Hey Everyone! I haven't been to USM and posted in quiet some time, BUT with the New Year and all I've been doing a lot of thinking. And with the New Year most people set the classic "New Year Resolutions!" And while those are great, I like to use the New Year also as a time to remind myself of what my purpose in life is.
The following is what I believe to be MY purpose in life. I encourage each of you to think what YOUR purpose is, or to even write it out. And then constantly remind yourself of it to make sure you are on the right track!
I wish each of you the BEST in 2003! Take Care!
~~Kimster =)
My Purpose In Life
Whether life beyond our own point of view has a purpose, I am unsure, but I believe each person develops his/her own purpose in life, some knowingly and others unknowingly. I myself did not start considering the idea of developing what my purpose in life was until about two years ago. Today, I would describe my purpose in this world with the 3 L’s: to learn, to labor, and to love.
Learning makes a person who they are. Can a person do anything without learning it first? A person is constantly learning, however, what matters is whether the person chooses to practice his/her newly found knowledge or not, because if he/she does not use it, he/she will lose it. And learning undoubtedly develops intelligence. It is when he/she takes this learned intelligence and applies it in life that he/she displays wisdom.
With my dedication to learning ANYTHING and EVERYTHING I can in life, I hope to one day possess the wisdom I see displayed daily in the lives of some of my current role models: an elder at my home church, a widow from my home church, my aunt, a high school teacher, and a college professor. In order for my role models to sustain their wisdom, they choose to continually learn and apply what they learn. I believe if I want to achieve my goals, my purpose, or even become the person I desire to be, I must learn constantly along the way as well. Fortunately, my desire to learn is high!
Laboring to others is also important to me. It is through learning that a person is able to help another who needs assistance. Personally, I believe man was put on this earth to serve one another. Choosing to serve others means putting yourself second to others, and while I cannot say I take that mentality in all situations in my life yet, I hope to accomplish it one day soon.
Laboring to others does not only include tasks such as helping fix a car, or cleaning an elderly lady’s home, or assisting a young child with his/her homework, but serving and laboring to others means teaching them and sharing with them your knowledge. I believe it is my duty to share with others what I know so they can learn and enhance their own lives. The laboring a teacher does toward his/her pupils is indescribable. The number of lives he/she has influenced is beyond counting. In my life, I must be a “teacher” willing to help those I come in contact with.
And finally, to love is possibly the most important step in my life. It is love that leads me to serving and teaching others. It is not only my love for the other person, but also my love for the feeling of satisfaction I feel when helping that someone.
To love another is a learned task, almost like an acquired taste. The way you choose to love a person in whom you come in contact depends upon whom the person represents to you. You learn to love your family with a certain kind of love. You learn to love your spouse or significant other specially. You even love your friends differently. You probably have a different type of love toward your closest best friends than you do with your other friends or acquaintances. Learning how to love each type of person can be seen through examples people set forth or discovered through your own findings. It is the feeling deep down within you that tells you when you have learned how to love.
I choose to show love to everyone I encounter. I can show my love through simple gestures such as a warm smile and kind word or by caring for another individual. Forming a relationship with each person I possibly can and encouraging him/her while sharing my joy and happiness with him/her represents my purpose to love in life.
Overall, my purpose in life is to leave the world a little better than I found it. I hope to touch some lives, and leave some people with a better-changed view of the world; a positive, better view of life. I truly believe that happiness is contagious, and if I share my joy and happiness with those around me, I will leave each place possibly better. I think it is important to try to find the good in each situation. EVERY situation has good in it, you just have to find it. I need to be the person that finds good in everything and shares the good I find with others. I want to be known as someone who lightens tough times.
So you ask, “Where am I going in life?” and “How am I going to fulfill my purpose in life?” My answer is in the goals I have set for myself. I hope to someday become a psychologist. As a psychologist with my own practice, I hope to labor to others by helping them to solve their psychological problems. Not only will this career give me the opportunity to serve, but also it will put me in contact with people, which is what I love, and present me with situations TO love. Of course none of this will be possible without my dedicated effort to learn. I must be willing to learn about people, in order to become a successful psychologist.
I firmly believe that if I choose to AND succeed at learning, laboring, and loving, I will have led a purposeful life. These three acts are what give my life purpose. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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. I loved your "three L's" method, that is very creative. Well, as for my purpose in life... it is to not be like everyone else and to not fit in but rather to set an example of my own; to actually "change" something by being unique. To me: "Society = Brainwashed victims"... I refuse to fall for the many mindless teachings of our society. My purpose is to devote myself to loving others and to be compassionate and to devote myself to something that has great purpose and meaning. From experience comes knowledge and that is awesome. I want my experiences to open my mind, not close it. A wise person can admit that they don't know everything, their mind is not closed but rather open to the possibilities of what is yet to be known and understood. I believe that everyone and everything serves a great purpose in life. I might have given you my "car" analogy in the past, but here it is again: Every living individual serves an equal amount of "purpose" as another individual. Like the engine of a car... as a whole, an engine is an engine. However, it cannot perform it's duty of running the "big" car unless all of the "smaller" parts of it are in place and working. If a small piston of the engine is missing or not functioning properly, the entire engine itself cannot work... leaving the car useless. The same goes for our purposes in life. The president of Microsoft, Bill Gates, would not be the successful billionaire entrepeneur that he is without the ordinary, obscure buyers of his products like you and me. I like to think that every living person has 6 billion microscopic rubberbands connecting their waist to the waists of 6 billion other people. The rubberbands are representative of the force and impact that each person has on everyone else. Anyway, we each have a purpose... we just have to recognize that we are serving one. It's a good idea for a person to serve a purpose that they are proud of and that gives meaning to their life. Also, and this is off the topic, I think that the two strongest forces that determine the future are love and hate. They are stronger than gravity itself. Anyway, great post! Peace out homie, 
