KNOWING LIFE’S PURPOSE MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE

KNOWING LIFE’S PURPOSE MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE

Knowing life’s purpose would invest everything one did with meaning.
Whether reading a book, performing a task, or caring for one’s health,
one would feel deep commitment and satisfaction. Even if one were suffering
from a dreadful disease, enmeshed in a family quarrel, or strung by
a humiliating defeat, the power to live― the determination to overcome
any obstacle  in order to fulfill life’s great purpose―would always come
flooding back. In his One the Genealogy of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900) effectively underscored  the importance of meaning in life
when he wrote that man desires suffering and”even seeks it out,provided
that he has been shown a meaning for it, a reason for suffering.”
  
  The road stretching ahead may be long, but face the right direction
and nay forward motion will bring one that much closer to the goal,
with no waste of energy. Whatever it costs in time or strength or money
to realize the purpose of life will certainly be rewarded in full. No experience
is ever thrown away or lost. Even those engulfed in wave after wave of sorrow
are sure to find their reward, once they know the ultimate purpose of living.

Some declare life to be wonderful and fulfilling, while others decry it as empty
and meaningless. What makes the difference? Simply knowing life’s true purpose.

KNOWING LIFE’S PURPOSE MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE

KNOWING LIFE’S PURPOSE MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE

Knowing life’s purpose would invest everything one did with meaning.
Whether reading a book, performing a task, or caring for one’s health,
one would feel deep commitment and satisfaction. Even if one were suffering
from a dreadful disease, enmeshed in a family quarrel, or strung by
a humiliating defeat, the power to live― the determination to overcome
any obstacle  in order to fulfill life’s great purpose―would always come
flooding back. In his One the Genealogy of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900) effectively underscored  the importance of meaning in life
when he wrote that man desires suffering and”even seeks it out,provided
that he has been shown a meaning for it, a reason for suffering.”
  
  The road stretching ahead may be long, but face the right direction
and nay forward motion will bring one that much closer to the goal,
with no waste of energy. Whatever it costs in time or strength or money
to realize the purpose of life will certainly be rewarded in full. No experience
is ever thrown away or lost. Even those engulfed in wave after wave of sorrow
are sure to find their reward, once they know the ultimate purpose of living.

Some declare life to be wonderful and fulfilling, while others decry it as empty
and meaningless. What makes the difference? Simply knowing life’s true purpose.

WHEN LIFE BECOMES PREDICTABLE

WHEN LIFE BECOMES PREDICTABLE

In Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper, the ant toiled all summer and then was able to pick up its heels and enjoy life in the winter. Most of us do not enjoy that luxury. Instead, we slave in all seasons, year in and year out. One the way to work, day after day we may pass the some people in the same place, until their faces become vaguely familiar. They, like us, committed to an unvarying routine.

 Without lasting joy or fulfillment in living, the days merge into one indistinguishable blur of eating, sleeping, and getting up. Living such a life is like running a footrace with no goal: without the thrill of anticipation or the joy of crossing the finish line, why strain to keep up the pace? In life, too, only those with a clear sense of direction and purpose can stay the course with vigor.