Sometimes, the moments that shape our lives aren’t the big achievements or milestones. They’re the moments that plant seeds we may not understand until years later.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected, unsure of your soul purpose, this story might offer some insight into how our deepest callings can be both lost and found again.

I was five years old when my soul purpose revealed itself to me. I was a shy, quiet little girl growing up in a home where love wasn’t expressed in ways I could feel. One afternoon, while playing outside, a neighbourhood bully decided to “teach me a lesson” and hit me in the head with a stick that had a nail in it.

I ended up in the emergency room needing stitches.

I remember sitting alone on a cold stretcher, a sterile cloth draped over my face so all I could see was black. Terrified. No parent, sibling, or friend beside me. Just the sound of my own small breaths in the dark.

And then… a hand reached out.

Someone — a nurse, or maybe an angel — began gently rubbing my arm. She stayed with me, holding my hand, and whispered, “You’re not alone. I’m here with you. You’re going to be okay.”

I never saw her face. I couldn’t tell you her name. But I felt her compassion as if it were a warm light in the darkness. For the first time in my young life, I felt safe in the presence of another human being.

That moment didn’t fix my circumstances. It didn’t erase the pain.

I felt a deep sense of connection, as if she understood my fear because she, too, had known suffering. She wasn’t there to change the situation; she was there to be with me in it.

Without realizing it, she planted the seed for what would become my soul purpose.

Years later, when someone asked why I became a nurse, the answer was simple:

Because when I was a little girl, the compassion of a nurse changed my life. She’ll likely never know the impact she had on me, but it’s because of her that I chose to spend my life alleviating suffering.

I didn’t pick nursing — it picked me. That moment was an invitation from something bigger than myself, summoning me toward a path I hadn’t yet imagined.

When Soul Purpose Goes Missing

Decades later, when I left nursing, I thought I was done with that calling. But life had other plans.

Even with comfort and security, something felt profoundly missing. I had lost touch with the work that gave my life meaning — that sense of being useful in alleviating suffering. Without realizing it, I had disconnected from the part of myself that felt most alive and purposeful.

Sound familiar? Many people I work with describe this exact feeling — having a ‘good life’ but sensing that something essential is missing. They tell me they feel lost, empty, or like they don’t know who they are anymore.

It wasn’t until years later, during my own transformation journey, that I began to see the golden thread.

Following the Golden Thread

That moment of receiving compassion as a scared little girl hadn’t just led me to nursing — it had awakened something deeper. A calling to help people feel less alone in their pain, to create safety in the midst of fear, to be present with others in their darkness.

I didn’t return to nursing, but I found my way back to that deeper soul purpose. Now, instead of alleviating physical suffering, I help people reconnect with themselves when they feel lost, empty, or like something essential is missing from their lives.

This is why I understand so deeply when clients tell me they feel disconnected or that something is missing. I know what it’s like to have your path revealed not through big moments, but through quiet acts of grace that redirect your entire life. I also know what it’s like to lose that sense of purpose and feel untethered from what makes life meaningful.

My soul purpose was never only about nursing. It was about learning, over and over again, that compassion and presence have the power to heal a kind of pain medicine can’t touch — the pain of being alone in our suffering.

That moment is why I now help others reconnect through my 4 Keys to Inner Peace:

To create calm when fear takes over

To nourish themselves with self-love instead of self-judgment

To rediscover who they are beneath roles, conditioning, and expectations

To live, speak, and act from their own truth

Your Golden Thread

This is why I believe that when we feel like something is missing, we’re often being called back to our soul’s deeper purpose — not necessarily the same role or career, but the golden thread that runs through all our meaningful work.

The question isn’t always “What should I do?” but “What part of me feels most alive when I’m serving something bigger than myself?”

When I think about my purpose now, I return to that mystical moment of grace. A moment when I was sitting in the darkness, and someone’s presence lit a small candle in my soul.

Sometimes our deepest wounds become our greatest gifts to others.

So I’ll leave you with these questions:

What golden threads from your past point toward your deeper purpose? And how might the very thing that feels missing be calling you toward your next chapter of meaningful contribution?

If you feel called, please leave a comment below. We’d love to hear from you!