Living The Purpose Driven Life

Many of us go through life not knowing what God given talents have been deposited in us. A great man once said the two most important events in a person’s life are the day the person was born and the second is the day the person realizes his/her purpose in life .This life we are living is the only one we have at the moment, making the best out of this life will begin to take shape and make sense when we identify our sense of purpose.

An old adage says” life without passion is indeed a dead one”. Great people we celebrate across the globe in the past and present times like Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Roland Agambire, Osei Kwame Despite among others who have achieved one feat or the other in changing lives in the things they have done all as a result of that first step they took in identifying their sense of purpose in life.

As we go through the challenges of lives, with an unpredictable economic environment, fewer or no existing employment opportunities, falling moral standards and the ever changing technology that is fast changing lifestyles every day, it has become necessary that, as individuals who aspire for greatness, in academia, commerce, trade and entrepreneurship to begin to ask all the tough questions that will lead us to identify our life worth on earth.

In our quest to identify our self-worth as individuals the following five principles will be useful in our search for answers to living a fulfilling life:

Make a list of activities that inspire and excite you .This is a very important principle that will set the agenda towards helping you identify your sense of purpose in life. If you naturally like to debate and speak to a large gathering instinctantly you will be able to develop a career around law. If you like to creatively think and fix things you likely to build a career around engineering robotic perhaps, you enjoy reading and writing about things that surround you, you may be able to build a career around journalism the list of activities you can perform at this stage is endless.

Thus one thing that gets you going in life that you are never tired of doing them. Find that singular thing or things if they are many develop sone based on your skills and you can be sure to be on the path towards a self-fulfilling life. Chris Gardener said find something that excites you, so much that you can’t wait to get out of bed to start doing it .When a man finds the reason why he was created, history surely is in the making .Go out there find the things that excite you and give your best shot in life and let the chips fall where they may.

Commit energy and time to set your goals. One of the reasons why people never reach their dream of living a self-filling life is mostly because they fail to show commitment towards achieving their goals in life. You will find a student who wants to become a medical doctor to help save lives in his/her community who rather than work hard and read a better class of literature of medicine will rather spend time watching television programs that do not have any bearing on his/her dream.

A lot of people having identified their self –worth initially gets into action but the obstacles and disappointment of life get into their way and immediately that dream dies instantly. In life there are no guarantees as said by les Brown, and as for disappointment and failures they will come. You will have to put yourself in a situation where it is a do or die swim or sink and when you decide to swim you will be amazed the swimming skills you had which you never envisioned. Dedicate more time to doing the things you want to achieve so much, trust me a little commitment will put you on the path to living a self-fulfilling life.

Share ideas with people through networking. One of the things that will get you to live a self-filling life is the art of networking. Once you find what it is that drives you and gives you a sense of joy and fulfillment, you must begin to find mentors who you can interact with our daily basis via the many social media platforms which we have these days .i.e. twitter, Instagram, Facebook and WhatSapp among others. Make it a point to attend seminars and workshops where you can get to meet these people, ask all the questions you have to that will give you answers towards achieving your goals. The most important tool that has become necessary in building strong relationship is the art of networking .Remember never to underestimate anyone and treat everyone important in your quest to building a strong network that will help you live a fulfilling life.

Get into actions with your ideas. Once you find what it is that gives you a sense of fulfillment, you need to begin to get into action with your ideas. Over time some beautiful ideas never saw the day of life, because for something funny reasons we found very good reasons not to act. In life two things come to play however one thing is significant. They are reasons and results. However Results count. Our life worth will be measured by our accomplishments in life and not the number of complaints we make. Often in life, we tend to complain and give excuses as to why I wish I did this thing or that but, the word but tends to limit our sense of commitment to take action .I say to you, let no man stop you with words or deeds, you have no idea what power is in you until you challenge yourself and get into action with your ideas.

Overcome your fears and face life with a positive attitude .In the movie pursuit of happiness by Will Smith, one of the striking features that made Will smith stand out was his never giving attitude and not taking the many sets backs and his current circumstance to determine his future .We must all learn to muster such courage and face life squarely. As individuals who aspire to living a meaning and a fulfilling life, we must develop positive attitude that keep us going even in the midst of uncertain. The man with the right attitude and mind can achieve anything in this world.

I challenge everyone out there, there is a drop of greatness in every man and woman born under the sun .Until we make the conscious effort to find out what drives us, we will continue to tip toe gradually to our graves without realizing our dreams.

As we make the conscious effort towards working to achieving our sense of purpose in life, lets understand that our destinies are in our own hands and that with little effort and hard work we will achieve our dreams.

Alootey Van-Ess.

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