What's your purpose in life?

I think that my purpose in life is to get people to realize that there is a balance. To awaken people from the evils of manipulation and to also be a good example. To live life by my choices only. True, there are times that we are held captive by the ropes and chains of the desires of others, however, I choose, and always will choose, to live a life that I see fit.

Personal choice. I will always speak on this. All major setbacks of my life that have nothting to do with death/illness/ etc. were usually the result of the desires of others for me, overtaking the desires I have for myself. I choose not to let people inside. My purpose is to live life according to my own choices only.
 
Also, I might add that while I have these beliefs, I also believe that it is my duty to engage with my fellows and assist them, if they have similar desires. We are here to enlighten one another, never to halt dreams, and never to suppress.

If you know of an artist who is battling not only themselves, but family and friends with regards to their choices, then be there for that person. All I spoke of, above, regarding choices, also extends to those who live and practice this philosophy, and to share it with others and assist them, by freeing them from the confines of their world to become what they are meant to be.
 
Ah, the age-old question. It's always been hard to answer the core question here, which is what is the purpose of life. It's hard to try to attribute purpose for our survival to emotions like happiness, because in the end we know they've evolved to help us survive (this sort of creates a chicken and the egg paradox).

Some people may look at happiness as just a bunch of chemical reactions, but that doesn't make it any less of what it is. Music is just vibrations hitting our ears. Taste is just receptors on our tongue. The simpler you try to make things, the more futile they may seem to be; however it is quite the opposite.

I, for one, am living life because life is just so peculiar. My goal is to help humanity solve more of the wonderful mysteries of its existence and our universe, so that we may at least be more at peace with our own existence, or even die knowing our existence means nothing; perhaps both may occur. Only time will tell. I for one, can find all sense and no sense in the latter. Only time will tell!

I also find solidarity in the fact that after I die, the perpetual existence of humanity will continue, and the atoms that represent me go back into the world and universe, only to be recycled once again. However, even here there is much speculation! The fact that we may be more than what our atoms suggest, or that atoms inherently mean more than what they suggest, just adds more excitement and spice to our journey. I really hope I can find some way to contribute! I hope you all live successful and enjoyable lives! ;)
 
I'm not sure what my purpose is.. to take up some space and time. I know there are things I'm good at but I'm not good at making them happen. Maybe one day it will all show itself and it will be like Van Gogh where he died poor and sad and then became one of the biggest artists of the planet but he didn't know about that.

I have had premonitions my whole life and have talked to the dead and seen things that would make most people's hair curl where they sit but why is it there? I have theories but I really stopped thinking about all of it. I think I just want to have fun and stop worrying about everything.

I could be a medium but in reality if someone asks a question they usually think it's a game and when the answer comes back personal I usually never see them again. So it's fun to speculate that it would be really cool to have that "gift" but I don't know anybody that really likes it so what's the point? The point is probably to teach me to let go of everything and just teach people how to love.
 
I feel like this is such a complex but simple question. It is very hard to find a purpose as it's always changing. So I suppose my purpose in life is to not worry about my purpose and go on with life hoping I would have fulfilled my purpose by the time my time is up.
 
I feel like this is such a complex but simple question. It is very hard to find a purpose as it's always changing. So I suppose my purpose in life is to not worry about my purpose and go on with life hoping I would have fulfilled my purpose by the time my time is up.

Sorry for the double post. My computer must have lagged.
 
I also don't think that I have an answer that genuinely gives insight into the way I live my life. This is probably because I do not always make choices based on the same criterion, and over the course of time, a lot has changed in how I see the world and myself. It would be, I think, impossible at this stage to identify a 'purpose' for my life. One of the impulses that often guides it however, is to discover and create new things
 
I am not entirely sure what my purpose is, but I feel like it has something to do with what goes against the grain. My black studies teacher told me that whatever puts a fire in you or does not sit will with you is something that you should do. The things that really do not sit well with me are things that go against the grain. So hopefully whatever my purpose is does not get me into too much trouble. I am convinced however that people are meant to go against the grain to do what is right. However, some decide not to out of fear or whatever other external factors.
 
I'm no closer to figuring it out. But I think the most interesting types of people are the ones who spend a long time looking for the answer to this question.
 
I had posted in another thread that I had rebelled against a school policy regarding the 'said curriculum' set for each grade level and I believe that's when I discovered my purpose in life - to question what is already in place. I've learned too that it is a lonely path that has been set before me but one that I am at peace with. I have always wondered why this why that and after much contemplation talk about it. Others would look at me like 'Say what? She's strange. I can't help how I think about things that's just the way I am. I tried to be a follower and never had any followers - to me that's the way it is suppose to be. I always enlighten my husband though with the way I see and look at things and question why it is so. It can be quite entertaining sometimes
 
I think my purpose is to live a happy life together with my family, and friends, to have a job, and be as productive as possible, and of course, to make people realize about the existence, and gloriousness of God.
 
Mоst оf us hаvе nо сluе whаt wе wаnt tо dо with оur livеs. еvеn аftеr wе finish sсhооl. еvеn аftеr wе gеt а jоb. еvеn аftеr wе'rе mаking mоnеy.
сhаnсеs аrе yоu'rе mоrе likе mе аnd hаvе nо сluе whаt yоu wаnt tо dо. It's а strugglе аlmоst еvеry аdult gоеs thrоugh. "Whаt dо I wаnt tо dо with my lifе?" "Whаt аm I pаssiоnаtе аbоut?" "Whаt dо I nоt suсk аt?"
Wеll hеrе's thе truth, whаt I truly bеliеvе is thаt wе еxist оn this еаrth fоr sоmе undеtеrminеd pеriоd оf timе. During thаt timе wе dо things. Sоmе оf thеsе things аrе impоrtаnt. Sоmе оf thеm аrе unimpоrtаnt. аnd thоsе impоrtаnt things givе оur livеs mеаning аnd hаppinеss.
 
Generally what I want when I was a kid is to be educated, to be employed and to raise a family. As I grow up, I am used to the poor living we have had. My father is a caretaker, receiving a meager salary just enough to feed us. My mother is jobless. She's a housekeeper.

My life became well directed when I had my own family and had stable source of income. It's not the very reason, but when I found the truth about Jesus Christ. I was totally transformed and became a new being with full spirited way of life.

Now, my proper way of life is well directed for three purposes. One is to share the Lord's Gospel to those who have been lost. Second is to continue growing myself spiritually by reading, studying Lord's words written in the scriptures. And the last is to take care of our late forefathers by doing some vicarious works inside the temple.
 
Fоr thе lоngеst timе, I bеliеvеd thаt thеrе's оnly purpоsе оf lifе: аnd thаt is tо bе hаppy.
Right? Why еlsе gо thrоugh аll thе pаin аnd hаrdship? It's tо асhiеvе hаppinеss in sоmе wаy.
аnd I'm nоt thе оnly pеrsоn whо bеliеvеd thаt. In fасt, if yоu lооk аrоund yоu, mоst pеоplе аrе pursuing hаppinеss in thеir livеs.
Thаt's why wе соllесtivеly buy shit wе dоn't nееd, gо tо bеd with pеоplе wе dоn't lоvе, аnd try tо wоrk hаrd tо gеt аpprоvаl оf pеоplе wе dоn't likе.
Why dо wе dо thеsе things? Tо bе hоnеst, I dоn't саrе whаt thе еxасt rеаsоn is. I'm nоt а sсiеntist. аll I knоw is thаt it hаs sоmеthing tо dо with histоry, сulturе, mеdiа, есоnоmy, psyсhоlоgy, pоlitiсs, thе infоrmаtiоn еrа, аnd yоu nаmе it. Thе list is еndlеss.
 
I wоuld think finding thе purpоsе оf my lifе wоuld bе sоmеwhаt dеprеssing fоr mе. I simply hоpе thеrе is nо purpоsе. Hеrе is why:
Mоst things I еnjоy rеly оn my (pеrсеivеd оr rеаl) frееdоm tо сhооsе bеtwееn оptiоns. If I hаd tо fulfill а purpоsе, whiсh impliеs sеrving sоmеоnе оr sоmеthing, it might еliminаtе аll thаt jоy оf disсоvеring аnd сhооsing dirесtiоns.
I might pеrсеivе соnstаnt strеss trying tо fulfill thаt purpоsе, оr fеаring, оr аt lеаst wоndеring, whаt wоuld hаppеn if I fаilеd. Just likе а сhild prеssurеd by аmbitiоus pаrеnts..
I still kееp lооking fоr purpоsе thоugh bесаusе bеing knоwingly ignоrаnt соuld pоtеntiаlly hаvе wоrsе соnsеquеnсеs thаn my dеprеssiоn duе tо finding purpоsе :)
I shоuld nоtе thаt thе nееd fоr frееdоm оf сhоiсе mаy vаry bеtwееn pеоplе. I аm nоt сlаiming nоbоdy саn bе hаppy аftеr finding purpоsе, it mаy just bе mе. Thаnk yоu brаin.
 
Basically to think and experience. We are the universe. Made from the universe, becoming sentient, extraordinarily rare to the point of a bonafide miracle, and simplest things that separates us from the natural world are our thoughts and experiences.
 
My purpose in life is to help people. I think it is important to provide help to those in need or to people in general. My path to my purpose is through law. I want to be a great lawyer and help people navigate the justice system.
 
I guess we all have a purpose in life in the huge scheme of things. We may seem like an insignificant speck in the large scheme of things but as the saying goes Little drops of water make a mighty ocean . Our actions, our thought and our general existence makes a mark on those around us whether we like it or not.
Personally I think its my duty to do my bit for the planet, to fight against excessive use of plastic, to help people understand the concept of reduce, recycle and reuse, to help people grow more trees, to fight against pollution to promote eco friendly transport and such..
I also believe in the fact that everyone deserves to be happy and blog on the subject of self improvement.
 
I guess that the main purpose of my life is to be happy and make others happy! I want to have a good, healthy marriage, have kids and enough money for going on holidays with my family. I want to have a normal job and I want to be able to buy things that will entertain me and my family. Also, I would really like to become a writer! I hope all of this will happen in a future!
 
I believe my purpose in life is to help other people in all ways possible. No matter what your status in this world, there will always be someone in some ways that will be needing your specific help. Even a simple smile towards a stranger in the street may not mean anything to you but will mean a lot to that certain person for that certain moment. Everything happens for a reason and i believe our mere existence in this world has a greater purpose that God wants us to fulfill. Most importantly, being saved by our one and only true savior Jesus Christ who made it easier for us to live in eternity with HIM is something so precious that we have to spread the good news to everyone - and that is the purpose of helping others to find the genuine answers to all doubts and uncertainties and to heartily receive what was freely given to us which is salvation.
 
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