I stumbled on a captivating piece today on the internet, Facebook precisely, it's been a while since I surfed through the blue app, probably it was just boredom or not finding any other interesting thing to do at that moment, or maybe the forces of the world just wanted me to find that post, it was focused on women, our struggles, being born into a world where we must always have to take care of others, do according to their will, it moves so fast that we lose ourself in the process, once we were daughters of someone before you knew it, we became wives, still expected to be submissive as we run our duties, the next moment, motherhood comes knocking, as it takes away the little vigor we held on to, now the little humans we bring to the world becomes our 100 percent responsibility, you see, at every point, it always has to be about others, reading through the current edition's topic, I can't help but ponder, is this truly our purpose?
A predestined path, already assigned, without any questions to ask, you must do as you are expected of at any point in your life, but are you fulfilled? I believe a purposeful life should be a life of peace with your inner self, where you are at that moment, also still hoping for a better tomorrow, not just by living a life that is expected of you, and this also refers to the men as well, you are expected to be brave, Man up! You have heard oftentimes, probably more than your name, heck! You even tell yourself the same thing while you die in silence inside, struggling, hustling trying to make ends meet, but the ends are not meeting, have you paused to reflect on the fact that you are just human, flesh and blood unless you've got superpowers, do your best, leave the rest and don't stress over what you have no power over, that should be the kind of lifestyle I believe we should all aim for.
Like my country people will say "Life no hard, na we make am hard" Yes, we humans have redefined what a purposeful life should be all about, making the very life hard for everyone, take a pause, breath in, now breathe out, reflect on yourself, are you living a life of purpose, that thought stressing you now is it worth it?
Finally, some religious folks will say that living a purposeful life is doing things that will please our creator, we all know people believe in different God, but who am I to judge, I will conclude by saying as long as God you serve is all about being good, and not harming your fellow man neither yourself, making the world better place, and finally if you have that peace that you can't quantify, then, you are indeed living a life with purpose.
This is my entry for the hive learner sweetly edition, week 137, edition 1 topic, What's our purpose
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