An elusive, distracting phrase, isn’t it? Purpose of life. I could stop you from carrying out that urgent task you’re doing right now simply by asking this seemingly harmless yet deeply important question:
What is the purpose of your life?
Most of us don’t know the answer.
Most of us have hardly given it any real thought.
Most of us feel foolish or unworthy because we haven’t figured it out.
This question becomes dangerous when it distracts us so much that everything we’ve done so far suddenly feels meaningless. It can pull us into a tangled thread of unpleasant pondering, especially because we expect some spectacular revelation—something grand, dramatic, world-changing. And when our answer isn’t extraordinary, it feels like a disappointment.
But here’s the truth—it doesn’t matter whether you’ve figured out your life’s purpose. It doesn’t matter whether your purpose is to ensure every human being is well fed and clothed, or simply to enjoy the quiet companionship of your pet. At its core, the purpose of anyone’s life is nothing beyond living.
What matters is how you go about that living.
What matters is whether you feel content with how you spend your days, how you move through your life.
That’s what I believe.
If this question ever makes you feel like you owe someone else an answer, then you’re approaching it wrong. It’s not a question meant to hold you accountable in someone else’s eyes—only in yours. And yours alone.
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Void Thoughts 
Purpose in life? Is to be part of the kingdom agenda. His word is a light onto our path.
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Reading your post was so reassuring Vinitha. This is something I have begun to think about too without coming up with a good enough answer. But then, like you said, there is no ‘good enough’ answer. This is something each one of us has to think for oneself and hope that it satisfies at least ones own self.
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I may say that our purpose in life is to experience and be grateful that we can do this
with joy and grace. It’s not much, but I choose simple ideas. It’s easier…
All the best Vinitha! A fine weekend!❤️😘
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I must admit that this question bothers me quite often even now. I read somewhere that the purpose of our life gets accomplished by us anyway, whether we realize it or not. As you perfectly put it, Vinitha, what matters is HOW we spend our days… and probably in course of time we will figure out the purpose of our living the day or the hour or even the moment for that matter.
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This is a question that haunts us all. Subtly comparing ourselves to others who seem to have a purpose doesn’t help. Like you so beautifully expressed, I think we find our purpose in the everyday, seemingly mundane things we do. Finding meaning in everyday tasks, making life easier for our significant others and being grateful through it all is purpose enough!
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After being on this world for four decades. I have realized that the purpose of my life is to simply exist. I even wrote a post on this. We think too much about our purpose. Sometimes just existing is the only purpose. Being a daughter, friend, wife, mother, and a kind human being is the purpose. Not everyone will figure out their true purpose, and that is fine. Just live and exist like the trillions of stars that exist.
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