A long time ago, someone express his opinion to me that life will be easier for a woman if she has no life dream. After several months of trying his suggestion, I slowly became more depressed. Then, I decided to go back to my dream.
Lately, I am reading about how important having a purpose in life is [1]. It is one of the human fundamental needs. Life purpose helps in overcoming stress, depression, anxiety, pain, and many others.
Life's purpose can be to survive, to feed someone, to reach something, to serve something or someone, to love someone, to experience something, to support someone else's vision, and many others. Lately, I came across an interesting story about a journey of a character in finding her life purpose, which is not to become like her teacher [2].
In Christianity, life's purpose is often connected with God's calling. If life's purpose is so important, why God did not just tell everyone directly. It is never easy to answer the question of "Why is has God made me?" or "Why I am here?". God has a plan for everyone:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jer 29:11 (NIV)
He wants us to depend and trust on Him both to understand his calling and to know all the details to achieve it. Keep walk step by step with Him. In the case regarding your calling, you did something wrong, please keep allow God to guide you.
[1] Schippers and Ziegler, "Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life," Frontiers in Psychology, 2019.
[2] Kung Fu Panda Secret of the Scroll, DreamWorks.
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This video is interestingly uploaded today about the purpose of life: https://youtu.be/x9jLCEEnrIM
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