I am intentional about living purposefully
One of the most beautiful things about life is free will. I know this because people naturally struggle when the freedom to choose is taken away from them. Although I have found this to be true, sometimes we find ourselves in the position where we have willingly given away our option to decide for ourselves. In life we can drift along letting situations or people make the decisions for us. We are then not people of purpose but people being carried along by life's currents.
Imagine a ship in the ocean. It needs to be steered and navigated through calm or turbulent waters. Someone needs to direct it, as it has to know where it is going. It has a purpose. It could be carrying people or cargo from A to B, but whatever it is doing - it has a purpose. But then imagine a ship that has no direction. No one is navigating it. Oh there are people on there. The people on there are chilling, just letting the ship run its course. They hope one day to feel the heat in the Caribbean, see the penguins in the Falkland Islands and watch the kangaroos in their habitat in Australia. But if they're not directing the ship, it's not certain how much they will see.
We need to not only live with purpose and direction but also be intention with it. It takes effort and energy directing a ship, but it will be worth it when you get to feel the heat in the Caribbean, see the penguins in the Falkland Islands and watch the kangaroos in their habitat in Australia.
One of the most beautiful things about life is free will. I know this because people naturally struggle when the freedom to choose is taken away from them. Although I have found this to be true, sometimes we find ourselves in the position where we have willingly given away our option to decide for ourselves. In life we can drift along letting situations or people make the decisions for us. We are then not people of purpose but people being carried along by life's currents.
Imagine a ship in the ocean. It needs to be steered and navigated through calm or turbulent waters. Someone needs to direct it, as it has to know where it is going. It has a purpose. It could be carrying people or cargo from A to B, but whatever it is doing - it has a purpose. But then imagine a ship that has no direction. No one is navigating it. Oh there are people on there. The people on there are chilling, just letting the ship run its course. They hope one day to feel the heat in the Caribbean, see the penguins in the Falkland Islands and watch the kangaroos in their habitat in Australia. But if they're not directing the ship, it's not certain how much they will see. We need to not only live with purpose and direction but also be intention with it. It takes effort and energy directing a ship, but it will be worth it when you get to feel the heat in the Caribbean, see the penguins in the Falkland Islands and watch the kangaroos in their habitat in Australia.
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