What is my purpose? (a short ramble)
For a long time I've always had this question, of course it's not an uncommon thought, many people have the same question. If I think it simple, we aren't born with a purpose, maybe some parents have a path they want their children to follow, a pre-set purpose like being a good son/daughter, a good sibling, a respectable human being and citizen, but again, for me I don't think there isn't really "An official and absolute purpose", "the thing we are destined to do".
I think like this: Does a bird have a purpose?, a fish? or what about a tree? I don't think so, they were created out of causalities and they just happened to be there, living and surviving. I think that is essentially what we do: stay here and survive. Our difference from them is that we want more, we seek this so called purpose to make us feel fulfilled (and sometimes greater than we are), so I won't say we don't need a purpose or that this is a silly thought, because we actually do, for some weird reason we evolved like this.
What do we do with this question then? because we don't have a purpose but we want one? what a dilemma!
Well, the obvious and more common answer is "create one", I've heard it in those motivational videos: "create your own purpose, build your own path!" things like that, and although I roll my eyes every time I hear those speeches, I can't ignore that it might work, because it sounds very cheesy but it makes sense right? We can't control everything, but at least we have a few options to choose from.
I mean, ones purpose doesn't need to be something big and espectacular, if a person it's comfortable and happy that's a nice way to live a life I think. I remember the scene in Pixar's Soul movie1 when the barber says he didn't plan to work on that but now he's happy with his job.
Right now I don't have a final answer to this question for myself, whoever, I think I can have a temporary answer. I can say that my purpose right now is to enjoy music, writing, reading and having a nice time with my family. Maybe a purpose isn't even permanent or a single one, maybe it's just a character that evolves with us. As we grow up we start to appreciate other things, so it sounds more than possible.
Also, I noticed I haven't post lately, the days just flew by and for some reason I didn't feel like writing.
Thanks for reading (●'◡'●)
That movie talks about everything I tried to say here probably better than I did and with beautiful animation, so I recommend it.↩