I HAVE A PURPOSE

What is the greatest tragedy in life? It is not death. It is life without a purpose.  The greatest tragedy is waking up each day and having no clue as to why you exist.

I’m sure that you know of people who have preferred to commit suicide rather than go on living. For them at that point, life had lost all meaning and there was no point in going on. You and I know of people who turned to many other forms of self-abuse while searching for meaning in their lives.  

If I gave you a gadget like a computer, iPad or iPhone and you absolutely had no clue about what it was, what would you do with it? You would abuse it. You would experiment with it by poking it or pulling it apart to find out how it worked. In the process you would damage it.

It is the same thing with life. We all have it and it’s a great gift but many people don’t know why they have it. They have no idea about their lives’ purpose. And so they experiment with it and in the process they abuse it. They do this an’ that! They take this an’ that and then drink this an’ that or go binge drinking and their lives become a tragedy. If we don’t know and are not clear about what we should be doing with our life we abuse it.

You were not just born to occupy space, eat and drink. There is a reason why you are here. You have a purpose in this world. You have a mission that is unique to you. There is something that only you, and no one else, were meant to do and accomplish and make a positive difference in the world around you. 

If you decide to die without achieving your purpose, it will remain undone. You have a unique mission and purpose in this world that no one else will ever fill. You owe it to yourself to discover what your purpose in this world is and to go on and live it.  Only you can discover and connect with your own purpose and you owe it to yourself to do so.

I believe that my number one purpose is to be a teacher of love and wisdom motivating and inspiring myself and others to be the best that we can be. My life’s mission is to embrace the magnificence and beauty that my creator planted in me and then inspire other people to do the same. I fulfill this purpose by writing, speaking and coaching. See www.silsystems.com.au

I also exist to build amazing relationships with myself, my God, my wife, my children and grandchildren.

And finally I strongly believe that I am here to make a positive difference in the lives of those less fortunate than I am. For this reason I have been instrumental in establishing a charity organization – ZIMOLA (Zimbabwe Orphans Looking Ahead). See www.zimola.org

To get in touch with your unique purpose spend time thinking about those things that you value most. What lights up your heart and spirit whenever you are doing it?

Find time to be still, to listen to yourself and to reflect on what’s going on inside you. Ask yourself some critical questions and take time to come up with answers. There is power in questions. The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself.

I spent quite some time asking myself some simple but very powerful questions. Who am I? Where did I come from? What is the purpose of my existence?  What is my mission in this life? How best do I want to make a difference in the world? What do I enjoy doing so much that I don’t really care whether I’m paid or not to do it?   What am I supposed to accomplish before I die? What legacy do I want to leave behind? 

And when you come up with answers to these questions, your life will begin to change. You will become excited and start working towards changing your life. When you find your purpose, your life has greater meaning. You experience a sense of mission. Your vision of the future expands. You feel inspired, enthused and energized by your purpose.

Yes you will face challenges as you work to live your purpose but you will overcome these challenges because of your inspiration, enthusiasm and energy. You will also grow as a result of the challenges and these challenges will define who you are and who you can become. And you will feel very grateful to be alive.

For you to experience all this you have to believe in your purpose when you find it. You need to have a certainty and be able to say to yourself, “Yes!  This is what I was born to do.” You can only meaningfully live your purpose if you have conviction that you are doing what you love and loving what you do.

You owe it to yourself. Find your purpose in life and live it to the full. Go inside yourself and search for meaning in your life. Ken Hudgins says, “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”

Ask yourself those critical questions and continue to ask yourself until you come up with some answers. Find your purpose, fill your life with meaning and live an inspired life.