Do you have a good sense of why you live where you live?
Why you do what you do?
Why you surround yourself with certain people?
Why you do your job?
Why you do anything in your life?
Do you truly know why?
If you have all the answers already,
Good for you,
I applaud you and I am slightly jealous.
So today we are looking at your purpose.
Our main goal is to understand that just by being alive,
You already have purpose.
Furthermore,
We will differentiate different kinds of purposes in your life.
You will understand how you affect the world in a whole lot more ways than you think you do.
Fyodor Dostoevsky said,
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive,
But in finding something to live for.
So let's find things worth living for.
First of all and most importantly,
You are alive and as such,
You have purpose.
Let me repeat this,
You are alive and as such,
You already have purpose on this planet.
You are part of this world and you are needed.
Whether you want to or not,
You affect other human beings.
You affect everyone who is in your life.
And because you affect other people,
You already have purpose.
Now this is important because now you can relax a little.
You can take off the pressure of misunderstanding,
Finding purpose with something to achieve.
Purpose is not something to achieve.
Purpose is something to find and embrace.
If you embrace having purpose,
Your life will become lighter,
More meaningful and will make more sense to you.
So we already found out that just by existing,
You already have purpose.
Let us add to this now.
Let us look at the purpose you have for the people closest in your life.
What purpose do you hold in your partner's life,
Your family's life,
Your friends' lives?
It can be absolutely anything.
From the most simple and practical,
Like for example,
I cook for my partner every Friday,
To bigger purposes like I'm on this planet to help my partner be the best version he or she can be.
And of course,
Everything in between.
It doesn't matter whether it is simple or complicated,
Big or small,
Practical or abstract.
Every kind of purpose is fine.
You will have very different purposes for different people.
From people closest in your life all the way to people you barely know.
Maybe you wave at your neighbor every morning.
That little gesture already has a purpose because it affects another human being.
Now let us have a look at the purpose you have for your community.
We all have one or more communities that we belong to.
Even if it is just your neighborhood you live in and even if in this neighborhood you don't even talk to anyone.
You would still belong to that community.
Maybe you have a tight bunch of friends you consider your community,
A sports club,
Your family,
Your communities can be any sort of group.
So what do you think your purpose is in your communities?
Are you the thinker,
The communicator,
The entertainer,
A caring person,
A person who gives space,
Takes space?
Maybe your purpose is to be the loudest or the quietest.
Your purpose can be anything.
Try and make yourself aware of your different purposes in your specific communities.
Now let's zoom out a bit more.
Let's go big.
Let's go as big as we can.
Let's go big without becoming heavy.
Here we go,
I dare ask.
What is your purpose on planet earth?
What do you put on earth to do?
It might be beneficial for you to find that out.
Your life's purpose could be to build an empire,
To travel,
To entertain,
To teach,
To make people feel safe,
Tell stories,
To heal,
Build houses or to serve your community.
What is it that you're supposed to do on this planet?
Now for most of us,
We have one big overarching purpose in life.
And for some of us,
This purpose might change during our lifetime.
Do become aware that you might benefit from having curiosity about finding your bigger purpose.
If you cannot answer the question about your bigger purpose yet,
Then rest assured that you can still live a happy life.
But I would definitely recommend being curious.
Now let us look at how your purposes affect other people.
For example,
Let us imagine one of your purposes is to create positive attitudes in other people's hearts.
Now imagine you're bumping into someone on the street and let's imagine your reaction is to say I'm sorry,
Oh great shirt by the way,
Have a good day.
How would that affect the other person?
Now let us imagine your reaction would be saying watch where the fuck you're going.
How would that sentence affect the other person?
Your purposes are powerful.
They heavily influence your actions,
Reactions and how you affect other people.
Now let's look at the people closest to you.
Let us think about how your purpose affects them.
By default,
You affect people closest to you in many different ways.
So take a moment to think about how you affect them specifically.
Again,
Try not to judge your effects like this is good or this is bad.
Try and accept your effects for what they are.
This behavior born in this purpose causes this effect.
Whether you want to or not,
You affect the people closest to you and the more aware you are of your purposes,
The easier you can improve the quality of your connections.
