate or coffee, hiking in nature, your job, volunteer work, your family, or catching up with friends. Your ikigai journey is your lifelong pursuit of happiness, humility, and good health.

It is the joy found in living. It is what you are trying to achieve from this life that you were given.

It's not because we lack time to make progress.
We are just out of focus and we forget our dreams.

One of the valuable lessons I have learned in life is that bad situations may seem bad at that moment but in hindsight they were crucial for positive changes imposed on me that I would not have accepted had the times been good and comfortable. Somebody says it beautifully: "Not all the storms come to disrupt your life, many of them come to clear your path."

We have plenty of hours available every day if we just imagine. If you have time to play games or watch movies, you definitely have time to make progress to get closer to your dream.

Whenever you feel like quitting,
just remember the reason
​why you started in the first place.

For me, this has always been the best and most effective antidote when I'm running out of motivation to get a million things done. ​

Every day, imagine the outcome and the happiness. Always pray that God would always guide and help you to overcome all hardships and trials.

​Say this: "Prepare my heart and mind for Your surprises and revelations for the remaining months of this year, Lord."