1. A Sense of Belonging
Knowing your purpose brings a sense of intimacy with life. Knowing your purpose means finding your unique place within the meshwork of life. Only when we recognize who we are at a soul level, can we truly inhabit our place, our niche, and our deepest calling. Eg. as the artisan who feels his workshop is his sacred chamber, or the teacher who feels the classroom to be her natural habitat.
2. A Shape to Your Life
Purpose is like a container that you pour your life into. Pour a cake mix into a Bundt pan, and you'll get a Bundt-shaped cake. Pour your life into your purpose, and you get a purpose-shaped life. Pour a cake mix into a pan with no depth, and you get a formless mess. Pour your life into no particular thing, and you get an underdeveloped life. Purpose brings definition, depth, structure, shape, form, and a blueprint to your existence.
3. Becoming a Force of Nature
The playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote, "This is the true joy in life...being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances." It's not just the shape of your life that is of benefit to others, it's also the dimensions/scope of your life. When we allow our soul’s truest nature to live itself out through us, life takes on a dimension of flow, sacred power and ease as the hand of grace supports our path’s unfoldment.