Why am I here?
We all live, and die with one question. “What is my purpose here?” Most of us die with the same question on our minds. Philosophers of our time and before us have agreed on one thing- “The unknown”. There is nothing so unnerving as not knowing.
There could be various reasons for which we have been placed on this terrestrial ball. While our great thinkers ponder on the usefulness of the existence of humankind, I say that we all owe it to ourselves and to the rest of the world to contribute our share towards our progression.
That’s a good reason to be here.
Why do we all have to regress to being passive. We are all born with a zest for life, we are born with more potential than many of us can imagine. We are all made of sterner stuff. I could list in a thousand pages, evidence of the resilient nature of man.
At a certain age in life, we all have sparkles in our eyes, sprints in our walks, confidence in ourselves, dreams of ‘conquering’ the world, energy, drive, we grow up with great visions and the strength and momentum to realize them as we dream.
But most of the time, “life” happens. We are faced with true tests of life, we become beaten, tired and worn by circumstance, pitfalls, murphy’s law, laws of regression. Fundamental laws of the universe demand that certain things remain inevitable. With life comes pain and suffering but also, we are faced with a whole lot more beauty and wonderful reasons to be glad. And that’s what makes it worth our while. So why do we give up so easily. Why do we only see the negative when there is a whole world of opportunity. Why do we allow ourselves to be swayed by circumstance. We do not realize that no matter what comes our way, we have in us, the capability to conquer- and see our dreams to the end.
We allow these laws to snatch our gifts away from us and turn our diamonds into dust. Our dreams die, we become dormant.
Many of us do not know what we are doing here, why we are here or how we got here. All we know is that we have been placed here by a power greater than us. Our existence has been enabled by the greater power.
“Who is he (or she)?”, we ask. What does he want from us? What do we do? Why can we not figure ourselves out. Well, if we can’t, surely the greater being who put us here must know. How do we gain that wisdom from him? The best we can do is ask. Seek and you shall find. Perhaps it takes a lifetime to find out. Maybe longer. Maybe the moment of truth is that moment at which it is over. Life as we know it, that is.
We live, we struggle, we die. All we need to know is that : To whom much is given much is expected. We have all been given and as long as we live, we can grow what we have – a thousand fold.
The most wonderful thing that can happen to us is the consolation in the fact that we have done our very best- at anything that we do. From brushing our teeth in the morning to flying to the moon, as long as we give it our best- we have done well.
09/1998
There could be various reasons for which we have been placed on this terrestrial ball. While our great thinkers ponder on the usefulness of the existence of humankind, I say that we all owe it to ourselves and to the rest of the world to contribute our share towards our progression.
That’s a good reason to be here.
Why do we all have to regress to being passive. We are all born with a zest for life, we are born with more potential than many of us can imagine. We are all made of sterner stuff. I could list in a thousand pages, evidence of the resilient nature of man.
At a certain age in life, we all have sparkles in our eyes, sprints in our walks, confidence in ourselves, dreams of ‘conquering’ the world, energy, drive, we grow up with great visions and the strength and momentum to realize them as we dream.
But most of the time, “life” happens. We are faced with true tests of life, we become beaten, tired and worn by circumstance, pitfalls, murphy’s law, laws of regression. Fundamental laws of the universe demand that certain things remain inevitable. With life comes pain and suffering but also, we are faced with a whole lot more beauty and wonderful reasons to be glad. And that’s what makes it worth our while. So why do we give up so easily. Why do we only see the negative when there is a whole world of opportunity. Why do we allow ourselves to be swayed by circumstance. We do not realize that no matter what comes our way, we have in us, the capability to conquer- and see our dreams to the end.
We allow these laws to snatch our gifts away from us and turn our diamonds into dust. Our dreams die, we become dormant.
Many of us do not know what we are doing here, why we are here or how we got here. All we know is that we have been placed here by a power greater than us. Our existence has been enabled by the greater power.
“Who is he (or she)?”, we ask. What does he want from us? What do we do? Why can we not figure ourselves out. Well, if we can’t, surely the greater being who put us here must know. How do we gain that wisdom from him? The best we can do is ask. Seek and you shall find. Perhaps it takes a lifetime to find out. Maybe longer. Maybe the moment of truth is that moment at which it is over. Life as we know it, that is.
We live, we struggle, we die. All we need to know is that : To whom much is given much is expected. We have all been given and as long as we live, we can grow what we have – a thousand fold.
The most wonderful thing that can happen to us is the consolation in the fact that we have done our very best- at anything that we do. From brushing our teeth in the morning to flying to the moon, as long as we give it our best- we have done well.
09/1998
posted by chiamaka at 04 novembre
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