The Purpose of Life Is to Be Helpful, not Happy
Always be helpful
Always be helpful.
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill
Life has no meaning.
That’s the problem why most people can’t find their life’s purpose — they think of meaning as a thing rather than an experience. Purpose is not something we can have; we bring meaning to life.
That’s the paradox of happiness too — the more we chase it, the less happy we feel. Happiness is more a state of mind than an emotion.
The ill-constructed idea of happiness — “Dark Side of Happiness,” as psychologists call it — distracts us from more meaningful aspects of life. The bigger the obsession with being happy, the less we appreciate what we already have.
The journey is more important than the destination — we find purpose traveling.
Being helpful brings purpose to life
“We rise by lifting others.”
— Robert Ingersoll
Discovering meaning is the purpose of life.
One of the recurring issues I face as a change consultant is that people appr…
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