Purpose gives us significance. José Ortega y Gasset (1883 ~ 1955) described it this way, If we can take life as it is and leave it better than we found it then at the end of this life we will know we were significant "Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. Only in proportion as we are desirous of living more do we really live.’
Purpose gives direction to our lives. Purpose helps us choose the course we will follow. It points us to endless growth and helps us to be better people tomorrow than we were today.
When we are aligned with a purpose we are aligned with God. When we are “on purpose” we tap into God’s power, we have His support! The best things in life seem to be naturally attracted to us. But when we lose sight of our purpose, we lose sight of God.
It provides us with passion which gives us illumination to be able to face and overcome pain, suffering, and difficulties. Life is just a candle which without its illumination could give no light.
It is the key that unlocks our potential which gives our life a sense of eternity. The greatest use in life is to spend it for something that will outlive it
It fills us with enthusiasm that wins us friends and opens many doors of opportunity. We are more connected to one another as human beings and more content with who we are and what we do. It makes us useful to our friends and the world thus giving our life meaning For as George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross, 1819 ~ 1880) wrote, "What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?"
It allows us to realize our power and take action courageously. Our purpose will strengthen all of our other goals by binding them with a common purpose William Faulkner (1897~1962), "Always dream and shoot higher than you know how to. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself
It loads our lives with serenity, cheerfulness, anticipation, delight, and contentment. When we are living from our true purpose, we feel more energetic, filled with excitement, joy, and inner peace. Our contribution is a way of thanking life for life. Arthur P. Stanley (1815 ~ 81) explained it this way: "There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word that raises us above ourselves."
Despite the difficult and demanding times we live in, it gives us hope."He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how" Nietzsche said
It defines us. It explains who and what we are and brings out the best in us. There is no better feeling than knowing that you have value. As Thomas Carlyle (1795 ~
1881) wrote, "The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something; the strongest, by dispensing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continually falling, bores its passage through the hardest rock; but the hasty torrent rushes over it with tremendous uproar, and leaves no mark upon it."
1881) wrote, "The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something; the strongest, by dispensing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continually falling, bores its passage through the hardest rock; but the hasty torrent rushes over it with tremendous uproar, and leaves no mark upon it."
· It challenges us to do what we never dared to and invites us to do what we formally believed to be impossible. Richard M. DeVos, the founder of Amway Corp., also writes about the flame of hope: "No life is more tragic than that of the individual who nurses a dream, an ambition, always wishing and hoping, but never giving it a chance to happen. He nurses the flickering dream, but never lets it break out into flame."
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