The best I know to describe life is, that it has a drift.
It’s very much like a stream of water moving in a particular direction. And all people (most of them unknowingly) keep drifting along in that stream. So for most people the direction of their lives is driven by whatever circumstances show up. Which is, by the way, very much valid. I KNOW that circumstances can be tough.. Very tough… But there is a very clear distinction in knowing that they are not chosen by us. We’re given our circumstances. And most people never have any say about their life.
They have a wish for their life. And for sure, this wish doesn’t get fulfilled ever, unless one’s willing to fight for it.
Very few people even realize this. This in itself requires very high order thinking.
You must know that all these structures that we entangle ourselves in, especially our jobs or any other engagement for an economic pursuit, these structures were meant for a specific purpose.
Let me break it down for you.
People work very hard at their job to get better at it. They want to get better so that they earn more. They want to earn more because they think with this money issue sorted, they could finally be happy, spend time with their families, have a little freedom to roam around in the day, and just be. FREEDOM.
But what most people don’t realize that the demands placed on them by today’s jobs have them sacrifice all these freedoms TODAY. Do you get the futility of a human life!
For this reason, it is utmost important that every human being knows specifically, what is he living for? What are the emotions that he wants to experience on a daily basis. What activities does he want to spend his time on daily. What kind of people does he want to spend his time with. What problems does he care enough for, and can contribute towards solving.. Merely knowing all of this is 50% of the solution.
But once you do figure this out for yourself, you’ve got to stake even your existence for the pursuit of this.
If the current conditions of your life don’t serve you, it’s time they got changed.
Of course this change theory doesn’t work so simply when there are other people involved. Like your spouse, parents, in laws, close friends etc.
And that’s the part where each individual has to figure out his own way of tackling the problem.
Some leave the people who bring them down. Some lift the others up to their level.
But one thing is for sure. You are doing everyone a disservice by not living a life which is truly authentic to your purpose. This is the key phrase.
And finally, how to know your purpose? It takes both, discovery and invention.
Just know, that you owe this much to yourself and everybody else whom you love.
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