As Saadi de Shiraz, a 12th-century Persian poet, said, “every being is in this world with a specific purpose. “The discovery of this goal may take years, but will we find sooner or later what we are looking for?or maybe not: maybe we can find something much better.
Admittedly, you don’t have to be religious or have some kind of spiritual belief to often ask the classic question “why am I here?”Our consciousness encourages us to expect something more from our own existence, something special that gives us a stronger and truthful meaning in this life.
“We often find our destinies on the paths we take to avoid them. -Jean de la Fontaine-
Far from seeing this dimension as the mere anguish of the young man who seeks to reach maturity, or the adult labeled immature because he lets time pass wrapped in his existential voids, we must see it as what it really is: a journey. through which to find our purpose of life. Is this something very similar to what U2 Bono’s leader says in his mystical music?Haven’t found what I’m looking for yet? (I haven’t found what I was looking for yet). )
So, before obsessing about not finding this philosopher’s stone, this purpose or this motive for inspiration, we must look at it in another way: as an investigation in which we seek to enrich ourselves with each step, each mountain reached, each loved person. , all the knowledge acquired.
Sooner or later we will find what our being aspires to, what our hearts now feel like an unsinkable void that sometimes hurts and despairs; However, in the midst of this thick forest of doubt, crossroads and disparate voices, we must be sure of a simple fact: sometimes we seek our purpose in places that are not right.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a well-known 19th-century philosopher and poet, once said that in the face of any idea or goal we have, there will always be someone who will do everything he can to prove us wrong. to reflect on the question that sometimes we spend much of our lives immersed in environments that are not the easiest, there are families, friendships and even some social contexts that completely kill all our expectations.
The docile person who assumes and shuts up is doomed to spend much of his life waiting for “something,” wishing for anything that happens that can get him out of this sense of deep frustration and existential emptiness. The oppressive scenario certainly favors the souls we dream of being able to escape because nothing grows on this substrate, because there is nothing to find in a scenario bound by scissors that cut our own hopes.
Leaving these surfaces is not only a necessity, it is an obligation, because our true destiny will never be revealed unless we add a very special ingredient: will.
Sometimes we thought we had found what we aspire to so much: great love, good work, a goal in life However, we soon realized that this love was not so true, that the work was not so good work and that this goal ended with a bad result.
Before falling into repentance, it is important to remember something very simple: life is movement and this quest never ends, because human beings are adventurer by nature, hungry for emotions, thirsty for knowledge and eager for experiences in which to grow.
To implement the gears of this search for life, we propose a reflection on the following dimensions.
Kark Pilleme is a scientist and environmentalist at Cornell University who, through books like “30 Lessons to Live,” explains that one of the biggest problems we have is that we’re not connected to our “future self. “trip into the morning, as young Spock did in the film?Star Trek? to find wisdom by talking to your future self.
It’s about connecting for a moment with that future in which we imagine how we’d like to be, someone serene, with a quiet life and surrounded by people we really love, no lies, nothing, nothing. Without a doubt, this aspiration must be our motivation for the present.
“In twenty years, you’ll regret more the things you didn’t do than the things you did. – Mark Twain-
It would be a good exercise to work routinely. The following strategies can also be useful.
Sooner or later we’ll find it: we’ll find what we’re looking for, or maybe we won’t, maybe we’ll find something even better, however, throughout this journey, never forget to add the best luggage to your backpack: spirit of commitment, commitment, struggle. and love for everything you do, for everything you offer or build.
Images courtesy of Hayao Miyazaki.