Unity of Purpose

Today’s Word is Unity

"In union there is strength." - Aesop

Unity is defined in the Merriam Webster’s Dictionary as,” the state of being one; oneness, a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one.” Quite often clients, or friends and family tell me that their number one desire is to achieve balance. Balance is really the “feeling” you hope to experience when there is a unity and fluidity between all the working parts of your life. It is the knowledge that there is congruency and integrity between what you say is important and how you spend your time. Balance as defined in the Merriam Webster’s Dictionary is, “equipoise between contrasting, opposing, or interacting elements.” It is also defined as, “mental and emotional steadiness.” It is virtually impossible for you to have equal balance; equal amounts of time and energy directed towards every area of your life in the same way, all the time. Sometimes your demands at work are greater, or you children are smaller and need more attention, or you are dealing with an illness, so recovery and rest is needed. I encourage my clients to think of balance as the mental and emotional consistency that is created by unifying the facets of your life; where you feel that the input, self-care, pleasure and enjoyment and the output, work, home and community responsibilities are in harmony. Balance is a feeling that you are in control of how you are using your time, you are not running on adrenaline and that the people and activities that you value are receiving the attention, where and when is appropriate.

Unity is the key to balance. Unity, in life coaching, is the concept that all the parts of your life work and flow together; that there is a symbiotic nature within and among each system. Your work energizes you and does not cause you to feel weakened, exhausted and depleted to the point where you cannot provide the quality time with your family that you want to. Your family life motivates you to invest in things that make you feel more alive, healthier and to contribute. Unity is expressed when all the facets of your life benefit and strengthen the other; each segment contributing to your “whole” experience, thereby creating harmony.

When you look at the definition of unity we can take it a step further and think about the expression of yourself as the sum of all your parts. You have physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components and all of these, when integrated manifests a sense of “belonging to yourself.” When you are missing one element, under or over-developed in one or more sections, that is when you feel out of balance. When you live your life separated in interests and divided in purpose the parts of your life which are being disregarded begin slowly and gently whispering to you, eventually crying out for unity. When living on purpose, all the parts of your life are unified, creating a oneness of thought and action,thereby achieving balance; the feeling of "mental and emotional steadiness."

Today Ask Yourself:

1. What area of your life is whispering to you?
2. What is one small step you could take today to unify this part of you?
3. What will you gain by doing this?

To discuss unifying all components of your life to create true balance, please email me at, onpurposelifecoaching@hotmail.com