Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow. Some people have warnings, others do not. For those that do, I hear many times as I am seeing them as a patient, things in life they wished they had accomplished. Being human, we always have regrets. If only I had done this, or this, or this, and on and on it goes. When we have choices to make, make them! We all make mistakes, but over time we learn from them. If you are wondering yourself what your purpose is in this life, now is the time to really sit back and think about it. I went to a educational conference one time, and the speaker was talking about the day we may die. The conference did not start off in the most cheerful tone, that is for sure. But, he said something that really stuck with me. He told all of us to think about how things would be when we are no longer here in this life. He also made us come up with what we wanted to be stated in our obituary. Wow! What do we want said? What do we want to be remembered for? What is/was our purpose in life? Did we do what we wanted? Were we happy? Did we make a change to improve things when we needed to? All kinds of questions that could just keep going. So now is the time for all of us to think about what our individual purpose is. If it is not what we want it to be, then what are we going to do about it?
During the Winter especially, it is easy to get a little down just because of the weather. It is cold, snowing, and the wind is blowing. How do you look beyond that? How do you find something positive in everything? That may be the beginning of trying to find your purpose. Look beyond! Enjoy life, and do what you can to help take care of yourself the best you can. At least then you could always say that you did everything you could to help improve your life. Be happy! Some days this may take work to accomplish. What are you grateful for? What in life makes you happy? We all have different things we enjoy. Your purpose is hidden in here.
Life can get confusing. We all have pressures, some real, and some created in our own minds. We feel pulled in many ways. How do you juggle all of this? You can only be pulled in so many ways and stressing about it only makes things worse. Believe me, I have to tell myself this everyday also. Look beyond!
Sometimes things get so routine, you forget to any pay attention to things that are around us all of the time. If we learn to focus on those everyday things a little more often, we can actually find some satisfaction, and happiness, in it. Appreciate what you have. Challenge yourself. Keep setting goals. Have fun and enjoy life! That is your purpose!
What is your life purpose? What is my life purpose? Over the next several months, I will tell you what my life purposes are. I will have it intermixed with some of the other weekly blogs. My life purpose is going to center around: Family; Friends; Work; Running/Exercise; Goals. I, just like you, have lots of things to accomplish yet. One thing in my obituary I would like to have said is that I “lived life to the fullest”. Don’t waste any of our days. We can always live life to the fullest with the help of others. Never is this more important with everything going on in this crazy world. Come up with your purpose…the reason for which you do something! Whatever it may be, give it purpose. What do you want written about you for your obituary? When I talk about some of those things for me coming up, I will refer to it as my “purpose series”. Maybe some of this will hit home for you as well. As the first picture of todays blog shows, my first purpose will be related to family. Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
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