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What’s our purpose in life? How do we discover it, and more importantly how do we know if we’re already fulfilling it?
Is it a feeling of contentment? Because it’s human nature to never feel 100% content so then if that was the case, we’d never know.
Is it something that we won’t know till after we have done it, like...”ahhh that was something I was to do in my life.”?
Is it something that only after we take our final breaths… Will be revealed to us.
OR is it like the Holy Grail… One should always be in wonder of it, always be in pursuit of it…But never be in attainment of it?
Is it a feeling of contentment? Because it’s human nature to never feel 100% content so then if that was the case, we’d never know.
Is it something that we won’t know till after we have done it, like...”ahhh that was something I was to do in my life.”?
Is it something that only after we take our final breaths… Will be revealed to us.
OR is it like the Holy Grail… One should always be in wonder of it, always be in pursuit of it…But never be in attainment of it?
posted by Kate Michele at 9:40 PM
14 Comments:
I think it's the equivalent of achieving nirvana in a way. I think every person has a purpose in life but most of us don't know what it is. I also think, that all through life you realize different things you were meant to do and there are people you were meant to make contact with.
I do not know if and/or when you know that you've fulfilled your ultimate purpose. I'd like to think it comes to you before you take your last breath so you can rest feeling that you accomplished something with your life.
I had to read this post to my mom because I was so impressed (as was she) that someone so young understands these concepts. You are pretty darned amazing missy.
My purpose in life right now at this very moment is to raise healthy productive children to send out into the world. When that happens, my purpose in life will change.
As far as being content goes? I'm happy. That's all that matters to me...today.
What's buggin' ya Katie?
Kimmy already said it.
I think if I've done something I'm proud of, that was part of my purpose in life.
I think so long as we feel uncontent, we are not fulfilling it
Hi KM ( I linked to you from over at Lilys, she has good things to say about you)
Our purpose ? To Love and be Loved.....Show love along the path of this life and in return be Loved ....Who could ask for more than that ?
I believe that wherever you are is where you belong and whatever your doing is your destiny......obviously there are feelings of " There must be more to life" along the way and THAT just keeps us guessing if we are on the right path .....Your destiny in this life, Kate, appears to be one that requires a TREMENDOUS CAPACITY to Love ! Don't make it a tremendous effort to receive Love along the way and You'll be just fine !
You and your boys will be in my prayers.
(so your an Inhabited fan ? I saw them in concert this past summer !)
I don't know my is goal yet, but I'll know it when it happens. And on that day I'll shout WTF! All that for this!
I'm always afraid that I'll miss it...that all these signs will point me to it but i'll be stressing so much over what it is to see them!!!
JT: Welcome....The "there must be more than this" crap creeps in all the time! ... I saw Inhabited a year ago with Todd Agnew...They we're AMAZING!! So do you have a wordpress blog now?
YSB: EXACTLY!!
my head hurts.
i think we are about to figure it out- if things turn out the way they look like they are going to...
i'll let you know when i know.
lol
UGH! Now I have to think about having a purpose in life??? J/K
I often wonder the same thing. I think a lot of people spend too much time searching for answers that they might not realize they've already found what they're looking for.
I figure if I treat people, animals and the planet right, leave a positive mark on at least one person, love and be loved and learn as much as I can and hopefully pass some of it on, I amd doing my part.
I don't believe in an afterlife so this is my only shot and I plan to enjoy it and do a good job of it. Nothing I do is for some kind of reward later...it is all about doing the best that I can do now. If it turns out that I am wrong about the afterlife thing, I will have lead a good life and hopefully that will be reflected.
Hi KM !
I do have a WP site the adddress is http://timjoe.wordpress.com/
Stop over ans say hi the site is BRAND new to me ( I did move over from Blogger )
I saw Inhabited at the Alive festival in Canal Fulton OH ( My daughter-in-Law is good frineds with the lead singer Sara Acker)
They are good !
By for now .
Oh Katie, if I only knew.
I suppose we'll just have to wait and see if we end up happy or unfulfilled. Trouble with that is, we won't know until we get there.
Maybe that's why some people believe in reincarnation? They want a second chance.
What that tells me is that we should make the most of the time we have.
JT: You in Ohio too?? Well how ya like that. Hold on let me get this sriaght...your DIL KNOWS Sara...like in she is friends and talks with and all??? Holy Crap....HOOK ME UP!!!
Anthony: That's just it, what if 'it' happens to soon and we didn't have enough time to figure it out?
hmmmmm....
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