by Agnes Lum

Created on: July 26, 2009

A long daunting question asked by many individuals living on this earth "Why am I here?" Many took great efforts to find the answer; some even attended talks, therapies or courses in order to learn about the purpose of life. Their frustrations are understandable, as everyone wants to lead a satisfying life.

Why is life's purpose so important? Without a purpose in life, we will feel empty and live aimlessly. On the other hand, knowing our purpose gives meaning to our lives, visible paths to guide us and most of all, it will motivate us. Finding life's purpose may not be tedious. Many of times, the answer is already there, we just need to put in greater effort in searching for it.

What is the purpose of life?

*Life's purpose is about basic needs.

This is the most fundamental purpose every one of us has in life. Like any other living creatures, we need air, food and water for survival and subconsciously we are living for the basic needs; our ancestors live to hunt food and gather water. This never change even up till today, we need to work for money so that we can feed ourselves for survival.

*Life's purpose is about passion.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to wake up feeling motivated and energetic for the brand new day? How many people can have such drive in them that get them out of the bed every morning?

One thing in common about those successful people like Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates is that these people are full of passion; they live for their passion that makes them so driven to bring out their best talent in them. Such approach of life consistently brings them joy, fulfillment, satisfaction and prosperity.

Serving without joy, fulfillment and satisfaction is like a living corpse and is not going to be successful; one will feel mentally and physically drained easily. In contrast a person with passion loves what they do; this passion creates a 'can-do' attitude in them. Life is like a marathon race, one can only excel in life in the long-run with passion.

*Life's purpose is about meaning.

To live with a meaning does not happen to anyone; most of us are still actively seeking for the answer while some can live their life simple day by day.

Understand the meaning and intention of life is a process that needs serious self-reflection and to look deep within oneself. Very often the answer that we are searching is quite apparent but we are always blinded by our fast moving pace, distraction, temptation and peer pressures in life. If

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