a moment to refocusonlife ~ what's the purpose?

Happy Tuesday my friends! I hope that each and every one of you are having a tremendously wonderful week! It may be your Monday today (yesterday was Veteran's Day) or this may be your Tuesday…either way, try to start the week and the day thinking about your purpose.

a pretty pitcher (meant to do that)

I found a quote that's been attributed to Buddha, "Your purpose in life is to find your purpose, and then give your whole heart and soul to it." Obviously Buddha didn't adhere to the cor

rect carb lifestyle, right? After all, one of his claims to fame (aside from the whole religious thing) is his big ole Buddha Belly! I used to have one of those, in fact, Mark used to tell me, "back away from the trough, Tubbo!"

Tubbo says...

Let's dissect that quote. "Your purpose in life is to find your purpose, and then give your whole heart and soul to it." How many of us can actually say that we've found our true purpose in life? Of that small subset of people that have found their purpose, how many actually give their whole heart and soul to it? I would bet that the percentage is very low, unfortunately.

I can truly say that I haven't found my true purpose, but I think I get closer and closer to it each day. I have discovered many things about myself, most of which happened after I decided to truly embrace who I am. It's often been said, and I believe it to be the absolute truth, that you cannot love someone else until you love yourself. These lines go hand in hand. I don't think you can find your true purpose in life until you learn to love yourself. How many of us actually love ourselves?

I've discovered that one of my purposes is to work with non-profits and organizations that help people. I'm not a people person, so I prefer to work in the background, doing the Information Technology (IT) stuff and helping develop a plan, but in the end, my work does help people. Do I think that my doing IT work is my true purpose? Hellifiknow. But, I try to give my heart and soul to everything I do. One of my purposes in this life, I'm sure of it, is to be a photographer. Lately, I've been missing in action when it comes to photography, but I plan to change that as soon as humanly possible.

What is your purpose? Are you giving your heart and soul to it? Think about it. Remember to refocusonlife for a few minutes because that can actually help you find what's truly in your heart and soul.

Peace out.