complications, situations, happenings, difficulties, whirlwinds.
Have you ever thought why you are on earth. Yes you? You alone. Why are you living today? What is your purpose in the world. What is the purpose/ vision behind your life? Alternatively, do you already know it. Our existence in the world is a greater cause than ourselves.
The other day I was listing a number of things I wanted; financially, spiritually and emotionally. Strangely, I could only come up with a long list of financial things and meager things in the spiritual or emotional side. Happiness is only what featured. Thing is this happiness was to be caused by the financial things that I had listed on the other side. This got me thinking, suppose I really do achieve this financial freedom, what next. Will I really be satisfied with my life? Will my life have been worth living? When I die what people will say I was to them, to the society, how was my life. Will I be defined by who I was or what I did for a living?
Then I started thinking
1. What really does make me smile, genuinely, what makes me bellow with pleasure?
2. What really makes me feel great about myself, what do I do, or have done that makes me feel a sense of pride in myself?
3. Is there something I am really good at naturally, talents that I know of or have been told by people?
4. How I have used these above to make the society a better place, what has been my contribution, how have I served, what and whom have I helped?
5. When people ask for my help or opinion in something, what is it usually about and why?
6. The one thing that I really regret doing, just one, in the whole of my life.
7. Suppose I was supposed to teach people about just anything I wanted, what would I talk to them about?
8. Is there a cause I strongly believe in and advocate for?
9. What is my ideal life?
10. What am I doing to achieve the above?
We all know that one person we envy, we think they have it all and we wish we were like them. Do we also realize that there is someone else somewhere who wishes that they were us? Are we really so dissatisfied with ourselves that we want to be other people who may not really even like themselves?
What am trying to say is, right now, where you are living, what you are doing, are you satisfied with yourself, do you want more? What exactly is it that you want and why? Do you think your life is not perfect? Yes, there are perfect lives.
One’s purpose in life includes to have clear direction, clarity in your mind and heart, not swayed here and there by emotions and happenings. Having a driving force, a clear-cut definition of the flow you want your life to take. Having a vision of intent.
Most people are eager to learn about the new fad in society or new electronic gadgets rather than what they really want to be in life. I am out to find the purpose of my life and I want you to do too. Find what makes you a human being not just a human doing.
Tweets that mention life purpose | in over my head -- Topsy.com
July 29th, 2010 13:45
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Barbra Jolie, Wakarima. Wakarima said: are you a human being or a human doing-life purpose *new post* http://wakarima.blog.com/2010/07/27/life-purpose/ [...]
Kawiria
July 29th, 2010 13:53
Oh my this is soooo uber cool. I am also still in the path of finding my purpose in life and all..woi si it’s a challenge. because sometimes you think it’s this, then it turns out that, was just a season thing.
Also tried to do a list some time…and I figured that we/most of us usually associate happiness with financial freedom….well money is just but a means…other things like love bleh bleh bleh…understanding the happenings and ongoings of life is quite more than a big challenge.
Lovely post #melikes
Carey
July 29th, 2010 14:57
A surely good insight and document. Hope to find out mine soon. .
.
.
.
peter
July 30th, 2010 04:41
hmmm i wonder what ill get u
Khamasi
July 30th, 2010 23:29
Yeah i agree with most if not all of what you’re saying. Though in our (humans) defense, its natural to always seek something better. People never realize how lucky they are until something bad/unfortunate happens and that’s i try as often as possible to be thankful for what i have (no matter how small/insignificant we may think it is). Its sad society has led us to believe (or rather think) that money guarantees happiness. oh well i’m caught up in the hype and chasing it with finyos!!!
wakarima
August 1st, 2010 10:08
@Kawiria, thank u! Its a tough task, isnt it? I still have not come up with a word of my purpose up to now, #bad
@Peter, wewe you must be lost
@Khamasi, yeah, the whole money factor disillusions and fucks people up, they still want more, yet they don’t stop and think that they have enough and should enjoy and appreciate. Although some do realise, they have this inability to just do it.
peter
August 1st, 2010 16:39
why dea
Dependable Locksmith
August 24th, 2010 22:48
Good quality article but for some reason your blogs Html has a couple problems in the Phase Out v4.16 internet browser. I just wanted to let you know…
Scott Melvin
August 28th, 2010 23:39
Nice post. Thanks!
Myrtice Passineau
August 29th, 2010 07:00
Killer website. Much Appreciated! Learned a lot from it.
Rebbeca Swainston
August 30th, 2010 07:27
Cool blog. Thank you!
Forex Alerts
September 1st, 2010 15:50
Just wanted to say that you have some amazing content on your weblog. If it’s OK I wants to use some with the information you provided on my website. If I link back again to your website would it be OK to do so?