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    Discover What You Are Here To Do | Life Purpose

    Here is the first chapter in my new book on how to find your life purpose, higher purpose and personal mission.

    Take a read here or on Amazon by clicking on the Click to look inside image.

    Chapter One from the Book Discover What You Are Here To Do, byBest Selling Author Nicola Grace

    Our Life Leaves Clues

    When Im on the road speaking, I often joke about the story of my life as if Ive

    stuffed up, done everything wrong and made wrong decisions that lead me up

    the garden path of nowhere. Part of my introductory speech often goes

    something like this I wanted to be a dancer so I studied history. I wanted to

    live in a tropical country so I moved to Wisconsin. I wanted to marry anAmerican so I married a Canadian. I wanted to be married forever but I got

    divorced three years after getting married. We laugh together.

    Depending on what perspective I take, that story could be tragic or liberating. It

    could tell the story of me not ever really committing to what I truly want on the

    one hand. But on the other hand it could tell the story of perfection beyond my

    current understanding. A perfection that can only be realised on hindsight or

    with deep reflection on the true meaning behind all the outcomes of the

    decisions I have made.

    Had I not learned history I wouldnt have been able to make history as I did

    when I stepped up to save a billion dollarchange agentindustry from ruin. If I hadnt moved to Wisconsin I never

    would have become the transformation facilitator I am today. If I never married my husband, the proud Canadian,

    I never would have experienced profound love.

    We are constantly making choices. Each of those choices will often lead to a different outcome, sometimes the same

    outcome. Regardless of what choices we make we get regular feedback from life as to whether or not we are living

    on purpose and fulfilling our higher reason for being. I have found that no matter what choices we make, or where

    we end up in life we have never been abandoned by our Soul, that thing that animates us and allows Spirit to

    breathe life into us the deepest part of our Self. That Soul sits there in every outcome, perceived good or bad, and

    it communicates to us providing us with clues throughout our life. In fact those outcomes might even be a cluefrom our Soul that we are on or off track.

    That being said, the story of our life is a story of a series of clues. We all have a story. We all have clues we can

    follow. Its our job to find those clues, learn to decipher them and then follow them. When we do that we will

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    experience the best outcomes that are possible in our life. When we dont follow them well get feedback in the form

    of depression, despondency, irritation, frustration, personal dramas and sometimes even personal disasters. These

    types of feedback are clues were off track or theres something for us to learn.

    In this book you will learn how to read those clues. To help you with that process I have a free manual with

    discovery sheets and a mentoring session to accompany this book. You can go grab that gift

    atwww.DiscoverWhatYouAreHereToDo.comand follow along with the processes in this book. Or you can scan the

    QR code.

    My story has been telling me all along what I was here to do, but it took me some time to put all the pieces together.

    I have a very personal reason for wanting to help as many people as I can, find their Higher Purpose and PersonalMission in life, that you will discover as you follow the clues my Soul has left me in my life story.

    Ive always been an educator. I was born to teach. My life has left me so many clues that teach ing was part of my

    Higher Purpose. It bewilders me why I ever wandered off that path as I have done on a number of occasions. Even

    in those times I have been an educator I use to think I was teaching the wrong subject matter and I had finer

    distinctions to learn. In fact I would say I started life out with a little confusion as to what to teach, but got it right

    in the end.

    You see when I was five I taught the boys to use words they werent suppose to use. Im pleased to say Im a lot

    more inspiring now with what I teach. I started out my professional life as a history teacher. I went to university

    and studied history and education but during my final internship teaching at an all girls school, just six months shy

    of graduating with both a Bachelors Degree and Teaching Diploma, I dropped out.

    I had a rather dramatic communication from my Soul it was time to move on and expand. In the middle of a class,

    teaching Russian History, I had to race out to the toilets to, well, vomit. As I was driving home from school that day

    a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach told me something was off. But I didnt know what to do about that, so I

    went back to school the next day. At the end of the day, driving out of the car park, the front axel of my car broke

    and I had to get the car towed to the nearest garage.

    Over a cup of tea with my mother, a Buddhist Feminist, gently she said to me, Youre Soul is trying to tell you

    something. Perhaps this isnt what youre supposed to be doing. I was confused because I thought I was born toteach. But the sinking feeling in my stomach was telling me my mother had a point. Still not sure what to do

    instead, I picked up my fixed car and went back to school to teach the Russian Revolution to fourteen year old girls

    who were more interested to know if I had a brother, and was he handsome and available.

    Driving out of the car park that day, the rear axel of my car broke this time and I came crashing down to earth once

    again. I took it as a sign that teaching history wasnt the vehicle for my Life Purpose or the next part of my journey.

    Apparently I needed three signs.

    Not knowing what it was I was supposed to do I took off to go find myself by travelling through South East Asia and

    meditating with the Buddhist monks in Thailand. While that was an amazing, expansive and eye openingexperience, I didnt find myself. I found head lice instead, as one often does travelling through South East Asia. So I

    went back home to New Zealand and I decided I better follow my passion because it seemed like the logical thing to

    do. I didnt want to end up doing something that would make me vomit again.

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    My passion at the time was contemporary and jazz dancing. I loved to dance. I learned ballet as a child and because

    I didnt have the body type of a ballerina I never considered ballet as my purpose or career path. But like so many

    other little girls, my big dream was to be a prima ballerina. Contemporary and jazz dancing was the next best thing

    as that art form was far more forgiving of women with bodies beyond their skeletal structure. I auditioned for a

    newly forming contemporary dance and education company and got in. We toured schools performing and

    teaching dance, which I loved. Here I was teaching, only teaching something I was passionate about. But I didnt

    feel fulfilled. Something was still missing.

    Fast forward a few years at the young age of twenty five, I am sitting in a dance class in summer school of the

    London Contemporary School of Dance in England. I had a dream to audition for their school and advance my

    career as a Choreographer. Or so I thought. My teacher hobbled into the room with two walking sticks having had

    both her hips replaced. This particular morning I was feeling very heavy. Still jet lagged from the long trip from

    down under, I was also tired. I summoned up every last little bit of energy to sit up straight when the teacher said

    something like, I always say morning class is like suicide. You die only to be reborn again.

    I caught a glimpse of myself in the wall to wall, floor to ceiling mirror as she said that. This light flashed from out of

    my eyes. The look on my face was unmistakeable. It was the face of misery. Tired, hungry and heavy at 115lbs,

    desperate to get down to 99lbs so I could be happy - I looked like I wanted to disappear from the planet. Myteachers voice had faded out at, you die. I didnt hear the, to be born again part. I only know she said that

    because I asked my classmate to tell me what she had said.

    After class, once again I found myself walking out on my career. Only this time it was my dream career. The one I

    always wanted. I loved dancing. I still do. But I was hungry and miserable. Id been a round peg trying to fit into a

    skinny rectangle and it wasnt working.

    Lost, with no idea what to do next, I went trekking with friends in the French Alps. We stayed in the village of La

    Grave and walked the trek on the beautiful La Meije Mountain. From our hotel the view was stunning, breathtaking

    and expansive. We set out on a warm spring day and on our return we stopped to sit and be still, enjoying the sun

    and this spectacular mountain with its stunning glaciers. We fell asleep snuggled up to the mountain. I fell into a

    very deep sleep. The best sleep Id had in a long while. As I awoke I felt something breathing inside of me and

    through me. I heard a deep wise voice say on its out breath, You will gain enlightenment here.

    Thinking that literally meant Id gain enlightenment in France, I had nothing else to do and no other direction to

    go in, so I left London and went to stay with friends in a small village at the foothills of the Majestic Mt Blanc on

    the Swiss French Boarder. I spent several months of intense meditation, reading and contemplating, waiting for

    enlightenment to happen.

    One morning, around 11am I entered into a deep meditation during which that breathing I felt on that mountain

    that day, was breathing through me again. This time I got a visual. I saw come up from deep within me a heartshaped ancient presence, and by heart shaped I mean the real beating heart. It had one single eye looking at me,

    that when I looked into it I sunk into this deep profound love. Such beauty, wisdom, ancient knowledge and divine

    vibration was steering right back at me. It occurred to me how absurd it was to ever doubt myself or think lowly of

    myself if this was inside me.

    I came to recognize this visual image as a symbol for my Heart Soul Connection. That part of me that connects

    me to the Divine, to ancient knowledge and wisdom, to my blueprint for this life time, to love, to beauty, to joy, to

    bliss and to magnificence. That Heart Soul Connection, I have discovered, lies within each and every one of us. It

    lies within YOU. You have a Soul that is communicating to you all the time often through your heart your feelings

    and desires. You just need to know how to understand its communication.

    You would think after having an experience like that, that my life would be sorted from that moment on. That I

    would know what the purpose of my life was, what Im here to do and what direction to go in, in any given moment.

    Youd think life would be sweet from this moment on - Apparently not the case.

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    My spiritual life and my professional life came into conflict with each other. All I wanted to do was study

    metaphysics and spiritual awakening, but that did not give me a means of financial sustenance. I wanted to

    eventually teach what I was experiencing and write books about it, so I thought I needed to do a lot more study,

    which meant Id have to pick up whatever job I could to take care of the bills. And this is exactly what I did. For the

    next five years I went into a massive learning phase of my life. Professionally doing whatever needed to be done to

    pay the bills and meet my responsibilities. It was during this time I moved back to London and got a job in

    television.

    By my late twenties I had ended up living in Sydney and it was here I wrote and published my first self help

    transformation book. I wanted that book to launch my career as an author and metaphysical spiritual teacher in

    transformation. In a round about way thats kind of what happened, but not exactly- Certainly not exactly as I had

    planned it.

    I had finished the national publicity campaign for my book, when I discovered I had leukaemia with an optimistic

    six months to live. I was facing the impossible wall of finality.

    I woke up the morning after I received the news feeling really sad. At the lowest point, sobbing hard, just when I

    thought I couldnt cry any more or feel any worse, I heard a small young girls voice and a vivid image of me when Iwas seven flashed in my mind. My little seven year old girl inside cried out in a faint and soft voice - But I havent

    done what I came here to do yet. I dont want to die.

    I lost the plot at that point. The Hoover Damn of despair broke loose. I felt so disappointed in myself that I had let

    this little girl down. I had failed her. So exhausted I couldnt express my tears or despair any more, my mind

    became really quiet. A stronger voice came up from the depths of my heart, and she said, I want to live.

    That was twenty years ago. Through a series of profound awakening experiences and working with a Naturopathic

    Doctor I live to this day free of leukaemia. I knew my life had been spared because I had something to do. I had a

    Higher Purpose and it needed to be fulfilled. Still not being exactly sure of what that was, but knowing it had

    something to do with teaching transformation, I began teaching the process of transformation I had been through.

    That took me to a teachers academy for A Course In Miracles in America where I lived a life based on

    transformation, teaching and service. I became a teacher for A Course In Miracles International and traveled

    extensively facilitating awakening experiences.

    Nine years later my journey took me back to New Zealand where I built a bricks and mortar business which was set

    up, supposedly, for me to teach what I love to teach - transformation. But as I was preparing the business for

    franchising I was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, and this time the death sentence was a thirty percent chance

    of survival past three years, if I had a good portion of my lower left leg carved off.

    What! Loose my leg? Cancer - again? Was I just the unluckiest person in my family or what? The news hit me hardand as I began looking back at my life, I still didnt feel like I had done what I came here to do yet. It wasnt fair, I

    thought. Why me and why me again?

    That was August 2005. And in 2006 I stepped up to do the very thing I was born for with both of my legs fully

    present and functioning. Stepping up, turned out to be the very thing that saved my life. In an indirect way it has

    saved the lives of many others. You see I launched a campaign that led a billion dollar change agent industry facing

    ruin, to victory. It was the natural health industry, an industry that has helped millions of people restore and keep

    good health. It was my raison dtre to do this very thing, to make a difference and leave a legacy. It wasnt my

    intention to do all that at the time. I was just pissed off the industry was facing a life threatening challenge and was

    determined it wasnt going to happen on my shift.

    By stepping up to do this very thing I was born for, everything I had learned and been through came together to

    help me achieve what everyone had been telling me was impossible. I actuallymade history, though I may never go

    down in the history books for doing so. Theres that theme of history popping up. It was my knowledge and

    observation of history that helped me design this industry saving campaign. It was also my experience in

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    transformation and working the Laws of Nature that together in harmony led a victorious operation. I taught the

    principles of how and why this campaignwould be victorious to industry leaders and consumers. Theres that

    theme of teaching metaphysics and transformation popping up.

    Part of the campaign needed some drama to get the attention of the media, so I staged a number of theatrical

    events to achieve that. Heres where my years of experience dancing on stage and staging dance theatre

    productions got used. We were also facing impossible odds. For seven years this industry had been working hard to

    avoid the disastrous decision about to be made that would bring most of the businesses within the industry to a

    close. Seven years of hard work and in the eleventh hour, it looked like they would fail. I knew what it meant to face

    impossible odds. Id overcome impossible odds when I faced my six month expiry date.

    Ironically it was within six months, with my campaign strategy, that we all worked together to turn the tide,

    prevent the disaster, and the industry lives and thrives today. No one had achieved what I had done before me and

    no one has done it since, in peace time. That fact is what motivates me to helpagents of changeandsocial

    entrepreneurstransform big obstacles into even bigger results, so their missions to transform this world succeed. I

    shouldnt be the only one achieving this type of success against all odds. The industry honored me with an award in

    my role as spokeswoman for the not-for-profit I founded to implement this campaign. It was a grand experience.

    A big part of my success was that I was stepping up to do the very thing I was born to do. I was embodying my

    raison dtre. By stepping up to my Higher Purpose and Personal Mission I was engaging mighty forces, seen and

    unseen, that clamored forward to help me achieve my mission. Because I knew I was doing the very thing I was

    saved from cancer to do, somewhere inside of me I knew I couldnt fail. I had certainty of the outcome and wavered

    not - not for one second.

    At the beginning of the chapter I started out by saying that depending on what perspective I take my story could be

    tragic or liberating. It could tell the story of me never committing to what I want on the one hand, or on the other

    hand it could tell the story of perfection beyond my current understanding. That perfection I did realise in

    hindsight and with deep reflection on all my life circumstances and activities. I connected them together like dots

    on a page with the stroke of a pen to find the Higher Purpose for me being here. I discovered how my past had

    prepared me for my lifes work, and how I could take what I learned and share it with others. In this way I could

    help others connect their life events, make meaning out of their past and present, so their future can be lived on

    purpose, in joy and that they can reach the satisfaction of making a difference.

    Your life has left you clues. Your Soul is communicating to you constantly. Its up to you to decipher your Souls

    messages and be about being the magnificent self that you are. This book is intended to help you do exactly that.

    I encourage you to write your life story and highlight the themes that come up from it. See how they connect.

    Throughout this book and the complimentary discovery sheets manual that goes with it I ll be walking you through

    some processes of finding those clues and join the dots, so you candiscover what you are here to do. I also have arecorded mentoring session with me that Id like to gift you. You can use the manual to work along side reading

    this book to find your clues and follow your path to the very thing you were born for.

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    Step into the clarity of where your greatest meaning, fulfilment and success can

    be found, and the confidence you can make a difference living your life purpose.

    Discover important distinctions about your purpose, so you can have gaining crystal clear clarity;

    Learn how you make a difference and why, so you can feel important in the cosmos;

    Find out what forms of expression will give you the greatest happiness and success in life;

    Discover what you need to know to seek, find and remove blocks holding you back;

    Find out where your multi-million dollar idea is within your life purpose;

    Learn how to develop a greater connection to yourself and your Soul

    Discover What You Are Here To Dois a book designed specifically for people who want a live a life of

    purpose, meaning and fulfilment, without sacrificing the financial security of a job, or getting stuck with

    relentless obstacles.

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    About The Author

    Nicola Grace, The Mission Mentor and 3 x International Best Selling

    author, helps purpose seekers find and follow their higher purpose, so

    they can experience the fulfilment and satisfaction of knowing theyre

    doing what they came here to do. She delivers speeches, workshops,

    mentoring sessions and online programs designed to overcome the

    challenges social entrepreneurs face, and take advantage of the

    opportunities presenting in the emerging New Era.

    Recently honoured with an award for implementing a strategy that

    saved a billion dollar change agent industry from ruin, and make

    history, four time author, Nicola Grace has an eclectic professional

    background in education, contemporary dance, politics, public

    relations and television starting her career as a history teacher. For the past twenty years, Nicola has

    captivated her audiences as an inspirational speaker, visionary, educator and transformation leader

    bridging the gap for her audiences, between bright ideas and successful implementation strategies.

    Nicolas expert insights appear in the best selling book, Ready Aim Captivate- Put Magic in Your

    Message and a Fortune In Your Future, along with other world leading visionaries Deepak Chopra

    and Jim Stovall. CelebrityPress recently chose Nicola to join a select group of the worlds

    leading experts to co-write the forthcoming book titled, More.Better.: The Worlds Leading Experts

    Reveal How to Get More Out of Business and Life With Better Results. Her most recent title Discover

    What You Are Here To Do, offers finer distinctions of finding your Higher Purpose, postulating that as

    we step into doing the very thing we were born to do, through the Butterfly Effect we begin to create the

    better world we all desire.

    As spokeswoman of the not-for-profit organization she founded, she made history with herTen Step

    Master Plan using the Undefeatable Laws of Nature to achieve an impossible mission in 2006. She has

    defeated two different types of cancers with short expiry dates and gone on to teach her Master Plan to

    social entrepreneurs and organization leaders.

    Now living on the Gold Coast of Australia she writes, educates and speaks internationally on how to

    transform the world leveraging the Universal Laws of Nature and Law of Purpose. Her interests are as

    eclectic as her background. She loves the ocean, theatre, contemporary art, dance, politics, quantum

    science, and enjoys gourmet vegetarian food in beautiful spaces. Nicola is also an active humanitarian

    with a grand vision for the elevation of ALL of humanity that she would like to share with you.

    If you are interested in learning more about the finding and living a life of purpose

    and meaning, be sure to get her Strategy WithSpirit nuggets.

    Learn how you can make a difference; achieve your mission, get better results

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