Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being". Everyone, according to the Japanese, has an ikigai. Finding it requires a deep and often lengthy search of self. Such a search is regarded as being very important, since it is believed that discovery of one's ikigai brings satisfaction and meaning to life.

What you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Inside of these convergences is the zero point that I did not have a name for until last week.

"Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.
One does not need money, buildings, power or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing and that is the place to train." [Morihei Ueshiba]