My girlfriend stopped by today and told me an interesting story….

The day before yesterday she was sitting at her desk and feeling very unfulfilled; like there was something more.  So she said a prayer to God, the Universe, the Angels, loved ones who had passed on…and any one out there who was listening to her…her prayer was simply asking that her life purpose be revealed to her because she was feeling so unfulfilled.

The very next day she was terminated from her job….her 6-figure job!!!  Apparently, the company she worked for had an investor looking at them and consequently decided they needed to get rid of a few people and she was one of them.

I told my friend that instead of going job searching she needed to go soul searching.  To really go inside and see what the next step is.

In the middle of the night after she was terminated, a business name came to her “Triage” and she is starting her own consulting firm doing what she absolutely loves, is passionate about and feels she can make a difference in people’s lives — which for her  is being the connector between companies and technology.

My girlfriend has been on a spiritual path this year…working with lots of holistic practitioners and I’ve seen her really connecting with her spirit and her essence.

There’s a saying “Getting fired is nature’s way of  telling you that you were in the wrong job.”  My friend is very excited about the new possibilities that exist for her.  The unknown scares most people, but it can be an incredible place of power if you just trust that you are being guided and taken care of.  When you have that deep trust then you learn to take one step at a time towards your dream.  And sometimes the next step doesn’t reveal itself until it’s the right time for you to take it.  It’s a complete act of faith.

• Are you fulfilled in your career?
• Do you feel like there is something more?

The answers are inside of you and the way to access them is through stillness and silence.  You “know”.  You “know” what you really want to do.

Martha Beck, contributor to Oprah’s magazine, and author, wrote an article this month on 20 questions you should ask yourself and one of them from the article is:

“Is this what I want to be doing?
This very moment is, always, the only moment in which you can make changes. Knowing which changes are best for you comes, always, from assessing what you feel. Ask yourself many times every day if you like what you’re doing. If the answer is no, start noticing what you’d prefer. Thus begins the revolution.”

We have to stop looking for external validation and instead go inward and look to our hearts and our spirits that know the answers.

When the student is ready…the teacher appears.  Start noticing who and what is appearing in your life.  Why are you reading this article?  What are you searching for?