One of the most common questions people ask—quietly or aloud—is, “What is my purpose?" Yet an even more important question often comes first: “Do I really know who I am?” Many of us grow up moving quickly from one expectation to another—school, career, marriage, success—without ever pausing to understand the self that is meant to live out these roles. We are taught what  to do far more than we are taught who  we are. And so, purpose feels elusive, not because it is absent, b