Some Thoughts on Purposeful Living

Someone once said to me, "The purpose of life is to figure out who you really are, then live your life accordingly." Sounds simple, no? But try answering the question: Who are you?

At what level did you answer the question? Did you just give your name? Did you offer up a title; Director of Marketing, a writer, a consultant, an American or something like that? That's fine, but job titles change. Careers change. Aren't you more than that? Of course you are. Dig deeper.

So who are you? Really. If you and I are to accept that premise that "living life on purpose" is to first know who we really are, we have got to explore the question at the level of a seed. From a seed grows a tree or a bush or a plant. On the tree there might be fruit. On the bush there might be beautiful flowers. On the plant; vegetables.

We are human beings. (That's another way to answer the question.) But where did we come from? What "seed" was planted that produced us? Aaah, now we are getting into biology. Yes, you could answer the question at a biological level, but does that help us understand our purpose? Are we here, on earth, merely to survive long enough to propagate the species? If so, how many offspring are you required to produce for your purpose to be fullfilled?

This blog is designed to help us explore these questions together: Who am I? and How does the answer guide me in living life with purpose?