The Purpose Of
Life!
The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow, as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power, which is or has been shown by any person, anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible in action. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.
---Wallace
D. Wattle
“The
purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out
eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
--- Eleanor Roosevelt
--- Eleanor Roosevelt
“The
purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be
compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived
well.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
I was checking for the meaning of life and one of
its definitions caught my attention most, which simply states ‘life is a time
for which something exist or function’. And i asked myself is man purpose here
on the planet just about existence or to function? And that answer crept up my
mind saying ‘we are not just here to exist for the sake of been distinguished
from the dead but we are here to function according to the brilliant design of
our awesome creator’. The amazing thing about man is that we’re designed having
capacity to bring to concrete form whatever we picture in our mind, that is,
you can become whoever you want to be or do whatever you want to do. Man
possesses the potential to function in dynamic ways, but i like to remind you
that the baseline of man functioning in an awesome manner is steady growth. To
really live indeed, the focus of every man is to nourish his/her daily
activities with a target of growth in all areas of his/her life.
The simple truth about life is that, man must grow
or die out; only a man with an unsound mind will find no reason to grow because
in growing we did find joy and happiness. It’s funny how bad we feel during
adolescence when people of our peer group have some physical attribute we yearn
for and it seems nature robbed us of it, this is the same kind of feeling you
tend to have when you don’t maximize your potential in bringing the finest and
best of yourself out in other areas of your life aside the physical. I have seen
that very much later in life, your physique is not a limitation, limitations
comes from not growing mentally, morally, and spiritually. When the purpose of
life is still very much hidden from us, we cry about simple things about our
appearance such as height, body shape and size, color and face. I laugh when a
person depend solely on their beauty and handsomeness to be fit for life’s
challenge and combat, no doubt your appearance is a plus but the world we are
now is about people who keeps growing and goes on re-inventing themselves. I
have seen men with beautiful faces bowing to men with just that face, who have
their destiny in their hands and have built themselves mentally and
spiritually, look out there you will see huge and hefty men protecting that man
of little size who has worked painstakingly to create his own beautiful world,
and yes, an African-American rose to the position of the number 1 man in the
world presiding over a country which is a world power. Your physical appearance
is not enough and is never a limitation, and your race is simply your baton
because a bigger, greater, wiser, richer, stronger and better you are on the
inside, you can make the world see it.
I like to recommend some movies to you; the names
are ‘The Secret, Mr. Holland’s Opus and Lucy’, these movies would open your
eyes to a lot of things that would turn your life around for better. The first
two will make you understand that you can have everything you desire,
understand the purpose of living and the potential to make yourself a success
story lies in you, the latter touched topics on the capacity of the brain and
how we fail to maximize its use, you can easily find the first two on YouTube.
I mentioned these movies because they have had their impact on and in me, i do
hope you experience that too.
The purpose of life is living indeed, moving on with
courage towards achievements, eagerly reaching out towards newer and better
experience, and striking out fear while pushing your visualization to reality.
What’s more important than being useful to yourself,
your family and the world? The desire and actions to be useful to people in
your life and beyond is the gateway to an honorable life. Be passionate about
your dreams and stay compassionate to mankind, it is the only key to a life of
difference and living indeed, and above all your happiness will know no bounds.
I see every single man placed here on earth is to
achieve their greater and better self and courageously live out their purpose. We
all need something to live for, the mystery of human existence is beyond
staying alive, every man has a purpose for being here, my mission here is not
same as yours, that’s what make you distinguishably peculiar, live out your
purpose. If every man can figure out their purpose for life by choosing to live
a grand life, the world would be a better, happier, more loving and beautiful
place to be. The purpose of our life is to contribute to making what is bad
become good, and what is good turn out better, this is what you and I are
capable of, let’s do it.
I want to remind us all, that we are not here to
compete with each other but we live to complete one another. Let’s live in
harmony as we go realizing our purpose on earth and our mission accomplished.
Today your purpose shall be made clear to you and you shall live a fulfilling
life, stay hopeful!
God
Loves ♥ You
Ogundipe
Clement Shola
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