#326: Feeling Drained? Tap into This Powerful Resource When Inspiration & Motivation Run Dry

Kevin Lowe: What's it even worth if nothing's going to happen? If nothing's going to work out?

Kevin Lowe: And you might just find yourself in a place where the normal tools you turn to, like motivation, inspiration, pulling on a little grit, trying to find some grace, they're just not working anymore.

Kevin Lowe: None of it's cutting it and you're a little bit tired of it.

Kevin Lowe: And you really would love a breakthrough.

Kevin Lowe: Well, my friend, today is that breakthrough. through.

Kevin Lowe: Today is a topic I'm excited to dive into because I'm hoping that it can have an impact on your life right now, right here.

Kevin Lowe: And with that, my friend, I welcome you. It's episode 326.

<v Speaker1>Yo, are you ready to flip the script on life? Because those bad days, <v Speaker1>they're just doors to better days.

<v Speaker1>And that's exactly what we do here at Grit, Grace, and Inspiration.

<v Speaker1>Your host, Kevin Lowe, he's been flipping the script on his own life, <v Speaker1>turning over 20 years of being completely blind into straight up inspiration, <v Speaker1>motivation, and encouragement just for you.

<v Speaker1>So, kick back, relax, and let me introduce you to your host, Kevin Lowe.

Kevin Lowe: Today, my friend, we are diving into the one thing that you can turn to, that you can count on when nothing else is working.

Kevin Lowe: When everything else is falling apart, you turn to your purpose, your reason why.

Kevin Lowe: Because when we talk about inspiration, motivation, even grit and grace, none of it is possible, or should I say, none of it really means anything if you don't have a purpose behind it.

Kevin Lowe: Think of your purpose as kind of the foundation. If you don't have a foundation, then you certainly can't start piling on the bricks to build the house.

Kevin Lowe: No, you have to have a solid foundation.

Kevin Lowe: For today, we're talking about purpose. And more specifically, in today's episode, my aim is to have you connecting deeper with your purpose.

Kevin Lowe: And most of all, I want you to understand how it can give you the strength to keep moving forward, even when the path ahead seems impossible.

Kevin Lowe: This, my friend, is what I hope is going to be a game changer.

Kevin Lowe: So I guess we might as well get started on the right page, right?

Kevin Lowe: What is purpose? What does purpose mean to you? What does purpose mean to me?

Kevin Lowe: Purpose? It's not just a buzzword or a vague concept.

Kevin Lowe: Purpose is the reason behind everything that you do, whether you even realize it or not.

Kevin Lowe: It is the answer to the age-old question of why am I doing this?

Kevin Lowe: Why does this matter? Why do I care?

Kevin Lowe: It all comes back to your purpose.

Kevin Lowe: Purpose is the force that keeps you driving forward, even when you don't have the energy to move another step.

Kevin Lowe: When you feel like you've done everything you can and you feel like giving up, well, your purpose is going to be the one thing that keeps you moving forward.

Kevin Lowe: Because your purpose is something that's stronger than anything.

Kevin Lowe: Your purpose can't be broken. Your purpose is inside of you. It's a part of you.

Kevin Lowe: And so if you can tap into your purpose, well, you become unstoppable.

Kevin Lowe: To really give this a meaning, your purpose, it transforms struggle into growth, setbacks into lessons.

Kevin Lowe: Challenges, of course, become opportunities.

Kevin Lowe: And when you are connected with your purpose, all of this is possible.

Kevin Lowe: It's not just pie in the sky kind of stuff we're talking about.

Kevin Lowe: No, it's reality. It's your life. Life.

Kevin Lowe: You ever feel like sometimes life, you're just living it and you're going through the motions. There's no intention for what you do.

Kevin Lowe: You're just doing what you have to do. Well, when we focus on our own purpose, things in life have meaning. They have significance.

Kevin Lowe: When you wake up in the morning, you have a purpose ahead of you.

Kevin Lowe: You have a goal to achieve.

Kevin Lowe: You have something that's kind of guiding your way. Think of it like your own personal lighthouse, guiding you through the storm, guiding you through the chaos of life.

Kevin Lowe: It's your purpose. It's keeping you on track when everything else keeps trying to derail you.

Kevin Lowe: And like I said earlier, the important part is that when you don't have the inspiration, you're lacking some motivation, you don't feel like tapping into any grit, and you darn sure don't feel like you got any grace happening in your life.

Kevin Lowe: Purpose, my friend, is what is left. with all of those like inspiration and motivation and grit and grace feel like they ran dry purpose my friend it's the well that you can always count on that whenever you need a little bit of water you know you can go to the purpose well and you can bring back whatever you need bring back that drive bring back that extra drink of water to get you excited about life again because remember.

Kevin Lowe: Yeah, it's awesome to be inspired. It's great to be motivated.

Kevin Lowe: But if you don't have a purpose or a reason why behind what you're doing, well, you're going to fall flat.

Kevin Lowe: You're going to reach a point when you're going to think to yourself, why am I doing this?

Kevin Lowe: And if you don't have an answer for that, then that means you haven't found your purpose yet.

Kevin Lowe: Now, if you're listening to this, maybe you're in the midst of it right now.

Kevin Lowe: Maybe you're in the midst of the struggle. You're in the midst of the hard times and maybe you just feel stuck and yet you want to move forward, but you don't know what to do.

Kevin Lowe: You don't know what else to try or who to turn to for help because everything in life just seems to be against you.

Kevin Lowe: It's like everything you do is the wrong choice.

Kevin Lowe: I know exactly how that feels. I think all of us do because we've all been there at some point in our lives and oftentimes many times. I kind of feel like it's unfortunately a part of life.

Kevin Lowe: But if we can figure out a little trick, a little tip to help us get through it, well, I believe it makes it a little bit easier.

Kevin Lowe: And that little tip, that little trick, it's reconnecting with your purpose.

Kevin Lowe: Now, that's easier said than done because if you're in the thick of it and you're not in the best headspace, well, just identifying your purpose and focusing on that.

Kevin Lowe: That it's not so easy i get it because the truth is is that if you really think about it sometimes your purpose it's not easy to find it's buried under layers and layers of expectations of hopes of dreams of responsibilities.

Kevin Lowe: But the fact is true is that if you begin to peel back the layers, you'll finally find it right there at the center of it all.

Kevin Lowe: It's your purpose. It's your reason why.

Kevin Lowe: If you want a question or a couple of questions to get you started, I want you to really ask yourself, why did I begin this journey in the first place?

Kevin Lowe: Why am I here? Why am I doing what I'm doing? Another powerful question, what am I truly fighting for? What is it that matters to me that's worth fighting, that's worth putting myself through all of this struggle and trauma in life?

Kevin Lowe: And of course, number three is what would it mean to me to accomplish it?

Kevin Lowe: What would it feel like if I do succeed, if I do make it through this and I come out the other side a better version of me?

Kevin Lowe: Is that worth it? Is that feeling worth it? I hope so. I believe it is.

Kevin Lowe: And if you're willing to put in the work to identify the purpose for it all, my friend, you can accomplish the impossible.

Kevin Lowe: Now, important note when we're talking about your purpose, your purpose doesn't have to be grand. It doesn't have to be world changing.

Kevin Lowe: You don't have to be on a mission to have this purpose to end world hunger or to bring electricity Electricity to every part of the world.

Kevin Lowe: If that is your purpose, your mission, your reason why, well, then awesome, and you rock.

Kevin Lowe: But maybe it's something just way more simple.

Kevin Lowe: Maybe it's something more personable. And I think that is really often the case.

Kevin Lowe: It is our own purpose. It doesn't have to be grand.

Kevin Lowe: You don't even have to tell anybody about it. Only you need to know it.

Kevin Lowe: And when you find that purpose, I promise that it will give you the strength to keep going no matter what.

Kevin Lowe: Your purpose, it makes sense out of the senseless.

Kevin Lowe: The stuff that's happened in your life that honestly doesn't make any sense, that you wish didn't happen.

Kevin Lowe: When you identify your purpose, it kind of helps to put all the pieces together.

Kevin Lowe: My purpose, well, it was me.

Kevin Lowe: Me, understanding that what I went through, now almost 21 years ago, waking to be left completely blind, through all that heartache, through all those horrible nights, through all the unanswered prayers, I've come to understand my purpose, and that is to use what I went through to be a benefit to others, that maybe if I can use the heartaches that I've endured door to be here on this podcast, to be on stage speaking, to be one-on-one with a friend.

Kevin Lowe: If I can pick somebody up, if I can give them a little bit of inspiration to keep going just one more day, then for myself, it's all been worth it.

Kevin Lowe: Today, my friend, we've just scratched the surface on what purpose is.

Kevin Lowe: And on why having your purpose identified matters.

Kevin Lowe: And I say we just scratched the surface because, well, there's coming up more.

Kevin Lowe: We're going to be talking about how to live out that purpose.

Kevin Lowe: Because once you identify it, well, that's just the beginning.

Kevin Lowe: Now you get to do the fun stuff. You get to live out that purpose.

Kevin Lowe: And honestly, when you're living out your purpose, well, my friend, that's when you're living out the life of your dreams.

Kevin Lowe: It might not look like what you thought your dream life would look like, but you'll know it when you feel it.

Kevin Lowe: And you'll know it when you're there. So, my friend, whether it's our next episode or three episodes from now, when we go into part two of today's topic, I'm glad you're here. I appreciate you being here.

Kevin Lowe: And I just want you to know that I think you're amazing. I think you're awesome.

Kevin Lowe: And I want you to go out there and enjoy the day.

Kevin Lowe: I want you to make the most of this day because it's a beautiful day.

Kevin Lowe: So why not enjoy it? Until next time, I'm your host, Kevin Lowe, and this was another episode of Grit, Grace, and Inspiration.

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