What is the meaning of life?
The Cambridge dictionary defines life as the time from
someone’s birth until their death. Life can also be defined as a particular way
of living and the experiences that you have. Rick Warren in his
book “A Purpose Driven Life” gives life a broader interpretation.
He is alive to the fact that we are all God’s creation and hence are bound to
leave lives that are meaningful as per the biblical provisions. This is
entirely concerned with purpose; to Warren purpose is to leave a life in a
Godly way. This calls for righteousness, faithfulness, devotion to religious
virtues and at peace with neighbours. Who is your neighbour then, this is any
one around you whether familiar or not. According to the Cambridge dictionary,
Purpose is the aim that someone wants to achieve, or that something is intended
to achieve. It is also defined as an aim or meaning in your life because there
is something you want to achieve. With this humble background we arrive to the
true meaning of life. I carried out research on at least 30 people in my
neighbourhood, 18 of who were women, 10 were men and 2 were children. Majority
of the women took life to be living happily in marriage and having steady
families, meaning that without this their lives are empty which is true. The
men on the contrary took life to be success achieved through acquisition of
wealth, driving posh cars, building expensive houses and having a descent job
which is also true. The children on the other hand understand life in a
different way, to them life is waking up have breakfast and play with friends.
To them life is all about living in joy and happiness which is also true. With
this I discovered that the meaning of life varies from one generation to
another, to the none believers life is all about war and peace. The alcoholic
will always take life to be having at least a glass of whisky every day.
Contemporary sources offer different interpretations of what life is. Famous
writers like Ben Carson have built the meaning of life on the
success that one has achieved. In agreement with Rick Warren,
this success has to be achieved on purpose. Have a dream, Martin Luther
King Jr had a dream that the oppression of the blacks in the USA would
one day come to an end. He formed the civil rights movement where he expressed
the views of the minority group hence becoming a voice of the voiceless. Nelson
Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years but the spirit of having an end to
apartheid did not die out and was realized in 1994, he became the first black
president of the country and ruled for one term. He is the world’s most admired
man, this is all attributed to the goals he set and the achievements he has
accomplished. What is
your dream my friend? Have you ever dreamt of living a legacy? These are questions that need to be
answered, note that it is never too late and you can make a difference. What have you left that people will
remember about you? Life
is all about answering these simple questions and emulating the lives of those
that have already left a legacy. Have a role model that you will always
emulate, this should always be in a positive way that will impact change in the
society but not adopting the bad behaviours. Remember that you do not need a
lot of money to impact change in the society but wealth of the mind. And so let
us always work hard to make a difference and be admired by others. We are born
with the capability to do what ever the rest can do, so let us not
underestimate our potential by always looking for the hard tasks. It takes
courage to always be the best and take the front line, do not worry friend life
is all about success as the Lord Father wants us to prosper in life. How then
are you going to make your life meaningful from now? First, have a dream to
always be the best, have courage to take on hard tasks, leave your life on
purpose and always have a goal, set the bar too high for whatever you are
doing, do every thing to your very best as if there is no tomorrow. Note that
if you do not shape your life, circumstances will shape it for you and this
comes at a bitter cost. Let us not be satisfied with what we have for this will
always make us lazy. No person can do something big in his life if he does not
believe in him/herself. We know we win and at the end of the day we win, it all
comes with trust for self and pride. Let us be remembered for the works and
only the good works that we have done in our lives. Some of the re known people
for the works they have done begun from scratch at tender ages so let not
wealth be a limiting factor for your innovative ideas. Tim Berners
invented internet at the age of 34 starting from nothing to some thing, Larry
Page & Sergey Bin at 23 years invented Google, Mark Zukerberg
at 20 years invented facebook, Harley Chin at 30 years invented
YouTube. With all these being human, starting from scratch to Billions of money
why not you, me and them. We all can make a difference if we set minds to the
desired dreams and goals. Remember that there is nothing like luck since luck
favours a prepared mind so then set your goals to be lucky one day. Let us not
be comfortable for the little we have and always behave as if we have not done
enough, do more. I would like to end by categorically stating that successful
people always look for opportunities to help others while the unsuccessful
people are always asking, what is in it for me. If you can not do everything,
do something and do not do nothing. With this let us then go and transform our
communities for our time to succeed has come and we will be remembered for what
we have done now.
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