Finding Your Life Purpose

Feather in the wind: Is that what your life is all about? It reminds me of Forrest Gump. From start to end his life was carried by the varying drift of times and people—no direction, no focus, no purpose. It is adventurous and unpredictable, but erratic. But can you imagine your life running after nothing?

Finding your life purpose is an exciting journey. Your life as person, a husband or wife, professional, politician, even as religious activist, will become more meaningful if you have life purpose. Your studies become significant when you understand why you live. As an intelligent mind, you have a better grasp about life when you know the reason of your existence.

The need for a purpose encompasses everything. It’s not just about you as a person. Your work, company or business, career or profession, artistic expressions or earning power, investments or and benevolent acts—become significant when you know its purpose.

Purposive life helps people live with faith and focus. When a person finds no reason for living, life becomes distressful and suicidal. Meaninglessness is a bitter poison of the soul. But finding your purpose brings hope to your spirit, peace of mind and joy of the heart.

The Purpose-Driven Life book says there are two sources where people get their life purposes: from human speculation or from divine revelation (the later speaks of God’s disclosure of himself and his will).

This is wisdom. Life is too precious to waste it on speculations.

Go back to the Source, the author of Life. Then, your life will become purposive. When you have a God-given purpose, you have a compass in life. You can live a dynamic life. My Friend says, “I have come that they might have life abundant.” Yes, you can!

Win the Game of Life

Are you a winner?

Twelve years ago, I was a basketball playing-coach. I started with a bunch of young men. I handpicked, played, trained, and coached them as we toured together around the country; we taught children and young people how to play the game and get right with God and people. The group became the school’s official basketball team until now.

Now, I coach a different game; it’s called LIFE. As I mentor young professionals, guided children as chaplain, and led adults as preacher-teacher, and care for my family as husband and father, I wanted to share wisdom to all.

Consider my column as a weekly resource of reflections for you. Here, I will share thoughts to make your life count. You are not just “a dot of this world,” as Creed rants and sing. You mean to God, our country, others, and me.

If “winners never quit; quitters never win,” then move on. Don’t give up. Play like winners. Never play the game of life to loose. Some of my team fumbled somewhere, but now most became professionals and spiritual leaders. You too have a great future.

Daily, you hear bad news, maybe just as it is, but you need to walk with wisdom and hope. You need to be mindful of the important things in life.

As a saintly man once said, “Finally…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” Whether you want to succeed, get rich, leave a legacy, you need to think, play and win.

I believe everyone is potential. It means YOU are a great potential! How can you harness that winning potential within? Gain wisdom and walk wisely.