Mrs and I were sitting at a café having a coffee. We were talking about our lives when I asked her "what is the the purpose of our lives?" She replied with a list of goals that we both agreed are very important to us. As we talked about what I really meant by purpose, we came to realize that our various plans for life had little to do with what we felt the purpose of our lives is to be. The thing is, until that moment I had never really separated the two concepts. Here is what we left that café with.
1. Our goals for our lives should show that we are living our purpose.
2. Our purpose is the why behind all our actions.
If I believe that my purpose in life is to leave an inheritance for my kids, then my goals should all show savings and sane investment. If my purpose is humanitarianism then all my actions should be driven by my love of mankind.
We all have a purpose whether we choose to admit it or not. Until we come to grips with our purpose though, we can never find satisfaction in achieving our goals.
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