Does your life have a purpose?

Yes! Of course we have a purpose in our lives....We have our children (both married with children)….My brother and his family and many friends...

I thought once I wasn't going to have a purpose in life....Hubby had a heart attack...It was devastating.....He persavered….Until 5 years after
he had Cancer.....He is alive.....Thank the Good Lord and the Doctor's he had were great....We went to the best Hospital in the North East....
Of course, he has many test's to go through every year....We still have a purpose in life....
What Ever Will Be, Will Be.....We lost many in our life....brother's, parents, friends....and many aunts and uncles....
 
I am a Mom, and helped raise a wonderful daughter who is a productive citizen. I was a teacher, and I know I made a difference in many kids' lives. I'm a wife, and a good one. I'm a good friend to many people. And I'm a Nana, and I spoil my grandkids with love. If that isn't meaningful, I don't know what is.
 
Those without a purpose in life may not value life strongly enough to survive some of its trials.

My dad was in the army in New Guinea during WW II. He was not a POW but knew men who were. Those who had some reason to come home - a wife and family for example - clung to life with determination. Younger men, who had not yet found their particular purpose in life were more likely to surcumb to deprivation and disease. Many men found their purpose in helping each other to survive and then went on after the war's end to work to make the homeland better for all. Some entered parliament, others established building societies and credit unions to help common men that the banks ignored. Others took advantage of education and found their purpose as teachers, solicitors or other professionals. Sadly, some never found their life's purpose in civilian life and became recluses or alcoholics.

My purpose in life? I was a teacher and I saw my purpose then to help my students to grow and learn and to become good citizens capable of charting their own course in life. I have always been surrounded by a loving family and my purpose has been to support the generations above me and to help the generations below me to raise their children. I see family as a chain, with links forged by each generation. The chain doesn't break if each link is made strongly, using good moral values and loving relationships. I am now a great grandmother and I am pleased to say that the links made in my lifetime have been fashioned well. My final purpose is to support my husband as we grow old and infirm together and to die well when it is my time.
 
I think my purpose in life is to be a caretaker. Keeping up with Daddy Elf, cleaning house, and trying to settle my sister's estate. Can't keep my energy going. At least I've got you guys to help me chill at night. Pour me a small glass of Amaretto and read how your day has been and I feel a little re-energized!
 
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Not dying is pretty high up on my list of things to do. I did write this lofty idealized set of goals for mankind. But frankly, it's stuff we already know. We have the ability to add to, or alleviate human suffering, and want. Yet, we can't save the world, until we save ourselves .We can't have lofty goals, if we don't participate in their outcome.
 
Life is a meaningless interruption into what would otherwise be a peaceful non--existence.

Biologically speaking, everyone's purpose is to procreate, thus keeping their species going. As my high school Biology teacher explained: If you do not have children, at some point in your life, you're already dead, at birth. That disturbed many students, greatly, but was totally on the money. (Good old Mrs. Coleman.)

My purpose in life, other than the above, is to keep myself reasonably busy with this and that, so I don't have too much time to ponder the meaningless nature of it all.
 
You ask a disconcerting question.

The spiritual side of me would answer that there is a greater purpose at play that I am not privileged to know.

The realist in me wonders.

On a purely visceral level, family is what drives me. I can't remember a time when I didn't think about being a Mom, to have and raise children, to be there for my grandchildren. My purpose in that case would be to be there for my family, both nuclear and extended.
 
Sometimes I think I'm here to prevent my husband from becoming one of those crazy hoarder people on TV. LOL! Seriously, I think we're all here to do the best we can with what we've got -- to spread a little kindness and happiness, to help out when we can, to live as good a life as we can.
 
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