I've already established that finding a purpose to life is essential when it comes to happiness. How can you be happy if you have no idea why you're doing what you're doing? Although this makes total sense, I have gone through phases where I wondered if THAT is it, if THAT's all there is to life.
But then again, something deep inside me tells me that life cannot only be about going through your everyday routine, impatiently waiting for the weekend to socialize with your family and friends. There has to be a deeper meaning. And for each of us, it's a different one. It's just a matter of discovering what it is. Many sites on internet offer you ways to find out your purpose in life. That's because so many people feel lost, trapped in a perpetual fast-speed, goal-oriented world. And when they stop to try to make sense of it all, they cannot.
We're here, on earth, for a very short period of time and whether you believe there is life after death or not, whether you believe in God or not, what really matters is trying to find out meaning to your life so that you can be happy and start doing what you were meant to do.
A friend of mine recently went through some kind of midlife crisis. During one of our conversations, she pinpointed what I saw as being one of the ways to find out the purpose of your life. She asked me if I had ever thought of what I would be remembered for after I die, what my legacy would be.
It made me think that life's purpose is about digging into your most profound being and finding out who you are, including your values and your talents, in order to make the right choices and insuring that what you're remembered for is an accurate representation of who you were.
And to really give your life purpose, your talents, abilities and values should be put in the service of others. Nobody lives in a bubble, we are all interconnected. And your legacy is not about you, it's about the people whose lives were somehow bettered thanks to you.
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