Does your life have a purpose?

Your life has to have a purpose, even it is not a very important one, or it doesn't seem to be that important. It is proven by study that old people who still have a very strong purpose in life live longer than those who have nothing to live for anymore. Therefore, we live for something, or else we don't live at all. Eventhough I am young, I believe ( I am 21), I have a very well established purpose, and very elaborate in its composition, but I will sumarize, so you don't get bored. My purpose is to offer my family a better life, and all the love that I can offer them, as well as financial independence, so nothing will ever miss in their life.

I am a firm believer that every life has a purpose. the journey there is worth every effort and dream and goal that life throws into our path. Without a purpose, there would be no meaning. without meaning, there would be no life. Without that life to exist, there is so much that will be lost.

Absolutely yes! My life may not be a perfect one, it may be full of trials and challenges but I know and I believe that there are reasons for everything. God has his own reasons why He allow those things to happen. Along the way we will learn what's our purpose in life. Just look around and you will discover that God has something for you to do and that's the reason why He created you. you may not know it now but later on, you will know your purpose.

This is a very interesting philosophical question that people have been debating for as long as language existed, if I am correct. In general, I think it is more comforting to believe that every life serves a purpose; that we are here for a reason, that everything happens for a reason, etc. But random evolution seems to prove otherwise sometimes. In general I think that no, we are not necessarily here for a reason and our lives have no purpose when we are born, but we can change that. We can be determined to make something of the time we have been allotted on earth. We can decide to leave a mark (being careful to make sure that mark is not a scar) and to make a difference in the world while we can. Ultimately, this will all end in oblivion. There was time before human consciousness and there will be time after. We don't know how long there will be before the "after", but we know we have this second, this minute, to live in, and I believe it is our DUTY as citizens of the world to fill it with as much purpose as we can.

I used to think I had a purpose. But I lean red that I actually do not. The only thing I really have now is my children, because they need me and T. But I still don't feel like I have a purpose. I can tell you this, the last few years I have just been existing. I guess the threads that hold me together now are my children and T. Maybe one day I will feel good about myself again. But I just don't see that.

I believe we are all here in this world because we have a purpose in life. All we need to do is find the meaning of it.

I think no body us knows what are really our purpose here, it is like the question why God created Adam and Eve. But since we are here now there are many questions came to our mind specially when we experience thought times. Asking why it is happening to us, why for so many people I'm the one who suffer this kind of problem bla,bla, bla.... But somehow if we only try to wait for the answer it will come. It happened to me many times, I was asking too many question before why this kind of problem happened to me. But now all questions have answered, it was already clear in my mind.

hi sarahruthbeth I always thought our purpose in life was to help one another always. I was brought up with the idea I am my brothers or in my case my sister's keeper. I do not think this is a bad concept at all. Some of us know from an early age we are meant to be caregivers so we go into occupations that we can always work to help other people. We are so satisfied that it makes our work happy work. not all people believe that way and I do respect their opinions as I hope they also respect my opinion too. [

For most part of my life, that is till my 40th year i was just drifting along,going with the flow as it were until something happened and suddenly i found out the real reason for my taking birth.I suddenly had a goal and soon found someone, a guide and philosopher, who gave me the techniques that would help me gravitate and advance towards the goal that was set for me. Now htere is no looking back and whatever i am doing is propelling me towards that goal.I cannot say whether i will accomplish it in this life itself but i know for sure that i could do it in my next life.Since it is not a materialistic goal but a spiritual one,whatever i have achieved in this life will carry forward in the next life and i will not have to start from scratch but will continue from where i left off in this life.It goes without saying that i will not remember anything but will come to that point naturally, early in that future life.

Heyya sarah! I was not brought up with the idea that my life has to have a purpose. I know this might sound crazy..it is an idea that I actually come to terms with on my own. I do think that we have purposes and I think that they can be so complicated that it might not even be something that is realized within a lifetime. I think that perhaps it could be generational or maybe even further out. It might not even be family oriented. I remember a smile once. Someone I never spoke to..someone I didn't even know. I was at a very low point in my life and..well...very low point. That one smile that day from that person that didn't know me from Adam changed my day, my outlook, and give me just a little strength. Just enough. I know that it is silly but maybe that person..at that point...had a purpose they would never realize and it was for me. I think we all have a lot more power than we realize sometimes and I do hope that if I am never meant to do anything else in the world that I can do that for someone someday. Take care.

Naturally my life does in fact have a purpose. A purpose that might be changing given new lessons learned, new experiences, new everything right in life. There are just going times where the purpose might be in a fog, never clear for many people. And there have been many times where I have second guessed the fact that my life has purpose or any purpose or whatever. There are times where a huge roadblock just drops down right in front of us. Still I think that even if there have been many curves in the road, where my goals might have been absolutely compromised , I still managed to find an alternate route. I think that improving myself and my life and just getting the most out of every moment is a noble endeavor and I'm just really just enjoying just every moment that I can, just get the most right out of everything of this wacky little game right in life.

The only purpose I have is being a wife and mother...Thats okay with me, I accepted that fact. I wish I could do something with my singing but thats not in the cards for me.

Hi you sounded depressed. What seems to be bothering you? At this moment you seem to have lost the purpose to live, just hang on there. I do believe that we live for a reason and that each life was lent to us to do something for ourselves or for others. And I also believe that through time it changes as priorities changed to. As of the moment my lifelong purpose is to be successful earn money and be able to help those who are in need. Until I dont reach that goal it will continue to be my driving force to live and fight for my life. Maybe you just had fulfilled one of your purpose so that you fill like you have nothing to live for now. Therefore dont be bothered about it. You'll find something else that will become the purpose to live. God bless!

The question made me examine myself as to what i've been really doing all this years. And this is what i think. Looking and searching for my purpose of existence just makes my head ache for really thinking what it is. Actually, just by being born into this world we are continually fulfilling a purpose, simply by living our lives no matter how dull. Every second or minute or hour even a day we do fulfill a purpose. May it be by just making our friend/love ones smile, being there to comfort them, their savior of the moment especially if we do something extraordinary for them. The thing is, it is in the way we live our life that we realize our purpose. If we do try living optimistically we get to know what it is we want eventually. But if we just let life pass us by, refusing to interact with the world we certainly don't get anything from it. Being pessimistic will always gets us to do nothing and will just fill us with anger and jealousy. Live life one day at time, enjoy doing things as if it were to be the last.

I think your life does have a purpose, everybodys does, your life affects and influences all people you pass in daily routine, just to smile at someone walking past you in the street influences them even in a small way. I thin k of life as a big fruit cake we all play a part, it may not be a big part but it is important. I used to think like you until I held my father as he passed away, and then when I volunteered in a nursing home, I learnt what the simplest things we do can make a big difference to other people.

Well, i think most of us are thinking the same thing, what is the meaning of life, why we live in this world, what purpose of our life. But seldom people have answers and can live their life to the fullest. Of coures, we all have some short term or long term targets, such as going into a good college, having a good job, finding a good spouse.etc. But the real meaning of life is what? I think since our life is short and it is already a luck to coming into the world. we should try to live our life meaningful. That is, not wasting time, try to learn something, being sincery to friends, thereby making some real friends.

Of course every life has a purpose, and every person knows consciously or unconsciously what that purpose is. If you are not sure of your life's purpose, you will know eventually. The purpose of your life is why you do what do, and why you are what you are. Everything that happens in your life is directing you toward that destination. Chance, coincidence,and or luck do not enter into the equation because every life is part of a grand design!

Life does have purpose. May I say sarahruthbeth22, You are doing well at your purpose. Keep up the good work!! I would tell you what that purpose is, however I think it would do you much more good to discover that for yourself. Me, I'm doing well myself, however it can be a struggle at times. I can get in my own way sometimes. Lots of love and kindness,Sarahruthbeth22.

Hi behen Years back, when I was healthy, I didnt have any dream or even a goal. I always kept doing what I felt important. Not that I did nothing, there was college, there was my charity work (or you can say community work) that kept me occupied. Then when I joined as a teacher, I was dedicated and was happy that I teach and help students learn and attain their goals of better jobs, better future. But I never had a goal set for myself. life was always meaningless those years. Maybe my failure to join the Space Academy even after winning the National Scholarship or even my parents denying me joining the Defense Academy (I would have been a Pilot or an Army Man), but I had no dreams and it was purposeless. Then I fell ill, met your bahu after 5 years into being ill. And slowly over time, my life started getting some direction... that I can say, today, a purpose. I have two goals today - My Wife - her happiness, her well being and the next for me - spread happiness and bring smile to at least one person per day. In doing both, I think I achieve more of personal satisfaction and happiness. I dont know if this is a purpose but I am happy this way, living life in bits and bytes rather than thinking about the whole life at one go.

I think My life has also no purpose in the Begining. But when i trust God after that i belive every one life has some purpose. I am always calm and cool person. And i decided in my life i need to married a poor widow person. And i think this thought comes to my mind because of the Purpose of my life. And i done it now i commit love with that kind of Girl. I think everyone here have some purpose.