Tag: meaning

What is your reason?

Posted on by philipdodson

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We were all born for a reason.

We are not here simply to exist, we are not here to just take up space on the planet, consume stuff and then leave.

We can all make our own mark on the world, we are all unique, we all are worthy and have something to give, whether it is to a few or to many.

Do not let anything or anybody convince you differently.

We must stay curious, we must question, we must aim to create the very best we can and follow our dreams. We must leave our own legacy, something to say we were here.

Do not give up faith and strive to be happy on a journey that will have some downs, but the downs are never permanent and how we deal with them is a choice. The ups are amazing, a truly fantastic gift of life, and it is up to us to create our own highs.

Find out what your reason is, and then make it happen.

Do not choose to die before you physically expire. Live.

What difference did we make?

Posted on by philipdodson

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?