The Pursuit of a Purpose

The heart wrenching story of The Pursuit of Happiness focuses on the life a man fighting for custody whilst struggling to make ends meet. His realisation of how anything is possible if you put yourself up to the task is what helped to make sure he never lost hope.

Keeping in mind the importance of determination, this post aims to draw attention to consequences faced in the absence of determination. In the past couple of years, different degrees of sadness have swept through all our homes and while the burden of the times may have gotten lighter, we’re now confronted with the uncertainty of what lies next. The erosion of the will to do and a certain misplaced sense of purpose seem to have emerged as the thesis.

While we cannot ignore the impact of beautiful moments that have helped us all through these times, a holistic view of humanity indicates a decline in moral fibre and value of life, especially with respect to where I live as I cannot comment on what I haven’t seen with my own eyes. The growing discontentment, waves of natural disasters and a largely ruthless attitude towards our environment do not just perpetuate our consistently diminishing sense of purpose but also give rise to misleading notions of how to make amends. We find that we begin to mistake our quest for material acquisitions as a prerequisite for true happiness.

In this passion for monetising every aspect of life, we forget the importance of nature and the art of nurturing. We start to believe that way the world views us matters more than how we view ourselves. We begin to tread down a path that will essentially cause us to lose complete sight of the fundamental reasons for our existence.

While my opinions and outlooks bear no judgement on those who choose to view life differently, I write to express a personal approach to life. Essentially ‘The Pursuit of a Purpose’ elaborates upon the ‘will to do’ being the secret to happiness and in doing so, it also clarifies that this will must be driven by a deeper incentive that factors in our environment, relationships and human bonds rather than financial and material gains; which could be viewed as frivolous acts and temporary solutions to our problems.