by Renita Martin

Created on: June 30, 2010   Last Updated: September 01, 2010

Love:  The Driving Force in Finding Your Purpose

Love is a great motivator when it comes to finding one's life purpose.  What does it mean to love? To love means to hold in high regard.  When we have high regard for ourselves and others we are motivated to do positive things.  We always want to do good things for the objects of our affection.  Love causes us to be passionate about life and our service to humanity.  There are some who are passionate about education and because of that passion become great teachers, tutors or assist in other ways to see that people become educated.  There are others that are passionate about health and may enter nursing or other healthcare fields.  The important thing is to find what you have a passion to do rather than just find a job.  Love motivates us to launch that search.  When people put love and passion into their jobs, they are motivated to do all they can to make a difference and go the extra mile.  

It is unfortunate that many of us enter adulthood as unsure of where we fit in as we were in our awkward teens.  If you are unaware of your purpose, you may also be unaware of your value.  When we love ourselves, we know we are valuable.  This also makes it easier to love others.  What happens when something is not considered to be of much value?  It is not well taken care of.  It is considered expendable.  Everything and every person has a purpose.  Every tree, every bloom, every beast and yes, every human being was put on this earth for a purpose. We are not expendable!  How awful it is to see a human being trashed!  Yet, it happens every day.  People injure themselves and each other physically, emotionally and spiritually.  When we come to understand and embrace our purpose, we do not devalue ourselves and others and thereby default on the gifts we have to offer.  In other words, If you cannot find value in yourself, you cannot find it in those like you.  Low self esteem is an onerous impediment to human social progress.  The remedy for low self esteem is love.

So when I speak of low self esteem, I do not simply mean on an individual level, though that is the common meaning.  Since we are all a part of humanity, we must esteem humanity at large.  We are

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