Purpose of Life

A man without a purpose is a ship without a rudder goes the adage. There are many purposes one holds to in their lives. This list keep changing time to time. Some purposes in life gets dropped, some compromised and some get fulfilled  but there is always one purpose or a wish that one always have. There is no dearth for desires. When one is badly battered in life all purposes momentarily cease shifting the energy to a pressing problem that needs immediate relief. Once out of it we immediately pick the burden of purpose.

The purpose of any purpose is to seek contentment or well being in life. Whatever be the purpose the search is for happiness and security. Whether the want is about minting millions of dollars or wielding enormous power or indulging in sexual fantasies or putting a roof under the head or winning a scholarship or marrying the most perfect other half or travelling the exotic paradises or securing the future of your loved ones or saving the world from the bad guys or finding a cure for a dreaded disease or removing poverty from the face of Earth it all boils down to fulfilling the needs of one or more of the six senses. Man is a sensual being since the eons and will continue to be forever.

Although many goals are achieved man is never content inside. There is always a hope of better tomorrow. The core of the purpose remains constant but the superficial appearance changes from money to power to sex to recognition to security to enlightenment to lifestyle. The search for contentment seem to be an infinite one. The purpose suddenly is no more fun but a very tiresome burden. The eluding contentment makes life a curse. In the name of purpose life becomes rudderless, from waking hours to sleeping hours it is the usual boring mundane tasks. There is no more joy no more living but only longing for the unknown paradise. 

Alas! If only the dreamer knows that the sought lies within, he would stop the external search. Contentment had always been yours. There would be no more purpose in life but whatever you do there would be life in it. There would be usefulness in it. Life would take you places. There would be a rudder in your life that sets the direction but you won't be controlling it you simply sit back and enjoy the adventures of the journey. The journey is the destination.