The new year is just around the corner and this past week in my life has made me really stop and think about what my purpose in life is? What do I want to accomplish in my life time?
Many people don't stop and give this question some serious thought until possibly their 50's and mostly their 60's. Not to say it's too late by then but man, time sure does fly. I have come to the conclusion that I believe my purpose in life is to motivate, help, and inspire people to be better and do better. Motivate, help, and inspire people to achieve their hopes, dreams, and aspirations. I want to be the person that is a source of positivity in peoples lives. I want to be the person that people know they can confide in. I want to make an impact. I want to make a change for the better.
I want to focus my life on doing for others more than doing for myself. I don't want to spend my life chasing money because money does not buy happiness. I don't need the best house, the best car, the most expensive shoes or purse. I could care less. Happiness comes from doing good and feeling good. Many people that are rich are sad and lonely. Material things will never give you the feeling of knowing someone graduated high school because of you. Material things will never give you the feeling you get when someone tells you they could not have do it with out your presence. There is no better feeling than knowing you did something selflessly with no expectation of anything in return to simply better someone else's life.
I realized that when it really comes down to the wire the only people that will stand by your side are the ones that you have made an impact on. Often we see people surrounded by many people but those people don't have any true connection with that person. It's empty. That person is truly a lonely person. I am not and I do not want to be that person.
I realize that material things are nice but they attract the wrong people. I have so much respect for the people that have the money to buy expensive things but choose not to. I believe those people are extremely wise. They realize that sh't doesn't mean anything and only attracts that wrong kind of attention.
As a nurse I have witnessed many deaths in the hospital or patients dying. Ever so rarely do I see a patient's room filled with people constantly or always having visitors. I can only recount two patients in four years that fit this image. Those two patients clearly had touched many people in positive ways. When a person is loved by many and they are sick or dying people put aside their issues with going to hospitals or seeing sick people. They will make it a point to go visit that person and say thank you and goodbye at the same time.
My job makes me think about things many people don't think about on a regular basis. I am grateful for that because I never lose sight of what my purpose is in my life time.
All I know is, I hope that when my day comes many people can say that I had an impact on their lives for the better. I strive to live a non selfish life. Selflessness is the ultimate goal. I aspire to inspire. Give hope where hope has faded. Give strength where there is weakness. Be a confidant when someone needs a person to confide in...
Bottom line. I want to make a difference. A BIG difference.
That is my new year resolution and life resolution.
What is your purpose this new year?
Until next time.
-Norah
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