How does one find purpose in life? How can you fill that emptiness that gives your existence meaning. . .?

 

Step 1) Decide what matters to you - declare your values. Write them down and sort them out.

Step 2) Choose long term goals (based on your values) which you will enjoy achieving.

Step 3) Break down your long term goals into smaller, short term goals.

Step 4) Enjoy!

 

I was involved in quite a thread on this subject on www.tech-forums.net. Those guys are liberal. It turned into a philisophical discussion about whether or not God exists. They weren't very good at it, so I owned them pretty bad. Crazy kids...

Ryan

 

Take all these


http://www.allthetests.com/quiz10/qu...tid=1098151655

http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=67170

http://www.lifecolorsonline.com/lifecolorslite.html

http://quizilla.com/users/DenialsTor...0Are%20You%3F/

then come back and Tell us: "what kind of person you are" and give us the answers to your questions.

 

I only need to think about my daughters and grandchildren. That does it for me.

 

Life is pretty simple, those who make their lives unnecessarily complicated usually find an inverse relationship between happiness and complicated lifestyles. The more complicated the less happy one is. Keep it simple.

and remember life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

 

I said to my daughter recently...
"I'm the perfect example on an imperfect person"(did I spell imperfect correctly?) see<

I really can say praying, believing (trying), and submitting to yourself (Ego) has great rewards.

I can also see you do good work ;')

 

Ah, the age old question, "What is the meaning of life"

I think back to the preist on the movie "Rudy"

"In all my years of religous study, I have only come up with two incontrivertable facts.

There is a god,

and, I am not him"

Everyone wants to know the answer to your question, maybe you wouldn't like the answer if it was given to you.

My opinion, everyones is diffrent.

 

God created man in his image to spend time with him when man fell into sin it separated man from God thus leaving a void in man in which Satan will convince you to fill with everything i.e. Drugs, alcohol, money, possessions exc. But until you fill the void with God your life can’t be complete.
Not trying to start any religious battle here. This is just my opinion

 

I am part indian- from my grandmother. She always taught me that to be a true human, you had to walk, talk, and be a good human. In the Christian world, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" would be a good comparison. But there is more to that than just person to person. It involves you and everything around you. The birds, the animals, the ground you walk on. Treat all of the things around you like they were a great relative. Is it hard? Sometimes. But it's a matter of altitude. No that's not a mispelling- altitude. When you troubles seem so great; in your mind, look at them from 1000 feet in the air. Still seem big? Go out to 100 miles straight up. Now are they still real big? What do your troubles look like from the moon? Can you even see them? Purpose in life? Easy for me. I just try to treat everyday as the last one and enjoy every minute of it. If you enjoy helping others, make it a point to do volunteer work. Like to do yard work but live in an apartment? Plant flowers along side the road and keep them blooming. A real tidy person and enjoy cleaning? Sweep a street, pick up trash on a road. I can assure you nobody will want to throw you in jail. Do things that are beneficial to all and that YOU enjoy doing. You'll be surprized just how many folks will join in on the fun and then..........you'll find life is incredibly full.

 

He's not asking about the meaning of life

He is asking about ONE's Purpose in life.

One person may be a doctor to help the sick.

One may be a minister to serve his belief in God and spread the word of God.

One may be a social worker to help those who can't seem to help themselves.


I figured out My purpose in life was to try and put a smile on someone's face via their heart.

Whether is be children,teens or adults....... showing Politeness,Humour and Respect goes a long way to seeing this happen.

Those tests I posted above are to show you what kind of person you are.

 

The implication of this post, that life CAN be terribly empty and meaningless, is absolutely true. It's pretty easy to argue that certain forces in modern life seem to want to drag us into meaninglessness. Commericalism, consumerism, self-gratification, moral relativism, radical individualism....and those who get caught up in the race for a bigger house, their right to alternative lifestyles, adventure just for the ske of adventure, and the like, eventually one day discover that they've been filling their lives with emptiness.

The things that give a person's life meaning are simple, old as time, and have one thing in common: helping someone else.

One can do this in grand ways like the scientist who discovers something that improves life for millions or the author who communicates some great truth to a society. It can be more local, like the doctor who helps the ill, the parent who helps his children make sense of the world, or the guy who joins some local community group. And it can also be very specific, like the man who accepts his purpose in life is to bring joy to the life of a quality woman who has known too much sorrow in her life. It could be discreet and indirect - I know a couple who just radiate happiness to the point that unhappy couples they come in contact with find themselves uplifted, reassured that true happiness does exist and encouraged to seek it. This in itself can be a purpose in life.

So, what can you do that in even some small way, helps someone, anyone?

 

For starters, read post #22 on this page:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...=480150&page=3

My wife makes a good living helping people with this stuff.

She says it has to do also with feeling "aliveness", and moving your life in a direction towards that. What is it that makes you feel really "alive"? Not necessarily happy...but that which seems to emanate from you without effort? What is it that resonates with your heart?

And it could be anything, from working with kids, to wrenching, solving a mechanical puzzle, gardening, farming, selling the best insurance possible (for them, not you) to a family on a budget. Who knows, but you...if you know how to look.

For me, it's being a stay at home father. It's the hardest and best job I've had, and I've had a few.

She can (and does) go on for hours about this. Shorthand: If you have "succeeded" or at least done (or doing) everything you thought you "should" be doing, and it feels empty, you are probably feeding your ego (and/or someone elses expectations) and not your heart.

Check out the website of David Whyte, a poet who is in demand not just in bookstores but in boardrooms. His life's work seeks to answer your very question. He has audio tapes of his presentations (talk interspersed with poetry for accentuation) that are REALLY GOOD. This is not touchy feely stuff...if it doesn't make you take a hard look at yourself, you have a wall up. (Not meant to be accusatory, ok?)
http://davidwhyte.bigmindcatalyst.co...html&node=1016
http://davidwhyte.bigmindcatalyst.co...html&node=1044

...So that you suddenly realized
you were given
the complete and utter gift
of your own transparency,

the revelation of your
own exact boundary with
the world.

The frontier
between silence and speech
exactly
the line you must cross
to give yourself
while saving yourself,

the gleam in your heart
and your eye,
another sun rising,
the old memories alive
after a long night of absence
and the world again
suddenly worth
risking,
worth seeing,
worth innocence,
worth everything.

--David Whyte, SLIGO GLEN: WALKING OUT OF SILENCE
(excerpt)

 

Snake, I'm not looking for someone to just tell me which path to take, but I do like to gather info about the different paths before I make my own journey

I do appreciate all the different perspectives on this. Very helpful to organize my thoughts. I wish I could give a better responce right now, but there is so much to think about. . .No sleep for me for a few nights

I feel like I'm adrift in the ocean. . .moving forward with the current, but heading into more of the same nothing that I just left behind me. . .Hopefully I will be able to get my bearings and start heading for land.

Thanks

 

most of us aren't going to change the world. but you still need to look at yourself in the mirror every day. so don't be a hypocrite. if you want to achieve something in the positive, start with yourself so you can be an example to others. just be the best you that you can be.