Beyond living: finding and living purposefully

Many have had to battle with finding what their purpose in life is, and painfully, some died without finding out that purpose or even fulfilling that purpose. Man is a social being and should not live in isolation; he needs to interact with his environment and the people around him. Perhaps we can reflect a little on the creation of humanity using the perspective of spirituality, where man was deemed inadequate to live by himself, and thus, a help-meet was provided. This reflects the interrelationship of fulfilling purposes or destinies in life.

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Purpose remains a focused intention or destination to be attained or reached. A popular saying goes thus: ‘When the purpose of an object is unknown, abuse is inevitable’ and thus, beyond finding purpose in our everyday lives and engagements, the ultimate goal remains finding and achieving purpose in life. Recently, I consoled myself that if death knocked on my doors, I would remain fulfilled, though not absolutely but relatively. Finding purpose could be as easy as being told what to do by an experienced person or the manufacturer of an object but could equally be as tasking as discovering the purpose of life without a guide. Finding one’s purpose in life could come at an early stage, in its middle, or even at a later stage in life. Finding purpose is a major breakthrough in fulfilling what one’s purpose is in life. Ways we can find purpose include, but are not limited to, having a mentor's guide, developing passion and finding ease in daily activities, or perceiving oneself to be a solution to a problem or course of action.

Purpose goes beyond a destination; it can be enjoyed and cherished. Many view purpose as the completion of a process rather than enjoying the beauty attached to reaching a destination. Most purposes involve the people around us and even our environments. A caution and reminder is that we are part of that context of people and environment and equally have a purpose to fulfill for ourselves. It is thus vital to both understand that there is a purpose of living that involves others (people and environment) but includes us as individuals.

The fulfillment of a purpose goes beyond reaching a height; it entails finding satisfaction in the process of reaching the height of one's purpose, the very means to an end.

The resources to a purposeful life go beyond money but, importantly, depend largely on having money as a tool or means to an end.

This takes me to the unchecked desire to have money or richness to live life. Truly, nobody desires to be poor, but many desire to have more than enough for comfort. Many people therefore desire to have money in abundance with the hope of solving all of life's problems, especially as it relates to them or their loved ones. Unfortunately, money cannot buy all of life's gifts, even life itself. While in pursuit of abundance (hardly created but recycled), there are chances of others being deprived; the lack of one may translate to the abundance of another, perhaps seen in exchanges or trades. But hey, could there be a rational distribution of the limited resources if humanity had a tinge of consciousness and conscience? Just maybe

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When all is said and done, the very resources we struggle over become meaningless at the end stage of life, a period of reflection when we give account of how well we have lived life or been impactful to the society we lived in. Could we say we have given our best? Could we say we have lived life a little?

Thank you for reading. I would love to have your comments and contributions.

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