I thought I was going to write about something completely different today… But as I sat down, clicked the diffuser on and powered up the laptop, I realized I hadn’t tore off today’s calendar page. I have a Dr. Wayne Dyer page-a-day calendar on the mess I call a desk. I usually tear the page in the morning, but I didn’t today. I did it just now. And it says: “Purpose is about giving to yourself unconditionally and accepting what comes back with love, even if what comes back is not what you anticipated.”
Yesterday, I spent part of my afternoon covering an extra shift of “bunny chores” at our main foster home. Clean, vacuum, feed, love, repeat. Another volunteer, Nicole, who is beyond generous with her time on a regular basis, joined me for some extra help. We both have typical “day jobs” with the standard Saturday and Sunday off. We both have significant others, significant families and significant relaxing to do. Now, I can’t speak for Nicole, but I felt more alive, more in my truth for those 2 hours yesterday than in most moments I have at “work.” Tending the rabbits is my Purpose. Sometimes I get gentle bunny kisses out of it and of course, I relish in the amazing feeling when we help make a family complete through adoptions, but what I really “get” out of what I do through Rescue isn’t in this dimension. At all. Nicole and I haven’t talked about it, but I can sense that she “gets” it too. She’s an Earth Angel, whether she knows it yet or not.
After those chores wrapped up, I headed over to set up an education visit. A family contacted us about their rabbit, whom they perceived to be “aggressive.” Note: unless you are Romaine lettuce, a rabbit is not aggressive toward you. The family thought they needed to rehome him, but I sensed from their email that they were open to trying to make things work—this wasn’t the typical “We don’t want this thing in our house anymore” dumper email. I offered to have volunteers visit the family, check out their set up and offer some care and handling advice. When I put out the call for help on our end, Lisa and Jo were amongst the ones who offered. Lisa and Jo successfully rehabbed the “aggressive” Captain so I knew they were the right volunteers for this visit. I am ever so grateful that I was able to get this education visit started and leave Lisa and Jo to do their magic. Sometimes, Rescue can feel like a one-woman-show (with NO disrespect to my fellow volunteers! You know there are far more tasks to do than there are volunteers to accomplish them!). From what I hear, the visit went well; the family is relieved and armed with techniques to care for their bunny boy.
If you would have told me that this is what I would do with my free time in my adult life, I would have recommended you seek help for your crazy thoughts. But even just writing about this stuff awakens my heart, uplifts my energies, makes every cell in this 5’4’’ frame shake with power. I feel so blessed to have found my Purpose. I’m proud of myself for being open to it, for taking the opportunities afforded to me, for saying yes whenever I can. Yours is out there, I promise. I didn’t invent mine; I didn’t seek it out. It found me and I let it fill my soul. Hop your path, binky into your truth… on Purpose.
And I just realized, that’s Magnify Your Purpose wafting from the diffuser. Powerfully delicious. Have a fulfilling week, darlings.
