Purpose

It's such an intriguing word - purpose. It embodies both choice and circumstance. Two elements that define our very reason for existing. Living in any society that somehow decides how or what you are has always been a challenge to almost anyone. Our purpose in life is also to a certain extent pre-determined. It takes courage, focus and most importantly a breath of freedom to enable one to explore and discover ones true purpose in life. However, it is easier said than done. People in general are a pleasing race. However, it is a choice to whom they choose to please. Unfortunately, it may be argued that that too would most probably be pre-determined.

Discovering one's purpose may also not be a certain victory as a different circumstance would require a different purpose in one's life. I guess i'm not really making sense now. But that's the whole point of it anyway. My life so far has not been making sense to me and to actually have a certain purpose in my life is not only brain-wrecking but also emotionally "stimulating" as and such when situations in life change that i find myself changing or more precisely adapting to that particular change which occured. My purpose or should i say purposes in life is somewhat challenged and undermined whenever this happens. At the end of the day i find myself being open to anything that could happen and taking it in my stride however wide my stride may be. But let's face it, no matter how much we try to stand firm and hold true to our beliefs and principles (or purpose so to speak), we somehow fall short of living completely up to them. There is only so much one can do and a purpose can always be defined and redefined in it's own way.

As a new year has begun and just like any new beginning , a new purpose is also brought to life. But what is most significant about a life is when a life is driven by a purpose. So to a new year ahead and to all the new beginnings that have begun, here's wishing a purposeful life - a life that although may not make sense most of the time, but with a purpose to living it, makes it all worth while no matter what that purpose may be.