At the end of our journeys, whenever that might be, we will undoubtedly ask ourselves this question ‘what difference did I make?’.
May be some won’t reflect back on their lives, and some will, but might not like the answer.
It has taken me a long time in life to realise that the purpose of life is to make a difference, whether that is large or small, that is not relevant, as success is a personal thing for us to measure ourselves. It is not something for others to set for us.
It is up to us to choose what that ‘difference’ might be.
So I want to be able to reflect on my life and say that I made a positive and lasting impression on the people who mattered in my life. That is all I am aiming to do now for the rest of the journey. I want to help others and I want to create an alternative to the current old school world system. The one based on fear, shaming, judgement and greed. The one that benefits mainly just a tiny, tiny 1%, where the rest of us are just, as Seth Godin put’s it ‘interchangeable cogs’.
This will mean that after I have gone, there will be a positive legacy left in the memories of the people who are still there. Whatever I have created as alternative, big or small, will be what I have created to make my ‘difference’.
Now with this in mind, life is a whole lot less complicated, as the decisions that we have to take, are clearer and easier to make when you know what your purpose is.
So if there is one thing worth finding out, what is your purpose and what difference are you going to make?
Philip Dodson 
So true and it is a scary thought to look back after we ve aged and think of how we achieved nothing. Maybe blogging is a way to touch others lives? Inspiring them?
Yes true blogging is way of sharing our ‘art’ & connecting with others.
Indeed!