Everyone has a purpose. The question is, are we living up to our purpose and do we even know what our purpose is? There is so much more to life than going to work, making money, paying bills, having 2.5 kids, a house with a white picket fence, and a dog named Spot.
Our purpose has little to do with material possessions, financial gain, and luxurious lifestyles. When we focus on those things and make those things our purpose we create an imbalance that impedes our ability to achieve living life abundantly.
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to
enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer
spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you
impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” —Woodrow Wilson
Purpose= The reason something exists.
While we each live separate lives, we cannot escape our dependence on one another, nor can we ignore our connection.
We all serve a purpose to each other.
Think about the people in your life and how they all serve a purpose in your life. Think about how you serve a purpose in their lives…..Do you see how our lives serve a purpose much greater than our own lives? Our lives affect the lives of others daily!
How Do We Serve a Purpose in Each Others Lives?
It’s often the little things that matter most in life. You serve a purpose to someone just by being you. You serve a purpose to someone every time you:
Comfort
Console
Encourage
Counsel
Have Empathy
Show Mercy
Have Compassion
Give
Help
Intercede
Share
Teach
Lead
Love
I believe that our greatest area of opportunity and the biggest way to serve a purpose in the lives of others is by way of LOVE. Love is the higher purpose that drives other purposes. Everyone needs, seeks, wants, and deserves Love. Imagine how different the world would be if we all really truly loved each other.
What if your purpose is simply to LOVE?
Love suffers long and is kind; Love does not envy; Love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
—1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is not something you do,
Love is a way of being.
And more than that.
It is simply being,
Being with another person, however they may be.
Holding no judgments, having no agendas,
No desire to control,
No need to prove your love,
No intrusion upon their soul. Nothing but a total acceptance of their being, Born of your acceptance of yours.Unconditional love is not unconditional approval of another’ s
actions, irrespective of their effects upon others. It is
unconditional love of the being behind the action. It does not
depend upon how a person thinks, feels, or behaves. It does not
pause to assess whether or not another is worthy of affection. It
recognizes that beneath all our various appearances and activities
we all want to feel loved. In this we are all united.Unconditional love recognizes that we are all to some extent, caught
in the belief that our inner satisfaction is determined by what goes
on around us. We all feel the need for security, control,
recognition, approval, and stimulus to varying degrees, we all feel
threatened from time to time by things that seem to stand in the way
of our fulfillment; and we can all make mistakes—author unknown
What a very inspiring post. I think a person can only fully live his life once he realize his purpose. I also truly believe that love is the greatest area of opportunity and the biggest way to serve a purpose in the lives of others. As the song goes… “what the world needs now.. is love.. sweet love… no, not just for some but for everyone.”
Excellent post, Marenda. I am still trying to figure out my purpose. You’ve given me more to consider in arriving at that conclusion.
Perhaps I’ve been thinking too hard about this. Thank you.