Purpose

Topic 1: PURPOSE

What is Purpose? and why is it important to live a purpose filled life?

Writing from my own understanding without the help of a search engine, i understand ‘Purpose’ to be the sole reason for our existence in this world. Everyone in this world is here on earth to serve a purpose; We are here to meet the need or needs of another.

Your purpose is that thing(s) you find yourself consciously or unconsciously doing. It is that thing God has deposited in you to transform or inspire another’s life. This could be in the form of a smile as we will discuss in detail soon. “You have a beautiful smile, or she’s always smiling”. It could even come in the form of creativity. e.g., cooking skills- always throwing different ingredients together to make a great meal. Purpose/Gifts can come in different shapes and sizes and not knowing what your purpose is yet is OK!

Everyone is called into the world to fulfil different assignments and the assignment is unique to the individual. What worries me the most is our plight to always fit into the social construct society has deemed important, rather than going on a quest to find our true selves.

Even though I talk about a gift being big or small, it does not necessarily mean it’s invalid or it has to be out there. It is about the sheer joy or satisfaction we derive from doing it.

A lot of time we ask ourselves or acquaintances “What is my purpose?” “What am i good at?”. Personally I have been on this boat, and in all honesty i still am- this is because i am still trying to find myself and be all that God wants me to be. You know when you are certain there is something missing, even though you have it all (great career/ successful business, and even a family of your own, or not depending on the individual). I think what most of us don’t understand is, or should I say what most of us are expecting is for our ‘Purpose’ to be huge or to be seen by others as acceptable; or even be something we become well known for e.g. owning a charity or have a cure for a virus or disease to save lives.

What i have recently discovered is that our purpose can be as little as smiling at a total stranger, or helping someone through a difficult time. To us, we might think isn’t this the norm? people do it on a daily basis, but what we need to understand is, the smile we give that stranger might be what they needed to get through the day or a difficult time.