Life Purpose. What’s mine? What is yours? It’s the question that we all face at some point in our lives, if not daily. What is the purpose of anything, and does everything have a purpose?

I remember thinking that some life purposes were better than others. It’s easy to judge a life purpose when you look at people like Gandhi and compare them to someone playing sports, like Michael Jordan. Doesn’t Gandhi’s purpose seem better? What about the life purpose of the gas station attendant versus that of the brain surgeon? We judge the hell out of life purposes and put “respectable” people on a pedestal.

But what if what you DO has nothing to do with your purpose? Remember that old adage, “It’s not what you do, but how you do it.” I believe that to be true in every single miniscule instance. In my opinion, it doesn’t matter how much you make, where you work or how many letters are behind your name…those things provide no purpose. A physician could have 14 initials and dots and still have a heart of stone, or be doing the job for all the wrong reasons.

When I was a kid, I used to LOVE to be in front of people and have the tape machine rolling. I wanted to be an anchor, then a meteorologist, and then a talk show host. As I matured, I explored healing, health and spirituality – only to come to my own awakening that I could put all of my instinctual desires together and make it work. Does that give it purpose? It’s great to share information, entertain people and try to add a bit of positive energy to the world, but I will admit that on any given day (when my mood is bad and I’m stressed out… that given day!) I ask myself, “What am I doing? I don’t feel enthused about this. I’m not doing a bit of good for anyone here.” I guess that’s natural, but it’s scary.

Here’s how I know I’m following my own life purpose…I “ZING” inside. I feel right. Peaceful. Happy. Calm. Then, and only then, do I know that my heart is in the right place and that I am making a difference. It’s an inner knowing that makes me wish that I could stay in that moment forever. The best feeling in the world is to do something that enriches someone’s life – and to do that with loving intention. When that happens, it doesn’t matter if you are at the gas station, on television, giving a manicure or the Executive at Deepak Chopra’s wellness center. Live on purpose, and your purpose will become alive!