LIFE
What is my purpose in life? What is anybody’s purpose in life? That’s a question that we all deal with everyday, why are we here, what is the point of life? Why do majority of the human race follow such a systematic lifestyle to meet social expectations?
Personally, I don’t believe there is ONE solitary purpose in life. Although some may chose to believe there is, I chose to interpret life to be more of a journey. It’s not about the final destination.. because what’s the fun in that? I think a large portion of society fails to recognize that it’s a journey we create by the moments we cherish, the experiences we uncover, and the people you meet along the way.
I think having that “journey” is the beauty of life. All our positive and negatives experiences — fake friendships, failures, getting the dream job, graduating university, falling in love with the wrong people, seeing different parts of the world.. IS in fact the beauty of life. Now you may ask, how could any of those negative situations be of beauty? I believe all our negative and positive outcomes is apart of the journey- it allows us to evolve and grow into the people we are meant to be. Without failure, you wouldn’t aim to succeed, without meeting the wrong people, you wouldn’t end up meeting the right people. Sometimes the all those wrong decisions end up leading you to all the right ones. The mistakes & losses of your past, is now all your wisdom & patience of the present.
“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.” — The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
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Life is all about the moments.. hidden in all the subtleties, all the words left unsaid but understood, all the art in the world without a title, unrequited love, and all the things that didn’t work out but almost did. All the nostalgic sunrises, the inability of a language to be translated, the unison of two continents, the adventures ahead , airport kisses, romance , love, genuine friendships, hospital prayers, and all the other ways wherein life leaves us hoping for miracles.
After seeing Dead Poets Society a couple years back, this scene & dialogue would always stand out to me. It truly embraces our human desire for complete and utter passion in life. We exist to experience & feel. Dead Poets Society taught me to resolve to lead a life of passion and conviction, mindful of the fact that in the story of our lives the script is ours to write, but the ending has long been decided.
I think it’s about time we begin to appreciate the journey, trust the process of life, not to look back & let it affect our future, but to treasure every moment we spend, value the experiences , and have gratitude for those who entered & left our journey — all fundamentally evolving us to the people we are intended to becoming.
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices — today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. — Kevyn Aucoin”
Thank you for reading.
Till next time…
XO
Zoha Rahman 👼🏻 🌸💕
