@humanearl It does! Hardships give you room for growth and can teach you valuable lessons, giving you real wisdom which cannot be obtained by books. Only if you suffer will you truly appreciate your safe haven.

I like to say adversity is a great teacher.

>I like to say adversity is a great teacher.

This is very true, but in retrospect (of my own life) - there is something to be said for zero adversity, and staying dumb . lol

No worries. Everyone has their own path and we can all learn from our experiences. But I do think going through adversity teaches you alot.

Never let go your passion or else your life wont be complete. Thanks for the links to tests.

Those tests are simply a guide. Not necessarily the end all be all. They're very useful though.

I so agree with everything you wrote here!!!!

This is what I told my son and now we have a joke between us when he has a bad day......I say "well, you could always sell paint for a living!" and he cracks up and see's that following his dreams can be hard but the alternative is your soul being dead.

Thank You for writing this post!!

Good to see that you are reading Earl's post, Snooky.

he writes very good posts on stuff I believe in! :D

Being soul dead is the worst feeling. It's so zombieish. Kudos for helping your son realize who he is and encouraging him to flourish.

it IS!! though he does have a friend that does sell paint for a living and loves it so just proves that there is a job out there for everyone......... where the paint salesman came in. :D

But yes, you need to follow and listen to yourself........sometimes that is hard but the reward is well worth it, I think.

The worst words I ever heard were from my mom. "Just give up music. That's not a real job and people don't make money doing that" Real talk. It crushed me. But I'm alive again and making an impact.

I bet it did. :(

What she should have said was "while working on making money at music what will you live off of in the meantime cuz I will not be me."

Giving you the choice to work hard for what you really wanted by having to work 2 jobs (music, ???something to pay bills until) then you are working for your future and not your Mom's future.

But that is easy to write as I'm not your Mom.........

and as I took my only child to the bus stop to catch a flight to South America so he could do what he needed to and not show him I was crying inside.............it's not easy to let your son grow up and let him go but as a parent your job is to raise a child so they can grow up and have the confidence to live on their own.

and yes, still can fell those feelings of letting him go live his own life........it's not easy for a Mom to do..........just saying.......

Yea I know it could be hard for moms. Thanks for sharing your perspective on it.

sorry, think my written words came out sounding harsher than they were meant to.

what I meant to convey is that there are always 2 sides to a story. sometimes more.

Your Mom just wants what she see's as good for you because she loves you. It's hard as a parent that the child you have and made sure he was always okay and taught him to walk and talk and eat. was there when he was sick.......worried when he was out..........it's hard to let that go. To let your child make their own decisions.

This is where a parent has to trust themselves that they did all they can to give their child the tools they need to make it in the world on their own.

This part is also the hardest part. You have to trust your child and yourself that you did the best you can and cut the cord. :D which is not easy to do because you just spent ??? years making sure they were alright.

and the worry over your child never ever goes away. at least for me..........

So you both have to be strong when it's your time to be you. Most times the Child has to be the stronger of the two because the Mom just can not let go and trust herself that she did a great job raising her son.

And from what I read your Mom did do a great job. :D

But parents from the beginning of time have always wanted better for their children then what they have.........

They tend to forget, from age and worry and just being plain tired........what it was like when it was their turn to go out and be themselves or they do and don't want you to make the same mistakes they did.......

problem with that is you have to make your own mistakes so you learn and grown and become more you with your own stories and experiences to hand down to your children.....

and sorry I wrote a book on things I'm sure you know already.

and I really do love your posts. You are always positive and sharing in your journey and it's great to read and see!!

No worries @snook I understood exactly what you were trying to say. I actually just had another conversation with my mother today about some of the same stuff.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay :D that makes me happy!!

Thank you so much for posting this and the video. It encouraged me a lot. These last few years have been really tough and I'm now in a transition season, but I don't know where I'm transitioning to. Thank you for the links to the tests. I'm going to take them in a minute here, but I'm excited to learn more about myself, and hopefully get some direction in the process.
I appreciate your encouragement and willingness to be open about where you're at. Have a great night!

I've been there and know the feeling of the transition. The tests will help you be more self aware and help you to look in the mirror. It's a good guide for helping you try to see what things or areas you may be interested in. Hope they help you.

Congrats to you and your wife. It takes a lot of courage to walk a way from security to pursue a life of happiness and full engagement. Much love Jay.

Security is just an illusion. It could be here today and gone tomorrow. This is why I did my best to push her.

Thanks for this message. We can't settle in life. We only have one life, so might as well go after our dreams!

We have to make the most of our lives and live them fully.

Life without dreams is depressing. Search far and wide for yours, and make a promise to yourself that you will start pursuing them. Once you get on the path towards your goal, you will notice a distinct change in how you feel.

@princesson Sooooo depressing

wow..what a wonderful post it is. hope that all kinds of people like it.So thanks for sharing with us....

Thanks. Hope people understand where I'm coming from.

>Let me tell you this. You will be miserable if you don't pursue what fires you up. Utterly miserable. No amount of money will change that for you. My wife is a perfect example of that. We were making good money when she was working for a company so that she could put her college degree to use. Well she hated that job and the only reason she kept pushing herself to go was because of the money. She was miserable. She would come home miserable, wake up miserable and often times she did not want to get out of bed. It wasn't until I motivated her to pursue her interests in health and fitness that a fire was lit under her butt.

100%

I have decided a long time ago to live a minimalistic way to pursue my dreams.

I forced myself to eat whole foods not only because it is healthy but also because it is easy on my wallet.

I had months where I didn't eat any sugar or fast food because I couldn't afford it.

Still better than working for someone else.

I notice how minimalistic you are by observing your surroundings in your videos. I know it helps to free the mind.

There's the misconception that eating healthy is expensive. Not at all. Much cheaper. I'm curious too. Is there a store called Aldi in your city?

There is, in fact, the founder of Aldi is a German and he died recently if I remember correctly.

Regarding my surroundings, I would style it differently, but I have other priorities, I am currently waiting for an incredibly high SBD price to cash out 10000 USD which equals freedom + safety for 1 year if steem would close.

Besides that, I will be able to take care of almost all problems with that amount of cash.

Afterwards, everything will be reinvested into Steem.

I love that store. We shop there all there time. Quality stuff for much cheaper than the other majors. Yes I looked up the history of Aldi. I think it's pretty innovative how the whole setup is. They can afford to keep prices low because they hire fewer people and stock fewer items.

Whatever the case is Earl.
We are learning a very important lesson here.
We are learning to value every fucking penny.

The sons and daughters that grow up rich will not be able to handle cash. That is why Oligarchs don't give their children cash, they make them earn it.

This is just a stepping stone towards riches.

Soon I will be flashing that 10K stack here on Steem and name everyone who helped me get it, which you belong to.

And if you keep posting every day like you are doing now you will do the same as well.

Your Steem power is outrageous!

I was actually planning on doubling my steem power before it went through the roof.

Dang! Puttin in work dude.

Why do you think there must be a PURPOSE in life?
Isn't life itself purpose enough?
99.999% of all the people who have ever lived.
are
DEAD.

100% agree Mickey.

Life is just life and we should be grateful to score the jackpot of the universe to live as the animals that are on top of the food chain.

However, purpose=energy and that is one of the deciding factors between winning and losing nowadays.

@valorforfreedom and @everittdmickey How did we all get here? Everything that has ever been created logically must have a creator right?

If there is a source to all we know then would it/they/he/she be intelligent enough to convey what we were created for?

If I wirte a post I know why I wrote it. If I build furniture I know why I made it. If I build a building I know why I built it.

So since all creation is here and we know nothing can be made without a creator then would the creator know our reason for being made?

Everything that has ever been created logically must have a creator right?
Assuming that is true..then who created the creator? And who created the creator of the creator?...and who created the creator of the creator of the creator...and....(you get my point?)

A clearer and more accurate argument is that everytjing dependent needs a cause. Except for that which is independent. Self existent. A necessary being.

The uncaused cause would not be subject to the laws of nature as we are. Not restricted to time. Outside of time actually since time was created by the uncaused cause.

of course.
why didn't I think of that.
that seems perfectly reasonable..

news flash...Steemit is making winning and loosing somewhat less relevant.
I suspect that real soon now _winning and loosing won't matter much at all.
Technology is like that...and we are so LUCKY to be living in a highly technical age.
It just keeps getting better and better.

True that man. Tech is getting crazier by the minute. Hopefully we are all winners in the situation.

We are.
Historically speaking, by comparison to 99.999% of every human that has ever lived up until now.
YOU...are filthy rich...you have wealth beyond dreams...of those who lived a few hundred years ago.

@Everittmickey I agree that Steemit makes winning and losing less relevant.

Winning and losing will always matter because many people in this world just want to win.

Ambition, power, lust, greed are parts of the human race.

We simply need leaders in this world, and if there is none someone will take that spot.

@humanearl I believe that Earl. The universe is so fucking big we can not imagine it, there might as well be a being that looks like a fish which is able to create real planets on his Planetstation 4 because his race is light years ahead of us and they can control the universe or something.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Earth%27s_Location_in_the_Universe_SMALLER_%28JPEG%29.jpg

winning and loosing only matter if you want to compete.
I don't.
leaders are only important if you want to lead or follow
I don't.

@valorforfreedom That reminds me. Did you get around to that video about the universe and creation and all that?

Guess you mean the Fingerprint of God - The Fibbunaci sequence?

Yepp. That one

I really wonder why that form is appearing so much in nature, why that design?

It looks really awesome by the way, man I can not help but say again that we don't know shit.

We do not even comprehend the knowledge that is hidden everywhere.

It always goes a level deeper...

"Behind your thoughts and feelings, my brother, there is a mighty lord, an unknown sage - his name is self; he dwells in your body, he is your body.

And deeper...

And deeper...

It never stops going deeper.

But only because we can think, to others life is just what they see.

Which leads to the conclusion that nothing has meaning and that we just are.

But we don't know what greater role humanity plays in the history of the universe...

Ah fuck it man, we don't know shit.

Super deep. We know nothing but what we don't know can be known to an extent. We can study patterns of design. Fashion designers, musicians, painter, etc have their trademarks or patterns that people recognize. It's no different with those consistent patterns in nature.

What I think is irrelevant. We all have things that we enjoy doing. That's just how it is. What do you mean exactly when you say "Isn't life itself purpose enough?"

why not just enjoy life?
why beat yourself up?

I'm not beating myself up at all. I just won't settle for a broken and hurting world when a better option is being presented. I just chose to study that better option very carefully to see if I can bet my very existence on it. You bet it all on life being the way it is. In other words "why change it". I bet everything on a better world to come.

I lose nothing if I'm wrong. You miss out on everything if you are wrong. I'm hedging my bets lol.

I haven't expressed an opinion...how can you say I'm right or wrong?
HEY! Have you heard of the New MicroSoft HoloLENS?
why be concerned about THIS world when you can invent one of your very own?

with naked ladies...
lots and lots of unclothed, luscious, WIMMEN
who never ....er...
...well let's not go there..

Do you think that this life is it? That we should just enjoy the here and now because no other train is coming?

I was just saying IF your position is that this is all there is then there's a possibility for that position to be wrong. The same could go for my position. That's what I was trying to say.

Hololens. Is that VR on steroids?

to paraphrase what you said.
what I think is irrelevant

what ANYONE thinks about the subject is irrelevant for that matter. Nothing can be done about it.

Oh...have you considered (trying to think of something crazy but not offensive)....
hmmmm

How bout this...according to an ancient manuscript that I just wrote..the path to salvation is achieved by kissing frogs. Have you ever kissed a frog? Can you afford NOT too? If you don't you might be missing out.

(reference, humorously and hopefully non offensively..to your Either/Or Fallacy logical fallacy)

Hololens is the latest and greatest Virtual Reality at the moment.
Next year there will be another latest and greatest
until Elon Musk's 'neural lace' is implemented.

Think 'matrix'..but you are in charge.

Neural lace sounds painful.

And I may be missing out on kissing frogs (that's actually my first time envisioning that). All I'm interested in is what came before the frog. Because what ever created the frog is greater. And then what came before that and before that and so on.

Infinite regress is tricky. An uncaused cause works itself outbetter than the other model. This would make the uncaused cause the most powerful thing/he/she to exist.

nah..it'll only hurt for a little bit.
hardly leaves a scar at all.
I prefer whisky in my coffee.

Haha whisky in your coffee. Favorite brand?

And just curious have you ever watched the show Black Mirror on Netflix?
It's basically a modern twilight zone with a pretty high dose of tech which you seem to love.

whisky is whisky...all tastes the same to me.
I realize that is sacriledge..but there it is.
I watched part of the first episode of 'Black Mirror" on netflix.
the logical inconsistencies were overwhelming...i had to stop.

forex...in an advanced technological civilization such as depicted..
why would they still have handheld I-phones?
(neural lace is a thing)
I can NOT stand...'failure of imagination' in a SF show.
nor do I much care for Dystropias.
Dystropia's indicate not only a 'failure of imagination' but stone cold stupid writers..
I don't care to read that kind of stuff.
I want my fiction more realistic..

I must say you are a pretty good fiction writer. It does have that realness. I just started watching Black Mirror and it just has some of the same similarities as twilight zone. I'm a huge fan of the zone. It explores not only tech but how it can alter the human experience for better or worse.

Just because you mentioned whisky I felt it necessary to pull out the JW Black Label. Whisky aint whisky brother. But then that's subjective too.

Thank you..
but.
Isn't everything subjective?
Isn't that the point?

No everything is not subjective. Absolutes exist.

lessee....the planck length...absolute zero...the speed of light in a vacuum...what else is absolute?

Most people spend their time trying to get the knowledge that they do not want to get, in order to subsequently work at work on which they do not want to work - this is a vicious circle. Every morning in my city, you can see many dissatisfied people who live from the weekend to the weekend.
Yes, you're right, it's best to do what your heart tells you - otherwise you risk living an unhappy life. And life is so short that it would waste it on those things that do not bring pleasure.
Have good advice

It is a vicious cycle that has no regard for human life. We become enslaved to that which we don't love and that is pure misery. But there is hope. We can change that. If only people looked on the inside and became more self aware.

in my opinion - this transition is unrealistic for most people. The fact is that the system in which we live - it is vital to have people who are the "cogs" of the general mechanism. That is, the middle class or service personnel is extremely necessary and people will not be able to change their lives at one moment - they just narrowly think.
Why do they narrowly think? - The answer is simple - the fact is that from the very childhood people are taught the usual system (at school - teachers, at home - parents and loved ones) that you need to study - to find a job and work. It hangs into our head like an axiom. Therefore, millions of people follow the same road.
Why strive for the most intelligent? - Become financially independent. After all, financial independence can give you true freedom. But this is my opinion.

@frankl1n Exactly. I agree. The system is designed specifically to exploit and demote some and uplift a few at the expense of others.

Financial freedom requires shedding much of the BS fed to us by the schools, and unfortunately our parents. My parents said I would be "happy" and "Successful" by getting a job. Any job really. But I found that unless I'm using my talents then I feel like a wasted human being.

All of us have been around people who told us our dreams weren’t possible. Let that add fuel to your fire. Think about all the people who said it would never happen, and go out and prove them wrong.
Sometimes parents don’t always understand our dreams or they try to sway us towards a particular one. However, if you are adamant about your dreams, and you work hard to achieve them, your parents have no reason not to be proud of you.

Even better than making your parents proud, you will be proud of yourself! Your confidence will rise, and you’ll enjoy the excitement and the adrenaline that comes with doing something you’ve always wanted to do.
Life is short. Our days are numbered, so why spend them doing something we don’t love? It’s time to make a decision to go for it.

no purpose for people, there is only a little less frustration than considering this matter for people. On the other hand, a person whose life has a clear purpose, can survive in an unpleasant situation and overcome it quickly.

Look at it from this perspective.
Every day is filled with infinite possibilities.
So much can happen in a day. You could meet the right person, stumble across the right opportunity, come up with an exciting idea, perfect a pitch, move jobs, move houses, move countries. Don’t underestimate the power of a single day. So i believe there is always hope when you follow that which you love

You mind is much clearer when you are living with purpose.

Oh, yes, my friend, we always, first of all, for ourselves must decide who to become in our life and set a certain goal for ourselves! I, as well as you used to go earlier on the way which for many was considered correct, that is, went to work, received wages and everything would be fine, but I assure you that there were not any great prospects for me, and so it is possible to remain an ordinary worker until old age. Now I have a goal and it is connected with the Steemit, because here there are prospects in the first place! Thank you @humanearl

There are many examples of people becoming financially free through Steemit. It's possible.

If you choose to work rather than live, then you exist for another, impersonally. I could never envy that. I have a want to learn everything, but since I cannot, I simply take every opportunity available that grabs my interest at the time and place presented. I choose to live for me, while trying to help others obtain their dreams as well. In a life, where nearly every footstep is planned for you, I try to bushwhack my own. I hope to inspire other's to do the same. Thank you for posting the links for those that need help finding their direction. I look forward to a society, which is simply happy to be, without needing a place to be. I too do not believe we were put here for a specific purpose. We simply have the chance to make our life purposeful however we choose, because we happen to exist. It's not important whether we agree or not. What's important is that we can get along despite the fact we disagree. To each their own as long as they do not physically harm another. Your psyche is your own responsibility.

What has been the key for you in living for you?

I wish there were a key. There is no one event, epiphany or person that motivates me. It's my life's experience's, which have built collectively to come to this present moment. My view is that we all deserve true freedom, which we are not afforded. So I have three choices; 1. Conform to the societal standard and try to make the best of it 2. Fight through the legal channel's by protest of some form, but still live by those societal standards to avoid punishment, or 3. Live my way, because I believe it's the right way, while not giving a shit of the consequences hanging over my head threatened by another. I have simply chosen #3. I am living my way, only following the rules I feel like following, not following the one's I disagree with. I vote with my dollar, even if it's an inconvenience for me and I want to help other's to do the same. My motivation is freedom, independence and honor.

In reality also its a dilemma and most of the people are still unsure about what their purpose is and I think a clarity can only be possible if one look inward and ask himself what exactly the core strength and area of happiness for a person is and then only he can arrive at a conclusion.

Thank you and Have a great day.

I believe that your purpose is aligned with your talents and gifts but like you said you have to look inward to get an idea of these things.

The aspirations in life just keeps changing one must follow a dedicated path to achieve something big

Usually finding your purpose and dedication go hand in hand.

@humanearl,
Friend shall I say this is a mind blowing article. The huge inspiration you brought out by this article and it leads us to be humans and be people with rich hearts.
For me we all are bounded our freedom with f*cking jobs. But with your article actually I want to feel the freedom. Of course I want to have a life as it is. Freedom yeah that what I am seeking for. With your articles you are leading us to that freedom. That's what we all need. Thank you friend. This is a very valuable post for me.

Cheers~

What I would love is for everybody to use their talents. Unfortunately many forces and the system is aiming to keep people from doing that.

For me,Life is a journey to salvacion all things in earth are just a side.We cannot find our purpose if we focuses on earth doings alone.We should always ask ourselves why God allow us to be born.Living without knowing your purpose is hard.You keep on going without knowing whats on the last part of your life then later on you will ask yourself if you finished your run accordingly to God laws.Life is not merely about to live and survive alone there is always a reason why.

Steve Jobs once said, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.“

Unfortunately, many of us do, trapped in a life that isn’t right for us by fear and inertia.

Exactly,so know your purpose in life for you to freely say that you finished your run accordingly..

Exaclty. There is more to life than what we see. What we see is only and illusion of what really is.

Truelly of that.

It is difficult because the path that leads us towards our general Human purpose requires us to change the nature we are born with. Thus the very strong, instinctive self-protective, survival reflex of our inherent nature hides this purpose from us. Love the discussion and engagement going on here

Our Human purpose in existence is studying and attaining the basic, fundamental laws of the natural Universe, mapping, unveiling its predetermined evolutionary plan. Then by also studying and gradually changing, refining ourselves we can adapt ourselves to this plan, finding and fulfilling our own, precice, unique “cogwheel” role in it.

This self-change, refinement means giving up our inherently selfish, egoistic and hateful nature, changing it to a selfless, altruictic and unconditionally loving, serving one. And our extremely strong and shrewd selfish ego does everything in its power to disrupt, derail this process.

I don't think you were saying this but I just have a question

Are we all supposed to be cogs in a machine?
In other words, are we supposed to just go through the motions in our everyday work or are we supposed to be flourishing in our roles?

Wow. This is great. Wonderful contributions.
If you've started looking you're half way there. In truth there is no one purpose of life. Life is life, a lion doesn't live with the same purpose as a sheep!

Your purpose and reasoning for life is as much your own as it is mine. We are all different, different skills, minds, pasts, presents, and futures.

Don't look at someone who makes a lot of money and say “that is the purpose”, don't look at someone who helps children and say “that is the purpose”, don't look at someone who fights and say “that is the purpose.”.

Look at yourself, ernhestly and ask what you love to do, why you love to do it, and how you're going to do it. Your purpose is to find those exact answers. Your purpose is to discover who you are as a person.

Self awareness is one of the greatest things someone can explore. Knowing your self and your skills/talents can help you in big ways.

I dont know about other but yes for me its really dificult to find a purpose...I am just navigating whatever life is offering me< I dont have a pilot of my own rather I am being carried away with my wurrounding.

I get how you feel. But i will advice this.
What do you love to do, that you would do even if you don’t get paid for it?
My true career or vocation is directly tied to my purpose, though the way you make your living does not necessarily have to have anything to do with why you are here. What is so you that you would just have to do it, no matter what?
Secondly, What do other people say you’re really good at?
Be careful of going in a direction just because others think you should. That said, it’s a good idea to pay attention to the way others compliment you. Is there anything that you’re particular good at that people tell you that you should do professionally, or do more of?

@princesson and @bridgetoby Those are Great questions for @sthitaprajna.

What is the one thing you want to experience, or do, or accomplish, before you die, so that on your last day on earth you feel satisfied and have no regrets in that area?

Once we find a definite purpose of our life, then passion becomes a natural reality.

When you accomplish your dream, you are the first to see it happen. You can share your accomplishments with the rest of the world but you where there in the front row on a single chair to experience the magic that unfolded.

Yepp I think there is much truth to that. I mean think about it. If you really love creating things all day. Then you will be super excited.

Our gifts or talents are ours but they are not just there for us. They are given to be shared with others. Just imagine the world if nobody shared a talent.
What a gloomy world it would be!
There’s no sense of delight when we only want to serve ourselves. Sharing our talents with other people can create more lasting fulfillment.
It is actually a win-win situation. We get to exercise our talent and other people on the other end receives a benefit from it.

That would be a depressing world. Or imagine if every single person shared their talents instead of having to suppress them for various reasons.

I heard a testimony once from a person who was hours away from committing suicide. She had it all planned out and was on the subway, heading home to do it. This person felt that no one cared or even noticed her and that it wasn’t worth living anymore. Her heart was so heavy, but then a miracle occurred. Her head had been hung low, but as she lifted it up, she noticed someone genuinely smiling at her. The person nodded and mouthed the words, “Are you ok?”

Even though she hadn’t spoken out loud, this desperate girl had breathed a prayer to God in her heart, and God answered. That day, that suicidal girl went home, with a small ray of hope in her heart and it was enough to keep her alive. No gift, no talent is too small for God to use! Even a smile given with the Love of God can change a person’s life.

That's why it's so important for me to encourage people to use what God gave them because there are millions of people miserable everyday because their gifts are being squashed by what people say or the current economic system.

I am inspired more with that video. I am happy to make my contribution.
First, let's take money out of the equation.

Now that money doesn't matter, what would you do with your time? Would you go skiing? Horse backriding? Lift weights? Pick your nose? (That last one was a joke, don't take it too serious)

Don't say that you'll lay on the beach all day. That gets old quick, and you'll eventually want to do something productive.

Whatever interest you, you need to set up a system where you can still do those things while earning income from it. For instance, if you like skiing, open up a skiing resort. If you like horse backriding, teach others how to ride horses. If you like to lift weights, go professional (IFBB) or even open up your own gym/supplement store. You have to really think about this.

Now, if you enjoy doing these, and it makes you happy to the point where time just passes by, then you've found your purpose in life. Whether you enjoy providing to others or creating something, that is what you should be doing.

Don't worry about the money if you do an excellent job at it.

I love asking people those questions because it narrows down what you would like to be doing and normally it would be a good use of your talents. For me I just want to create things. Whether through writing, music, or just artsy stuff in general.

The big problem however is that the current economic system at default is not tailored towards people working at their gifts while bringing in income. Usually you have to build income from what you love as a side gig. That's so stupid because many people feel like they can't pursue what they love because they spend ridiculous amounts of hors being a wage slave.

I do believe things are changing however due to new tech, cryptocurrency, and the younger people shifting their minds about work.

People in one way or another should strive to become better and fight for their dreams. As they say: "The best work in the world is a highly paid hobby". It is often difficult to swim against the flow of opinions of those people who cause you a sense of authority. But if you do as others tell you (parents or friends), then you will not live a happy life.
The moral is this - you can listen to many - but do exactly as you yourself think is necessary ...
Good article

It is very difficult @danny.green That's why most people don't follow their dreams because it is very tough to do.

time to focus on the path which we will lead towards its the time :)

And everyones path is different

As it seems most of the people are in our society unable to go for their dreams due to various reasons and at the end hating life !
Well your words are inspiring buddy and they means a lot and will really be helpful to those who seeks the right path of their interest !

Keep on going buddy !

I'm on a mission to encourage everyone and hopefully many people will have their minds freed to pursue their talents even if they are difficult life situations.

life is a movement make it the best out of it keep going on and achieve the achievable

Nothing is impossible @starboye

Great words friend.
Same here, i had worked in many ways, handle helper on the building site, in sale...but all this is drayning my energy and money isnt giving me back enough.

Creativity is what makes me happy. I like to there the beauty i see in our world trough my art. Thats why i will concentrate on this why dont mater it looks financially not that good at first.

"but all this is drayning my energy and money isnt giving me back enough." And they tell us money will make us happy. That's just ridiculous. There are much deeper problems with people than their lack of money.

We are very similar. I just have to do creative things. There is much beauty in the world and art does help facilitate that.

So true. Man i can feel somehow the creative power trough your postings. Sharing this with others is the journey we have to go.
Lets help to rebuild this sytem into a nature and humanity supporting one! ;)

a purpose should be their we are here to leave a impact in life

We all should make a positive impact in the world.

This is a great contribution. Thanks for this message.

@humanearl - Sir under your guidelines finding the true meaning of the life is not too difficult... You are a good mentor to follow...

+W+

Thanks. I am just doing my best to help people navigate life. I'm also on my journey and learning many things.

I do feel like we all have a purpose in life, and it's not just one thing. Life is purpose enough (as @everittdmickey says), but I feel like the entire journey is purposeful AND we each have specific purpose within that journey. Too many people see their purpose as a destination, but perhaps it's just about being purposeful along the way. I do understand the cultural push for conformity; as a high school teacher I watched seniors struggle with their purpose and passion compared to their parent's vision of what they were 'supposed' to do. Did I mention it was at a Fine Arts school? So these kids were artists, musicians, dancers, actors etc. (and many were exceptional and have gone onto mainstream, successful careers). Suddenly, at the end of high school, they were expected to choose a career that would make them money, not fulfil their passion and daydreams (parents' words not mine). My advice always was to follow their heart, follow their passion, follow their own minds; life is way too short to be doing something you despise. In fact, life will feel way too long if that's the path you follow. Cheers!

It's funny how artists of all kinds make the world go around with entertainment but are some of the most shunned people in society. I don't get that. Artists bring life to people's lives everyday.

I know the feeling of giving up on your passion. I was there. I did it for a while. And I was completely dying on the inside. It made me very depressed and suicidal. I finally have taken my time and my life back and now I am using what I have and what I love to do to make the biggest impact in the lives of others.

I'm glad you made the choice you did!! It's interesting when you get out of something like that and look back, it's hard to understand why it took so long!

I must tell you that I thoroughly enjoy your/our conversations on here! Thank you!

Yes, each one of us is wired to excel at something specific. It's called purpose. We can't create what our purpose is, we can only DISCOVER it.

Your purpose is older than you are. Your purpose preceded you. Your purpose was the reason why you were manufactured.

A role was designed for you before you were designed. God didn't make you and then decide what to do with you. No, He brought you about because of an assignment on His heart.

As @humanearl has rightly said, life is miserable except it's invested into the accomplishment of that unique assignment God brought you here for.

There are different ways to discover one's purpose. In my opinion, principal of them is to consult the One who made you. When we ask God to reveal it to us, He will.

I was a teenager when I began to pray this prayer so earnestly because we were taught that our lives should be used only for the reason God gave it to us.

I decided to ask God to show me why I was born and what I should spend my life doing.

If I tell you God didn't answer that prayer I'd be lying because He did. Also, if I told you I don't know why I'm here on earth I'd be a liar.

I know it crystal clear because He answered me. He showed me what I'm to do with my life.

Today I cannot describe the peace, confidence, gladness and authority that flows in and out of me just because I do KNOW that I'm living in my purpose.

@humanearl Well done bruv. More grace!

Man amazing insight. Everything you said has so much weight and truth to it. What would you say is your purpose?

I’m not sure how to properly monetize this (because I’m still new and frankly not here just to make money), but I wrote about this in a post on LinkedIn a few years ago. Mine was a little different because it replaces “what the world needs” with “what you will commit to”. I sorta assume that what the world needs and what you can get paid for are the same, but even those don’t matter if you’re not truly willing to commit. Here’s the link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141015195641-5551133-what-if-you-suck-at-your-passion

Also the title was “What if you suck at your passion?” Ha!

some people are not great at their passion. So they have some options.
1. Get better at your passion (gain skills or knowledge,) and be persistent.
2. Explore other interests you may have

Your interests/passions are a compass for how you can help others and if you can get paid while doing that then that's a bonus.

I'll ask you this. What would be doing if you didn't need money?

Oh yeah, I've answered that question in detail lots of times (short answer is music/art/film), but I've lived in the real world long enough to know that "cool jobs" don't pay much in this economy, and the learning curve to get to the point I could pay my monthly bills (around $4k USD/month minimum) compared to the opportunities that are out there for musicians/artists means that I can't count on it to pay my bills any time soon. Maybe eventually.

Nice sharing dear