Every one of us should have a purpose in life; we should have goals in life. That is the essence of living. Your purpose in life should be the reason why you wake up every morning. Each day should have its own purpose and do not go to bed until you are sure you accomplished the goals of that day.
Why are you born?
What are your purposes in life?
What are your short term and long term goals?
If you do not have answers to these questions, then you have a lot of home work to do. Our purpose in life defines who we are. Show me a man whose life is driven by purpose and I will show you a man who will succeed in life. Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction and constancy to purpose is the secret of success.
Imagine what your life will look like in the next 20 years, where do you see yourself?
Do you have a business idea? Do you want to be a millionaire before you clock 40? Do you want to graduate from the higher institution with a first class? Do you want to be the best fashion designer or an Engineer? These should be the reason why you do not remain in bed every morning. Write down your purpose in life and paste it on the wall close to your bed. Every morning when you wake up, take a good look at the things you wrote and say them out loud. “I will be a millionaire before I clock 40, I will own a big company, I will speak and millions of people will listen to me”. Say this to yourself every morning and let it be your driving force throughout that day.
Napoleon Hill said, “There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”
When you have a purpose, you work towards achieving them. Don't just dream; work hard to make your dreams a reality, and then you have fulfilled your purpose. There is always a great joy, happiness and peace of mind anytime you achieve what you aim for. Do not be distracted, remain focus on that dream and you will at the end accomplish it. It is not an accident that musicians become musicians and engineers become engineers. If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
Surely, there will be distractions on the way, but you have to decide today if you will let those distractions stop you from achieving your dreams. Everything starts with a plan. Back up your purpose with a well-structured plan. It is said that a man who fails to plan for his dreams, plans to fail.
I have a friend who always visits the gym; he doesn't miss any of his sessions. I once asked him why he spends so much money on his body building, he said that he wanted to be an actor and he was to play a role but the director wanted someone who had a good body stature. The only way he would get the role is if he works out day and night. That was his purpose and he was ready to give anything to achieve that.
I meet students who say they want to graduate with first class and they spend most of their time in the library reading, getting knowledge because they want to come out the best. These guys have purpose and they are not going to let anything stop them. Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose in your life, and that happiness not pain or mindless self-indulgence is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
Anything that is without purpose will be thrown away or it becomes load or a problem. Martin Luther King Jr. said that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter.
When a baby is born everyone around him smiles but he cries. Why? Because everything is new to him and has no idea of what is going on. But after he has fulfilled purpose and dies, everyone around him begin to cry. This is because he will be missed and has impacted lives, but a man who didn't fulfil purpose will be alone. People will not care of his departure because his impact was not felt. How will people feel when you die?
Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
Go, find your purpose and let the world see, feel and relate with it.