purpose.
where is it.
We might attempt to find purpose in our popularity, amount of friends, money, power, skills, jobs, and possessions. Does any of that fulfill true purpose? When you move on to a new stage of life, and all your past seems like a blink of the eye. How will your life illuminate? What will your co-workers, students, peers, elders, family, and friends think of you? How will they remember you? Will they remember how "cool" you were? How many possessions you had? I don’t think so. I recently read something similar to this... When someone is on their deathbed, staring their demise in the face. Life is on its last legs and could end anytime. What do those people want to be surrounded with? Not their collection of dvd’s, or money, or game systems, or any object for that matter. They want people. They want genuine friends and family members. So in the end does it really matter how much “stuff” you have? Or will it matter how you treat people, and what you do for people? At the end of your life, people will look back and observe what you did. What will they discover that defines you? Will they find that it’s worth it to be by your side in the end?
Joel - I completely loved reading this. You make extremely great points, and I love that you wanted to put your thoughts like these out for the rest of the world to read. The way you worded your thoughts was great, it kept me reading and curious as to what you would say next. I really hope you continue posting more blogs on things like this, opinions you have. It's so true that our friends and people in our lives are what really define us and what really make a difference. I also try to get people to see this. Friends are necessary to survival :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Shannon - BCLUW