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What Do You Think Is The Purpose Of Existence?

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I think existence's purpose is different for everyone and that's kind of the point. The point of your existence is to make your own meaning of it. To create, to innovate, to raise a family, etc. Everyone is unique as is everyone's purpose in life.

Live in the moment, find what makes your heart happy and do that.
 
@hangingon, are you saying that animals are here to serve humans? What would their purpo...
I do not think serving or aiding humans is their only purpose. It would be difficult for me to answer every purpose for every living thing, while I may answer some, only God truly knows. And if humans didn't exist, answering that would only be speculation or opinion since that is not reality
 
I struggle with this sometimes since losing my corporate job a little over a year ago. Left a big hole as I decided not to return but it was a soul sucking path that was not me.

I took a year to play and now am using my gifts as an artist. Sometimes I wonder if this is my purpose but I am enjoying it so what is life if not to enjoy? We only get one and it may have started out shitty but it's better all the time. I often feel I want to do as much and experience as much as humanly possible and a rich full life shall be the end reward. Resilience is a wonderful thing.
 
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It's intresting go back to threads months later to see the differences in your answer then and your answer now.

Then in March, it apparently was all about getting control of my brain. Today, what drives me, is to be able to fully focus on something and seeing that something change. So I guess that's getting stuff done.

It's more like being able to be "all in" on a big goal and seeing how much I can actually move myself to that goal. The goals change and I have seen this in myself a few times, not just my goal right now. And I think the more goals I do hit, the more driven I become. So either I make small goals to the big one and each small one I hit the more driven I become or just seeing myself hit one goal drives me to the next one.

It's a really cool cycle once I build momentum. I sort of go at full pace then die down to sliding backwards until I can refocus again then back at it to a full run and then slide back. So to stop the sliding back or helping to keep a steady pace is a real struggle at the moment but it's funny to watch my therapist as he is trying to focus me and once I am off he sits back and watches. He loves it, it seems.

Anyway, that's what drives me, right now anyway. I am sure that will change.
 
To be born, pay taxes and die. I'm not sure that anything in between birth and death matters to anyone other than ourselves.
 
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