Purpose of anything

Al Gore told us a story about his new puppy. His next door neighbor volunteered to help train their new puppy. Al and his wife were really excited because they really had no idea how to train a puppy. His neighbor came over one night and said, ‘So… before I start I need to understand one serious thing.’ Al and his wife couldn’t imagine how serious could this be for training a dog. The neighbor asked ‘What is the purpose of this dog?’ They were a bit startled and said, ‘what do you mean?’ She continued, ‘Well is he going to be guard dog, pet dog, play dog, or what? Depending on what you want the puppy to be, the training approach will be different. You've got to tell me.’ Yes, even a puppy has a purpose. A computer has a purpose. A plane has a purpose. Almost everything in life has a purpose when it was created. How about you and me? What is your purpose? Are you serving your purpose? Do you know what it is?

Purpose is the 'Why' of your living. You can’t really proceed with your ‘What’ and ‘How’ before knowing the 'Why'. You could force your way forward in life without knowing the purpose, but it would be just like starting a journey without a destination. It could still be fun. But this journey will be easily drifted. You will have no idea where you will end up because you had no destination.