If I were to ask you what your purpose in life was, what would you say? If you asked me, I would say...
I don't know...
I mean I definitely have ideas and I could give you a guess as to why I think I'm here, but I don't really know ya' know?
I want to accomplish a great deal in this life, it being the only one I have. I don't want to spend my time slaving at what doesn't fulfill me and I don't want to worry about what's next. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.
I suppose we all have thoughts about our purpose in life, I expect that my perspective is largely shared by some and equally strange to others.
This is what it all comes down to.
Are not our closest friends those who in some small way share our unique sense of being and place in our lives?
And aren't the relationships that teach us the most those which differ from our usual way of thinking?
I think so.
I propose that these moments of enrichment are few and far between, that we could benefit from looking for them instead of waiting for them to come to us.
With all that said, I open it up to you.
Comment, and tell me some things that you think about life and purpose and I will make illustrations and poems to the comments that I find most interesting :)
Hope you enjoy the pics! Much love-- Jarelle
If you asked me what my purpose in life is, I would also say I do not know. I have always known what I want to do in life, such as my goals; yet to know what God has intended for my life, well, that's different. I know what I enjoy doing, I know what I am good at, but do I believe they are the same as my purpose? No. My purpose could be to die trying to help someone keep their life, but that's not necessarily what I wanted to do in life, or something I believed to excel at. It just happened because that is how God wanted to use me.
ReplyDeleteI like that comment in which you said that the relationships which differ in our way of thinking are the ones that teach us most. I truly agree. So many of my best friends now would be the exact friends I would have hated hanging around with in high school, yet at this age, I have come to realize how much I need that difference. In high school, or anytime before then, we get so caught up on trying to fit in and be the same as others, yet what's the point? We don't have the same purpose, and if we did, our world would be screwed. We'd have either a bunch of chiefs and no ants or vice versa. There is a need for difference in the world, in order to get things done. There is a need for uniqueness in order to understand every perspective possible. That is how we become compassionate. That is how we learn to understand one another and value their perspective. Anyways, that's my two cents. =)
Love this! There is a missing factor in trying to find our own purpose and that is that we did not create ourselves. How can the creation, without tuning in to its creators purpose, ever figure out its own meaning and set purpose? We have the ability to be used, or not to be used by God if we so choose. But this is, at the end of the day, a choice the individual has to make. I love the themes of compassion, and surrender to Gods purpose in your reply, thank you! I will definitely do a piece on this :)
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