PURPOSE - A BEGINNING

This world has seen a lot of great legends come and go by since the dawn of time. Some of them helped the human animal become 'human'. They are the ones we now worship as Lords like Buddha, Mahavira, etc. Some of them blessed the world with science (Einstein, Newton, Edison) to name a few. Some of them helped civilizations settle (M K Gandhi, Nelson Mandela). Some taught us love and compassion (Mother Teressa).

Some of them personified the human moral values of courage (Bhagat Singh), determination (Sachin Tendulkar), perseverance (Stephen Hawkins),etc....

Infact, if one was to cover every aspect of the human life and mention the legends for the same, it would take about 10 posts to do so.

The point here, of the billions of people on this earth, what is it that these people had in themselves that made them what they are??? They were just ordinary humans, werent they? Then how did they reach this peak of excellence, scaling over all the obstacles that stood their way? Do we know the answer?

Yes, we do. Infact, each and everyone of us does know this answer. But yet we never attempt to interpret this answer, do we? It just rests there idly like a useless file dumped in some corner of the hard disk. If we had ever tried to assimilate this answer in our lives, we would not have been where we are today, groping in darkness, disillusioned, apathetic and indifferent.

The answer is 'purpose'. These legends, they were very clear about their purpose, goal and direction in life. You may well say, what a common and obvious answer this is. Yes it is, but ask yourself how many times in the course of life have we changed our direction, goals, perceptions. How volatile we have been in our mechanically monotonous lives.

And if you think that you have been firm in your purpose and goals, and in a case have even been successful in it, then just compare the 'smallness' of your purpose with the ones that these icons had.