The Power of Purpose in Our Lives

Ships drift from port to port at random. They don’t know where they’re going. They don’t now how they’re going to get there. Imagine.  If they do manage to reach their destination, how will they know to stop drifting if they don’t know they’ve reached their destination?

These ships are us. They are us when we coast through life without plans. Plans are important. Plans are only means to the end. The destruction or radical change of a plan does not mean that our purpose is lost. Purpose is the goal. Without purpose life is pointless. We are not living, we are merely existing.

Purposes are what I believe separates us from animals. All species grow, procreate one way or another, age and die. Nature’s cycle. We cannot break this cycle. Fighting it is as futile as a beach fighting the tide.

Discovering a person’s strongest purposes is a window into their soul. What matters most to one woman may be the anti-purpose of another man. Or never register at all. Discovering your own deepest purposes is one of the keys to unlocking your inner potential. What you do with that knowledge is up to you.

It makes me sad to think of all the people who never take the time to understand what drives them. Living life without even a small understanding of oneself seems suicidal to me. Not physically suicidal. Worse. Suicide of the soul. Our inner drives feed who we are. When we are on the path to achieving our deepest desires it is such an awesome feeling that nothing can replace.

Drug addicts in particular sadden me. They may know a simple fact. I don’t think they understand it or they wouldn’t be doing drugs. Drugs are simply a trigger for the body’s own chemicals. Think about it. As far as I know, every chemical that is injected, inhaled, smoked, ingested, or any other way I can’t think of to take drugs is nothing more than a big red button. A button to trigger chemicals within our bodies.

Anyone can tap into their own personal high. Its not as easy as injecting heroin. Popping prescription pills. Smoking marijuana. It doesn’t last as long. Its all natural. Its legal. It makes you feel better without any of the nasty side effects of drugs. 

There’s a wicked catch. You have to work for it. You won’t feel it all the time. Walk with me for a moment. Let’s walk through a park. A park in your home town. Maybe a park you played in as a child. It could be a park you play in with your children. Now imagine how happy you are. Wherever you are. Whatever you’re doing. Watch the clouds go by. I love watching the clouds. They’re never the same..

Playing as a little kid life was so much simpler. We were all so happy all the time. How many more times a day do kids laugh than adults?

Do they know something we don’t?