What keeps you going each and every day? I am talking short term.
2006-09-04 18:38:52 · 28 answers · asked by btrutt87 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
the real purpose is to search for a purpose And it is boring!
2006-09-04 22:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by Kelrec 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well short answer
If I knew the answer to the purpose of life I would put it in a book and sell more copies than the bible and retire a billionaire at the age of 21.
Anyways the LONG answer would have to be the fact that I live in a tiny town..... No this is not a good thing there is nothing here for me I am not a jock I am more of a mechanic/metalworker/engineer type around here there are only jocks and at my highschool theres three groups cool people, jocks and other..... I have skills just they are not appreciated.
What keeps me going is knowing that one day soon very soon I will be someplace where I am happy a big city where there are more people like me and more things for people like me to do.
That's what keeps me going :)
2006-09-05 01:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by chuckjones1989 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i use dreams.
especially when life sucks. and for me it really actually does suck a lot of the time. but i cant remember where i heard this but the saying is that when youre going through hell, keep going, cause thats the only way youll get out.
when i was in iraq i dreamed of coming home to my gf.
right now im a student truck driver. ive gotta ride with a trainer for 275 hours which is about 6-8 weeks of nonstop living with this person and i cannot even begin to explain to you how f*ing bad this sucks. you wouldnt even understand. and ive lived through some pretty sucky times but this takes the cake. feels like it will never end. ..but i dream about the future because the present sucks so bad. i dream about owning a house. i plan how i will accomplish this goal. i focus as hard as i can on the good positive things i have to look forward to.
lol you wouldnt believe how bad this blows. if i can hang in there you can too, i promise. good luck! :)
2006-09-05 05:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by sean_mchugh6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not really *living*. The minute you're born, you're dying. A little more each day. So, you might as well enjoy the hell out of it, right? You have to really decide what would make you happy, and then GO FOR IT, no matter what. If you don't, you will have wasted your life, especially since you really have no idea how long it will last anyway.
2006-09-05 02:27:04 · answer #4 · answered by Alias400 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your life on purpose? Does just the question stop you in your tracks?
Perhaps you feel a little like Alice in Wonderland when she was taken on a wild ride through the countryside by the Red Queen. No matter how fast Alice ran she couldn't seem to get anywhere. Finally, breathless from her efforts, the Queen allowed her to rest long enough for Alice to comment that "Everything is just as it was!" to which the Queen replied, "...Here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
If this sounds like one of your typical days or weeks, or your whole life for that matter, then it's times to jump from the not so merry-go-round and reevaluate a few of your priorities. Responding to the following statements will give you a good starting point. Grade yourself on a scale from 1 to 10.
1. I am crystal clear what my life purpose is.
Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Agree
Of course, living a life on purpose starts with knowing what your purpose is. If you aren't sure, then that's where to start. Don't feel bad if you aren't clear. According to Cynthia Kersey in her book, "Unstoppable" (http://www.unstoppable.net), when psychologist, William Marsten, asked 3,000 people the question, "What have you to live for?" 94 percent said they had no definite purpose for their lives -- 94 percent! That leaves only 6 percent of us who know why we're here. No wonder we're not a particularly happy society.
2. The life I lead is a full expression of my life purpose.
Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Agree
Knowing your purpose is really only the start. About a quarter of the people who request my services as a life purpose coach feel they know their purpose but also realize that their life doesn't reflect it. In other words, they aren't living true to it.
3. I live a values-based life rather than a materialistic-based life.
Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Agree
Many Americans have sold out their values for the Great American Dream forced down our throats by Madison Avenue advertising. Luckily, we're starting to realize the dream is actually a nightmare, but with hundreds of exposures to advertising every week, living a value-based life can make you feel like a salmon swimming up stream.
4. My life is free of unnecessary clutter and complexities and I seldom feel overwhelmed, rushed or cluttered.
Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Agree
More people give themselves a lower rating with this statement than anywhere else. It appears many of us are choking on our own clutter. If you don't believe it, look around your own neighborhood. How many new self-storage businesses have opened up in the last five years? In the small mountain community where I live there's been at least two new ones, and their businesses are flourishing.
5. I regularly take time to nurture myself in ways that feed my soul.
Disagree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Agree
A big issue for many people. Some of my clients are so driven that the concept of taking even 15 minutes for themselves to just sit and do nothing but breath and relax is almost inconceivable. Taking an entire evening to just nurture oneself is beyond comprehension for most.
How did you do on the sample test? Did you feel you didn't have the time to take the test right now because you need to get on to more important stuff? Wake up Alice! Nothing is more important than identifying your purpose and living true to it. It's just so easy to drift through life like a cork thrown by the currents of circumstances, back and forth, living what Thoreau describes as "lives of quiet desperation."
The good news is that it's not too late. It is possible to start living on purpose immediately, even before you clearly know your purpose. Because asking yourself, "who am I and what is my life for?" begins to shape your life into a new direction. It all starts when you ask the question. "Seek and you will find. Ask and it will be given unto you."
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2006-09-05 01:47:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
With the feeling of being lucky to be a part of this world in the form of human being itself gives us the way to keep going..
people round ur corner cares 4 u so much... love, care and and the support from ur heart closest friends makes u keep going...
2006-09-05 01:44:07 · answer #6 · answered by Lallithambigai U 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each of us must find our own purpose and meaning.
You cannot do that though without certain definitions and truth.
Please read the Essay at the link below, and the other article titled Finding Truth.
2006-09-05 03:33:00 · answer #7 · answered by dredude52 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small things, things that seem inconsequential, that make you happy are what get you from day to day and in the end, the small moments add up to bigger and better ones that make life in general worthwhile. It's all about appriciating the little things
2006-09-05 01:46:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness.
2006-09-05 01:43:41 · answer #9 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh its the person who has the most experience known and learned that pays the tab. Oh you didn't know there was a collector at the door? Best you get to know your elder or you may never leave...
2006-09-05 03:09:44 · answer #10 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋