What purpose do you think you were born for?

Question

We all have a purpose and a mission in life just that it might not be clear to us at the moment???To focus on the goal to focus on the purpose....Your goal is the WHAT in life???????

Answer 1

my goal in life is to become a successful journalist and be remembered by people not for my money but for my works. i think i was born to be 'someone'. not just anyone, someone who'd people won't find wanting but caring and giving. my mission for now is to be the best darn student in class and get a real good job offer. i need not ask what my life's purpose or what's the menaing of life. how would i know if i haven't lived it to my fullest ability? =)

Answer 2

It seems that often, "purpose" or "mission" are confused with roles, & then goals. This is what I DO, this is who I AM, this is what I WISH.
Personally, I don't believe I was "born" for a purpose. As you've written, "...it might not be clear to us..." to which I would add, because there is none? Not "...at this moment.." If not at this moment, & should I accept the premise, then when would it be clear?
I've seen some beautiful comments on this subject, expressing how one lives, how one wishes to live. Yet, philosophically, this has nothing to do with what we were "born for."
This isn't being pejorative about anyone's belief or lack of it; there is no logical, philosophical answer to the question. The premise must be believed. Belief=faith is not philosophy.

Answer 3

I think that my purpose is twofold, One to be a mother I"ve never wanted to be anything else. I have known since I was a very young child that I wanted children and that I was good with children and all through my life there have been children in my life all through my life. I come from a family of 9 children with four of them younger than I am three of them by more than five years. I have numerous nieces and nephews and I have cousins I started to babysit when I was seven years old I have 3 children and I have taken care of over 40 in my life time including when I ran a day care center. I have been a religious education teacher and a Girl Scout leader as well as an advocate fro children with Learning disabilities. So for me being a mother and working with children were the reasons that I was born even if I never become a grandmother I will have always have children in my life somewhere.

Answer 4

This pre-supposes that we are souls having a human experience - that we have some karmic raison d'être; that would mean there's a god though not necessarily a monotheistic one or any other type that's widely advertised or known.

Mmm; I spend so much time speaking for atheism I sometimes forget "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

I do know there’s ‘something else out there’ cos too many things have happened to me that I’m not convinced can be attributed to ‘chance/coincidence’ but an Omnimax (Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Eternal, Perfect etc) god thingy with desires for itself or for us?
No. The concept is just too silly; it has no logic about it.

And so far as what am I gonna do when I grow up?
I'm still thinking about it. LOL

Answer 5

Interesting Question! Before I became a Mom, I'm not sure I had a purpose in life. But after becoming a mom to a special needs child, I've learned that my purpose is two-fold....the first being to raise my child to be a respectful, responsible person who will contribute to society in a positive way, and the second to raise awareness of rare genetic disorders such as the one my son suffers from and how newborn testing can prevent complications of these disorders.

Answer 6

Each time I think I have it figured, circumstances change. Maybe I have multiple purposes.

(To marriedw/children: My oldest brother was a missionary in a third-world country for 40 years. It was no cakewalk. He had to alter his routes daily for fear of being set upon. He had to hide the cross on his church. The country forbade proseletyzing. He could speak of his beliefs only if he were specifically asked about them, then he could only answer the question addressed. Shortly after he retired, he was stabbed, and the police said they believed his assailant was someone he knew. The wound, though serious, was not fatal.)

Answer 7

I beleive that we create our purposes. And I don't beleive that our lives stop at just one purpose. We can create as many purposes as we desire for ourselves. The more purposes that we fulfill, the more meaningful our lives will become. Right now I beleive that my purpose is to be the best mother and wife that I can be to my family, and to spread as much love and kindness that I can to others. But I know that my purpose does not stop there. I beleive that there are many other purposes that I will discover for myself within this lifetime. But I beleive all of these purposes revolve around one ultimate purpose - which is self realization, and the freedom from all suffering. :)

Answer 8

Bruce Wilkinson has your answer in his best seller, "The Purpose Driven Life" I know it is true for me. I am now involved in international missions, taking medicines to the neediest people on the planet.

Answer 9

I think the ultimate purpose is something we each are searching for in his own way. So, for me now I can only guess it is to learn as much as possible, to love as much as possible, to help as much as possible, to see similarities instead of differences, & be the best possible me I can be with what information I presently have. With help & inner guidance hopefully I will continue to grow in all these areas.

Answer 10

I was born for all the things men saw in me, including all I could never be (to paraphrase a poet). But I'll settle for all I've done, and most of all for being a father and grandfather of some value.