1.
Background
Its a frequent question that people ask, “Who
want to be in next 5 years, 10 year”. After 5 year there is another 5, and one
fine day you will realize that there is no end to it. Life is full of goals and
hurdles. The purpose driven life highlights that you are here in this world with a purpose. Not an accident, nor by
luck or chance. Even if you are religious, or atheist who believes that it
was a big bang with no big banger, you can still believe that there is a
purpose to the life. In the theory of evolution, the evolution its self is through
uses and abuses and adaption. So everything you have in your body, even as
trivial as an eye lash has a purpose. There is nothing without a purpose.
I was born with a very small nose, I have
been told that my grand mother massaged for many months to make my nose in
shape. I am very proud of my grand mother and always grateful to her for what
she has done. This year when I went to apollo clinic for travel medical check-up,
the doctor told me that the shape of my nose is the reason for all my problems.
The reason for my allergies, snoring and sleeplessness. It was supposed to be
short!!! But its too late now, one day my daughters also will be sorry for
their longer nose and they are going to be very proud of me then J
2.
Its not about me
We are all created with a vacuum in our
heart. You will always feel that there is something more to it, and that
thought will stop you experiencing the complete happiness. You may say that if
I get 10000 more a month in annual appraisal you will be happy or get a
promotion in two years. But how long the happiness will last, may be for few
days or till you get the bill for the party that you’re thrown to your friends.
Purpose driven life is all about attaining complete happiness and acquiring
sense of contentment.
We are in a world everyone would like to be
independent. We are not independent, but meant to be interdependent. Human
beings are social animals and supposed to be happy in community. If you are
someone not having food together with your family start doing it. If you don’t have
a dining table at home, now is the time to buy one and invite your friends. I
have been shy in my entire life, was someone running through the back door when
some of our relatives visits our home. Always been suffocated with a crowd
around, my life needs lots of change like few of us here.
Few years back I saw a TED video, It talked
about a study conducted in US. A group of people were selected for the study,
they were given 5 dollar and were asked to spend in whatever ways they can. In
the evening they were measured how happy they were. Many people spent the money
on buying breakfast, coffee etc. Few people spent on their loved ones, buying
gifts or flowers. Very few came across people in needy and spent the money on
them. The people who gifted the money on strangers who were in need were found
to be the happiest and those who spent on themselves were least happy. The
study also revealed that the happiness level they attained by this activity had
positive effect on all other activities of the day in the same rate.So clearly
happiness is not about me.
In many cases we are not happy because what
is driving me in life. Some people fear about failures, burden of expectation
on them, might be driven by others, driven by materialism, driven by various
sorts of addictions. The moments it’s an addiction you are driven by that
object.
Some people are driven by hurt from their
past, from their bitter experiences from the life. They are stuck in the past.
You need to drive by knowing your purpose
to achieve the sense of contentment in life. You need your body and your soul
in complete sync to reach the level of complete contentment with life in this
world.
We all have abilities; there are many
unique abilities in us. Finger prints, retina, or DNA reveals that we are
unique in this world. That means our purpose is also not same.
I chose my non computer science stream
because my cousin did so. He later became an IT professional. I also followed.
Funny thing is, he was already an IT professional before I started tracing his
route.
You need to understand the abilities that
you have and figure out your uniqueness to know your purpose in this life. Once
you found out that, just use that to love others in whatever possible ways.
5 Love
Love has most corrupted meanings even in
dictionaries. It is mostly described as
getting something, getting a pleasure, having a good feel etc. True love is
about sharing, sacrificing, anything about giving but not getting. Most popular
books of Vivekananda are Bhakti Yoga and Karma yoga. Bhakti is in fact the love
to god. Karma is the love to fellow human beings. This is extremely important
purpose for all, but varies only in which ways you could better do it with your
gifts.
6.
Thank you
I have no intention to make you a religious
fanatic or a mental with this topic. Bible says that if you seek you
will find it. So seek for your purpose, love others and stay content in all
your situations of life.
Close your eyes and make a balance sheet in
your mind. See where you are spending your money and efforts in last one month
or last week. See where you are and how you can improve.
I would hope some of you could try
practising this and make this world a better place. If you come across someone
needy help them, see the shine in their eyes.
Love you all and stay blessed.
