The Search For Purpose

Empty, meaningless, bored… Without a purpose.

A state familiar to most of us. The feeling of waking up and not having a greater reason to do what we do.

Unfortunately, and you can prove this by paying attention to the people you encounter on a regular basis, most of us get accustomed to feeling like this.

We assume that having a greater goal and sense of purpose is simply not for us and we resign.

We resign to the job that pays well but slowly kills us on the inside.

We resign to the relationship that is stable but brings us no sense of connection or passion.

We resign to a life of “what if’s” and “oh well’s”, never risking to pursue what calls for us.

However, while it may seem much more dangerous to follow what we can call “our passions”, I am going to argue otherwise, that in fact, the most dangerous thing we can do is to go for the safe choice.

Let me explain.

Putting It Into Perspective

Just to give some context, let’ s start with a fun game.

If you had to guess, without doing any calculus, how many days would you say human beings live for, on average?