Do you ever despair because you have no purpose? It's been said that despair is a cheap excuse for avoiding one’s purpose in life. Well excuse me. This same source then says that a sense of purpose is the best way to avoid despair.
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Fine. I'll look for purpose. Let's see...today someone gave me this advice. "What we do today affects tomorrow." That means that what we do today matters. It counts. Great! I was counting on sloughing off the day. Now my whole future rests on what I decide to do with this day. Coprolite! I was planning on taking a nap.
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Back to looking for purpose? Well...uh...I know. I really like September. It is the beginning of change this time of year. One season turning into another. The expectation that comes with the new crispness in the air. After a time of rest and rejuvenation through the heat of summer, now it's time for a brand new opportunity ahead. HA! I feel nauseated. Okay, let's be honest. I'm getting a little cynical. I went for the second interview for my "dream job" last week and this week I got the e-mail saying "thanks, but no thanks." I've let myself get a little bummed out. All right, I admit that it might not have been "the" dream job, but I thought of it as the job that occurs during the non-rapid eye movement sleep which usually comes right before the REM sleep of most dreams. Anyway it's time to start over.
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There is a place where I can prosper and have a purpose. Finding it is another thing. But then I have found a lost contact in some of the most unexpected places. Usually after a decision that I was not going to quick looking just because it seemed hopeless. I guess I have decided what to do with tomorrow. I will not sleep till noon as originally planned. Quit despairing; back to the pursuit of purpose.
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~ rachman
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