What is YOUR purpose in life?

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What is YOUR purpose in life? If you dont know, then what are you looking for or wish to gain? Does your purpose change? Be honest, and think about it for a minute. Everyone will have something different Im sure.
 
My main purpose is to have fun and enjoy the ride
 
I think my main purpose in life is to help people. Not a day goes by for me that I do not do a good dead to man kind. The greatest return for me is a thank you and a simple wave when people drive by the fire station when the bay doors are open and we are sitting on the front of the engine.
 
Nigbo said:
i was put on earth to suffer
my purpose in life is to find meaning in the suffering
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deep. But know the world is better with you in it. I dont have many people I could say that about. :kiss:

DRveejay11 said:
Iron, you know you dont want ME answering this ;)

LOL
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ahhhh oh no lol. Nah man Im glad you shared.. dont be too hard on yourself youre not exactly an asshole or anything. We all have our struggles.

JrMaFia said:
My main purpose is to have fun and enjoy the ride
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I dont remember who said it, but you'll never look back at your life and say "crap I wish I did more hours at the office." Its about people and experiences.

Marines said:
I think my main purpose in life is to help people. Not a day goes by for me that I do not do a good dead to man kind. The greatest return for me is a thank you and a simple wave when people drive by the fire station when the bay doors are open and we are sitting on the front of the engine.
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what a crazy world it would be if we all helped each other out
 
To resolve the past, incorporate the present, and maintain options for the future.
 
DRveejay11 said:
Short Answer:

My "purpose" couldn't be any easier to define. My purpose is to serve Jesus Christ. I'm a servant of + proud soldier for Jesus Christ. Any other purpose is self-made, man-made and ultimately short-lived and rarther usless as the life I live here is a mere ~80 years long as opposed to eternity.

Long Answer:

Given that fact in my life, "MY" secular/humanistic choices/interests are relatively inconsequential. For me, this is a mere passage way. In my life, I adhere to the fact that God, who is infinite, onmipresent, omniscient, and omnipowerful, not only created me - but also gave me His Son that came to this Earth and suffered horribly and died for me. How blessed am I to have been given Life by an Almighty GOD who created the UNIVERSE, and moreover, an infitite life of pure indescribable bliss when I die?

That said, you won't find me on any street corner waving Jesus Freak signs or abrasively advertising my faith. Why? Not b/c I am not proud, but rather b/c like any other humble Christian, I struggle NOT with my faith, but in my walk as a Christian, giving in to weakkness and stupid temptations time and time again so I refrain from waving the Jesus flag b/c many would look at me and label me a hippocrite and perhaps turn away from God. I am no "example" Christian. I'm just not there. However, I believe with every fiber in my being that Jesus Christ died for my sins and b/c of that and my acknowledgement of that and my acceptance of Jesus Christ as my Saviour, my entry into Heaven is guaranteed. Without Jesus Christ in my life, I'd have no "purpose", no different than any other soul-less animal grazing in a farm and dying one day, and simultaneously terminating its entire existance.
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That was a great post!
 
To be a great Dad and to be a great Husband
I am also Christian so i try to live everyday in this manner, not always easy
 
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DRveejay11 said:
Short Answer:

My "purpose" couldn't be any easier to define. My purpose is to serve Jesus Christ. I'm a servant of + proud soldier for Jesus Christ. Any other purpose is self-made, man-made and ultimately short-lived and rarther usless as the life I live here is a mere ~80 years long as opposed to eternity.

Long Answer:

Given that fact in my life, "MY" secular/humanistic choices/interests are relatively inconsequential. For me, this is a mere passage way. In my life, I adhere to the fact that God, who is infinite, onmipresent, omniscient, and omnipowerful, not only created me - but also gave me His Son that came to this Earth and suffered horribly and died for me. How blessed am I to have been given Life by an Almighty GOD who created the UNIVERSE, and moreover, an infitite life of pure indescribable bliss when I die?

That said, you won't find me on any street corner waving Jesus Freak signs or abrasively advertising my faith. Why? Not b/c I am not proud, but rather b/c like any other humble Christian, I struggle NOT with my faith, but in my walk as a Christian, giving in to weakkness and stupid temptations time and time again so I refrain from waving the Jesus flag b/c many would look at me and label me a hippocrite and perhaps turn away from God. I am no "example" Christian. I'm just not there. However, I believe with every fiber in my being that Jesus Christ died for my sins and b/c of that and my acknowledgement of that and my acceptance of Jesus Christ as my Saviour, my entry into Heaven is guaranteed. Without Jesus Christ in my life, I'd have no "purpose", no different than any other soul-less animal grazing in a farm and dying one day, and simultaneously terminating its entire existance.
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No reason for me to write any more. You said it all right here, my friend.

I do believe God put my daughter into my life so that I could raise her as a good Christian. ;)
 
I will start off by saying that my purpose in life changed recently. I started dating an amazing girl I dated for a very short time in high school. We split up after like 3 weeks. Well, fast-forward 14 years and we got back together after we agreed to have lunch one day while she was in town visiting her parents for the weekend. We completely hit it off again. Not a night went by we didn't talk. It's been about 4 months now and it seems like a lot longer.

The change part is the fact that she has two amazing little girls. The odd part is that I never thought I wanted kids at all. However, they changed all that real fast. One is 2 and the other is 6. Yes they are a handful but I love them anyway. Words cannot even tell how happy I am with my life right now. I have gone from looking at my life from an individual standpoint to thinking about my future with these three amazing girls. My girlfriend is truly amazing. She's an excellent mother. Which I'm sure is the reason the girls are so great. We all get along with each others' families too. It really set me at ease when her folks accepted me willingly.

So, in a nutshell, I can simply say that I feel my purpose has changed from being pretty much about me to being the best boyfriend and at some point husband, and father figure or whatever you want to call it, to the girls.

It may sound completely cheesy to say but I really don't care. When I pick up either of the girls from the car when they are sleeping and they cling to me like they are stuck with flypaper, the feeling is so awesome. I can't even explain it.

So that to me is what I believe my new purpose in life is. And it feels like nothing else..

I can honestly say I'm at the happiest point in my life.
 
DRveejay11 said:
If I have a vice, it's being a work-a-holic.

I know I will look back in disgust to a degree for not seizing other satisfying things in life.
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with all the crazyness going on today being a good provider isnt such a bad vice Id say lol. Finding balance and time for everything you WANT to do though is very frustrating. I overthink that type of thing myself, and probly waste more time.

OKMEDIC said:
The change part is the fact that she has two amazing little girls. The odd part is that I never thought I wanted kids at all. However, they changed all that real fast. One is 2 and the other is 6. Yes they are a handful but I love them anyway. Words cannot even tell how happy I am with my life right now. I have gone from looking at my life from an individual standpoint to thinking about my future with these three amazing girls. My girlfriend is truly amazing. She's an excellent mother. Which I'm sure is the reason the girls are so great. We all get along with each others' families too. It really set me at ease when her folks accepted me willingly.
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I understand. I dated a girl for awhile with 2 kids, never thought I would consider that type thing but she was awesome. I have a hard time deciding what I want to do because my mind changes so much lol. Always say I never wanted kids but who knows where that opinion will be in a few years.
 
Nigbo said:
i was put on earth to suffer
my purpose in life is to find meaning in the suffering
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Hun..it cant be that bad? Is it?? I just want to be happy and find someone that truly can understand me and be genuine..
 
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