Purpose

‘The two most important days in your life are: the day you were born and the day you find out why’. All of us are put on this Earth and given the life that we have, for a reason. However, different people take different amounts of time to figure what the reason is, to figure out what their purpose in life is. At any given point of time, there are countless people who are living, but have no idea why, who do not know what they want to do with their lives.
As scary as not knowing what to do with your life sounds, it’s a perfectly okay stage to be at. Figuring out who you are and what you want to do in life can prove to be one of the hardest tasks ever. ‘What is the meaning of life? What is the point of everything?’ These questions have popped up in our heads at some point or another in our lives. While there is no definite correct answer to these questions, the true meaning of life becomes infinitely more clear when a person has a purpose in their lives. By purpose, I do not mean what you want to do tomorrow or day after or next week, what I also do not mean by ‘purpose’ is ambition, ambition can sometimes be a far-fetched conundrum, whereas a purpose is something which drives you forward in life, which becomes your first thought when you wake up in the morning, something which you are willing to devote your entire life to.
Often, not having a clear idea of what you want to pursue in life, is frowned upon in society. I can say quite frankly that I have not found my purpose in life yet, and this prospect excites me more than anything else. I mean, look at it in this way, I have got my entire life ahead of me, I can choose my own path, do things that I’m the most passionate about, go to countless new places and meet countless new people, the possibilities are endless! When you look at life from this perspective, it automatically becomes exciting. In life, not many people will understand your purposes and the paths you tread on, but that’s okay. The independence and the beauty of having individualistic ideas and purposes is that they are entirely your own. It doesn’t matter if others don’t like you, to succeed in life, you need to like you, you must love yourself. It is your chosen path and yours alone, forget others, you need to believe in yourself and your choices.
Listening to your heart- As cliché as this phrase sounds, I feel that it is an extremely underrated ideology. In order to achieve whatever you want to in life, it is absolutely vital to do what you love and love what you do. These days I find myself around teens who do things because their parents want to, their friends want them to or because they feel like it’s the safer option. Screw what they want, screw safety, take risks, if you are passionate about something, go ahead and do that, don’t let anybody stop you from doing that. Doing what you’re passionate about gives you happiness, and if you aren’t doing things for happiness, well then what the hell are you even living for? Everybody wants to live happily.
If you do not start doing what you want, others will keep making you do what they want you to do. Everybody finds their purpose in life at some point or another, but for that, you need to go after what you want, you need to break those shackles, come out of that shell, set some goals for yourself and relentlessly pursue them. Go after your own desires, create your own paths, find your purpose in life, find something to live for and find something worth dying for