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Hey! I was just curious to hear from you all on what you believe is your life's purpose. For so many parents, it is their kids and obviously we have made a conscious effort to avoid that particular purpose. I recently discovered that I don't know yet. My shrink said there is value in simply acknowledging that and I agree...so now that I know I don't know- hahaha- I have plenty of time to explore and enjoy! What do you all think?

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I guess that everybody's main and implicit purpose is happiness. You know, to be alright and enjoy ourselves. How we do it is quite a different question, of course. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I've always been highly driven and ambitious, and I've always tried to set goals for my life, both short-term and long-term goals. I guess my biggest purpose is being successful in my career. I want to become a teacher and a researcher, work in top universities, travel the world, publish works... I guess knowledge is what I desire the most, acquiring it and sharing it with others. I want to get to know other cultures, learn other languages, and expand my mind as far as it can go.

Ambitious, me? What makes you think so? <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Great question, by the way, I loved it! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

[color:"darkgreen"] I have goals in my life that I would love to accomplish. Other than that, enjoy life what it has to offer. [/color] <img src="/images/graemlins/irish.gif" alt="" />

I suppose my purpose in life is to live it according to what I believe, and not according to what others tell me to believe. I want to see the world, experience different things, and hope that in the end I won't have any regrets. In many ways I've gone against the grain (socially anyway) not because I felt I needed to be different, but simply because the things that most people do don't interest me. I know what I want out of life (although I don't know how it'll happen) and that's all I can ask.

According to HH the DL, the purpose of Life is to be happy, and to make others happy. His Religion is Kindness....
Hey, who am I to argue....? If it's good enough for him....! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I just want to LIVE...have fun, enjoy myself. Spend as much time as possible doing the things that make me happy with the people I love (or at least like.) When I get to the end I want to be able to look back and say, "that rocked."

My purpose in life is to leave the world better than I found it. That may sound simplistic or narcisistic but how do you really know? You may never see how what you do or say shapes the future.

[color:"magenta"] My purpose is hopefully I'll make a difference in this world for when I leave. [/color] <img src="/images/graemlins/fish.gif" alt="" />

Purpose?

::scratches head and looks confused for a minute::

Do I need a purpose? I'm actually just kind of...here...I know of things I want to do and things I want to get done, and maybe what would make the world a better place, but I don't think I would consider all of that a purpose (not for me, anyway).

Perhaps I'm being too much of a philosophical weirdo here, but I am not too sure that humans even have a purpose, and that if we do, it's some big cosmic secret.

Or I could be looking at it the wrong way. I guess your purpose is whatever thing you choose as your purpose. I haven't picked one yet, and I may never. I don't need a reason to continue living, it just kind of happens. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />