Our Real Purpose...

There are other reasons to why we do what we do and that is really deep, to live, to serve our purpose, to fulfill purpose, and seriously that is where my mind goes every time a question like this comes up because if I am being real waking up every single day just to survive pay bills and repeat the same cycle forever sounds exhausting when you strip it down to just that.

I think somewhere along the line society convinced a lot of us that life is about working hard enough to afford rent, food and maybe a few nice things here and there if we are indeed lucky, and do not get me wrong bills are real survival is real, If that is genuinely all there is to life then what is even the point of waking up with any excitement at all? I refuse to believe that we were created to work, sleep and repeat until we die.

For me purpose.....this feels like the deeper current running underneath all these our hustle, It is that thing that makes getting up not just about beating traffic or clocking into work but about actually contributing something meaningful while we are here, i believe every single person carries something iinside of them, that is meant to be given to the world whether that is through creativity, service, leadership or just being a good presence in other peoples lives, that to me is worth waking up for.

I also think purpose is tied closely to service to living in a way that does not just benefit us individually, somehow uplifts people around us too, so when I think about the people I admire most they are never just people who made money for the sake of making money they are people who used whatever they had, talent, resources, time to make someone elses life a little easier or a little brighter, that kind of living feels like it actually means something beyond existing to survive another day.

I think about my writing this way too, so yes there is a side to it, I am not going to pretend money does not matter, because it absolutely does in this life, But if writing was ever about the money I do not think I would feel as fulfilled as I do every time I finish a piece that actually resonates with someone that makes someone feel seen or think a little deeper about their own life, that feeling there that is purpose showing up quietly in the middle of our everyday hustle.

I also believe faith plays a role in how I see purpose, I do not think we were just randomly thrown onto this earth to hustle blindly until we die, noooo..... I believe there is intentionality behind why each of uss here specific assignments, specific people we are meant to impact specific gifts we are meant to use for something bigger than just our own comfort, when I remember that, work suddenly feels less like a grind and more like participation in something bigger, than the paycheck.

No I do not think we wake up every day just to pay bills even though bills are a very real part of this equation, I think that we wake up to live to fulfill whatever purpose we were designed for and to serve the people and world around us in whatever way we uniquely can.

At the end of the day paying bills keeps us alive our purpose is what actually makes waking up worth it.

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