P U R P O S E

 Sunday 05^th October 2025      Day 23304

On Wednesday I wrote about always “Asking Why”. Essentially always being aware of our deepest motivations for doing anything. For seeking to always widen our impact beyond us and ours to ALL.

Today, I write about Purpose. One may think that these two posts…one on WHY and the other on PURPOSE may be very similar. Let us see how it pans out.

From our early childhood, we embark on many small journeys within the larger journey of one’s Life.

We get into a school: In order to learn the 3 Rs and other basic essential knowledge.

We get into a high school or college: In order to learn some specialised knowledge, like Arts, Science, Commerce.

We then get into a university: In order to graduate with a degree in that specialised stream of knowledge.

So essentially from Age 4 or so till 20-21, we are mainly focused on learning. Now, we could either do the bare minimum, skim the surface of the curriculum, gain passing qualifications OR really dive as deep as possible and pass / graduate from each level with honours. Additionally, we could also take on many extra-curricular activities like sports, explore hobbies, engage in debates / elocutions / theatre, arts and drama etc.

Then onward to a career or profession where we strive to “make a living” and at times ignore the aspect of Living Life. Address the unidimensional work/career sphere and miss out on the oher dimensions of Life.

Matrimony, forming our own small family, engaging with our communities, giving back to our society… all these stages follow…. And we stride forward, with every single day bringing us closer to our last day here. Remember that one has approximately 33000 days here. That is it.

We always have a choice: Whether to bide our time in each of these stages doing the bare minimum or squeezing every bit of experience from every moment.

It is important that we realise that our time on the planet is very limited and, in every moment, it is not time that is slipping away but our life that is draining away.

We could either live superficially or live profoundly. This is the choice that we have. This is our free-will at play.

When we come into this planet, we have all been given a gift. A present. And in each present moment, we have the choice of living life as profoundly as possible. We came into this life empty handed and we shall depart empty handed. We entered whimpering and crying. We can go out with a loud guffaw and wholehearted laughter.

The “purpose” therefore is just this: To learn to live profoundly in every moment.

I urge everyone to Live Life To The Maximum!.