Thursday, July 13

Our Purpose

Philosophers have been dealing with this question for thousands of years and have never really come up with a definitive answer:  What is our purpose here on earth?


Our purpose is to DIE...  we are born, we grow up and spend a lifetime learning, then we DIE.  It does not matter how much we have learned or how much money we have earned, we still DIE.  It does not matter if we are rich or poor, black or white, yellow or brown, we still DIE.  All of us have that one purpose in common.


But, for some, we need to explore all sorts of alternative like:

  • we have a religious purpose
  • we have an achievement purpose
  • we have a knowledge purpose
  • we have a contributory purpose
  • we have a legacy purpose
  • we have a power/control purpose
  • we have a family purpose
  • we have a happiness purpose
And...  all of those are true, valid pursuits, but in the end we all DIE.

Each and every purpose is different, and uniquely suited to our own personality and internal motivation.  Some of us strive hard towards our purpose while others just let the purpose flow naturally, allowing it to twist and turn in a variety of directions based upon influences and an interaction of forces, both expected and unexpected.   However, in the end we all DIE.

Personally, I am interested in why we only live 80-100 years.  Seems rather pointless when one thinks of eternity.  It would seem more plausible for us to live 500 years or a thousand years or more.  Why were our bodies not constructed to live a longer life?


 

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