{"id":14877,"date":"2014-07-10T05:53:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T10:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=14877"},"modified":"2014-07-15T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T21:51:50","slug":"finding-your-purpose-using-the-wisp-method-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/finding-your-purpose-using-the-wisp-method-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Your Purpose: Using the WISP method (part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here we are at PART II.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you didn&#8217;t read the first post in the series,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s the important first step.<\/h3>\n<p>You don&#8217;t want the ISP method. That would be weird. :)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Read about the &#8220;W&#8221; by\u00a0clicking\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Finding your PURPOSE: 4 Surprising Ways\" href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2014\/07\/08\/finding-your-purpose-4-surprising-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14882\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/journal-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"journal\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/journal-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/journal-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/journal-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/journal-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/journal.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve studied transformation and purpose I&#8217;ve noticed there seems to be something slippery about it. Sometimes we can feel derailed or question our purpose. It&#8217;s rather ordinary, in fact.<\/p>\n<p><em>The famous people in the Bible went though times of doubt and I&#8217;m glad those ancient accounts are included because it helps to know that the human condition is rife with slumps, bumps, murky waters, aimless wilderness periods, and questions about what we should be doing on this &#8220;Big Blue Marble&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We tend to see these periods of purposelessness or doubt as problems instead of as part of the journey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The WISP technique is something I came up with to keep me on track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I find that keeping a notebook of the process makes it much simpler.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Did you do your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2014\/07\/08\/finding-your-purpose-4-surprising-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\">homework<\/a><\/span>?<br \/>\nMake sure you do it before you encounter\u00a0the next step, okay?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">STEP\u00a02<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;I&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Inquiry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>General inquiry is not what the &#8220;I&#8221; in WISP is about.<\/p>\n<p>This step of the process helps to loosen our firm grip on seeing and directing our lives as usual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This type of inquiry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>is one of faith<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>leaves\u00a0some open-end questions up in the air, for now<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>digs down deeper into underlying blocks and fears<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>taps into a greater understanding of human purpose and how to get there<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For this step, you get your handy-dandy notebook out and start by making<strong> a list of all the questions<\/strong> you have on your mind right now. What&#8217;s bothering you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Write. It. Down.<\/p>\n<p>There may be many questions. Just get started. Write as much as you can for about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>As you write them out you will find that categories or patterns emerge. If you don&#8217;t, let the questions sit and add more in a day or so. Then, look again.\u00a0If you still don&#8217;t see patterns, ask for help from someone you trust.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Examples of possible inquiry\/question\u00a0patterns:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What can I do that I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">love<\/span> that will provide enough money right now?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><em>What have I enjoyed doing the most and what happened during those times?<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What will it take to get\u00a0prepared\u00a0for the next leg and how will I pay for it?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What caused my last failure and how could I have prepared better?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What is bothering me about Mr [So &amp; so]&#8217;s success?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you see the pattern that started to emerge here?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Money.<br \/>\nFear of failure and<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <a title=\"desire \/ jealousy\" href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2009\/03\/19\/jealousydesire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">jealousy<\/span><\/a><\/span> are cropping up too. All good to see.<\/p>\n<h3>When we put down our\u00a0burning questions our fears will be revealed.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our fears cloud the way to finding our purpose, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The remarkable thing is that our <strong>fears<\/strong> themselves are not\u00a0the obstacles but the <strong>vehicles<\/strong> that lead to finding and fulfilling our purpose.&#8221; -LD<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Example:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Josie finds it hard to find her purpose. She&#8217;s been unhappy at her job and wants to make a bigger difference in the world.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Through inquiry she locates the root of her fears, and realizes that her <strong>compassion<\/strong> for the intellectually disabled is because of her own story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>She always felt stupid in school. A learning disability made it hard for her to read in first grade. Eventually, she did well in school, but the fear of not being smart enough still distracts\u00a0her and clouds the pursuits of her greater purpose.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Josie&#8217;s purpose lies in working closely with this population.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Upon realizing this, Josie sets out with new verve to get experience and the additional skills needed to find other more meaningful work and accomplish her greater purpose. She creates goals to get there.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Goals are measurable. Wishes are not.<\/p>\n<h3>During a period of inquiry we may inquire of God and others we trust, too, but we have to do our hard work ourselves, and not cop out.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>If we ask questions of them, we have to be prepared to both listen without judgment and superimposing\u00a0our wishes and agenda (for the time being), but <strong>also<\/strong> we need remove the weeds from\u00a0all that we are hearing get to the best and most useful parts\u00a0for the next step. No ACTION is required, just honest inquiry, awareness, and digging around.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this stage, answering all the questions isn&#8217;t as important as having the guts to ask them honestly.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The next step is &#8220;S&#8221;.<\/h3>\n<p>(scroll down)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes just doing the first two steps will create a breakthrough. You may have found your\u00a0purpose already. If that happened, I encourage you to see the whole method\u00a0through regardless. If you find yourself closer to understanding your purpose right now, that&#8217;s great, but you&#8217;ll be surprised by the next two Steps, and you shouldn&#8217;t miss out on them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">HOMEWORK:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Make your inquiry list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">You don&#8217;t have to answers the questions yet, just put them out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Let them percolate for a few days and then return to them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Note what patterns emerge. Add new questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See what new perspective you come up with.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Click for the next post\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p1g2iA-3S6\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a [this step] we may inquire of God and others we trust, too, but we have to do our hard work ourselves, and not cop out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5335,5626,76],"tags":[205,5838,4378,5325,6,736,774,985,987,4377,1026,4697,4467,6247,1184,1202,24,5690,1472,1503,1561,1582,1602,1616,5578,5314,5467,4716,1763,1858,1891,4081,4857,1980,1981,5533,6132,2077,5901,2223,2248,2367,2385,2508,2521,2527,2536,5651,2704,4770,2741,5840,2747,4079,4859,3444,3481,3546,3639,6032,3710,3711,3726,89,5577],"class_list":["post-14877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-spark-my-muse","category-spirituality","tag-ancient","tag-answers","tag-be","tag-best","tag-bible","tag-clouds","tag-compassion","tag-disability","tag-disabled","tag-do","tag-doubt","tag-down","tag-encourage","tag-enough","tag-experience","tag-failure","tag-fear","tag-goals","tag-god","tag-good","tag-guts","tag-hard-work","tag-hearing","tag-help","tag-honest","tag-how-to","tag-human-condition","tag-if","tag-in","tag-job","tag-judgment","tag-just","tag-lead","tag-learning","tag-learning-disability","tag-lies","tag-listen","tag-love","tag-method","tag-mind","tag-money","tag-not","tag-obstacles","tag-patterns","tag-people","tag-percolate","tag-perspective","tag-post","tag-problems","tag-process","tag-purpose","tag-question","tag-questions","tag-right","tag-start","tag-time","tag-transformation","tag-understanding","tag-wants","tag-weeds","tag-wilderness","tag-will","tag-wishes","tag-work","tag-write"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14877"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14908,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877\/revisions\/14908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}