purpose

coolhandluke

Agent Smith said:

so many years with a "purpose" has programmed my brain to need a one. i am purposeless and that bothers me perhaps because of the still newness of the feeling. most days i feel like i am floating, still waiting for some thing. i think lately i do things that are out of previous characters of mine in an attempt to expose me to the offerings of my life. it seems like filler though. is purpose necessary? or is floating okay in and of itself?

Wasanelder Once

The WT says your purpose is to live forever in happiness on a paradise earth worshipping God in perfect health. Evolution says your purpose is to procreate successfully and survive till you die, advancing your bloodline.

I think that it is living with the least pain and the greatest satisfaction, the joy of accomplishment in helping ones self and others stay safe and well while setting and achieving your own goals. The big stuff takes care of itself.

W.Once

coolhandluke

i tend to agree with your statements... there are days though when the programming screams out at me. ya know?

The wanderer

Dear Coolhand:

To a certain degree purpose is necessary in life. To
be a floater in life drifting aimlessly without a
purpose can be rather unfulfilling.

Find a particular drive, ambition, love, educational
goal, or hobby to fill that void you presently feel.
Life is too short and too good to just drift aimlessly
through it without fulfilling something positive and
worth-while.

Respectfully,

The Wanderer

Narkissos

Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
Caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace el camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante no hay camino
sino estelas en la mar.

Traveler, of your footsteps
this pathway is made, nothing more;
traveler, there is no pathway,
you make your own by walking.
By walking you make a pathway
and looking to your back
you see a path that never
again will you walk.
Traveler, there is no pathway,
only wakes in the sea.

Todo pasa y todo queda,
pero lo nuestro es pasar,
pasar haciendo caminos,
caminos sobre la mar.

Everything passes, and everything stays
but our thing is to pass,
to pass making pathways,
pathways over the sea.

Antonio Machado

unique1

Just wanted you to know I feel the same way. Sometimes it is overwhelming. I really have nothing to offer here other than: You are not alone.

coolhandluke

no unique, you do have something to offer. you just did. for what its worth, it made me feel a lot better. thanks

megsmomma

I feel the same ....My husband says it is the "JW mentality" I feel like it is my "purpose" to help others out of the cult. I always think of things I can do. It drives my husband nuts, as he is content with his purpose in life of taking care of our family and enjoying our time together. I feel like that is my purpose too, but I still think about what "my calling" is as far as doing something with the info I have about JW's. I wish I could be more like him.

daystar

Narkissos, that is simply fantastic! A keeper...

CHL, what's more... consider what the purpose of any purpose might be. I go through this on occasion.

What's the purpose of purpose? Say I define a purpose... what's the point? I die. Do I live on somehow, in spirit? If I don't, what's the point. What is my legacy? Say I have a soul that survives physical death... to what end? 'Oh it joins with the Source', blah, blah, blah... so what? So I end up with a heroin high for the rest of my spiritual existence from being near some core soul energy or whatever you might call it. Big deal? What is the purpose of purpose? Why have one? Why create one? It's all cyclical and meaningless ultimately.

coolhandluke

some days Daystar, i freaking love you man.

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