Purpose in Life

Just feeling bored, rotting away in my lab, unable to proceed on with my experiment, so I decided to write something about the purpose in life.

What is our purpose in life? Many people will give different views of this aspect. A few days ago, I overheard my parents conversation about the purpose in life. I didn't quite agree with my dad's definition, whereby he said that life was meaningless, just waiting for each passing day to go by and he'll be gone. In my mind, when I heard this saying, I kinda felt that way. On the other hand, I felt this shouldn't be the way.

There was a period of time that I felt that way, when things weren't going my way, there a lot of hurdles to attempt and so on. I just felt like giving up my life, end this misery and go up to the heavens. But I realised that I was wrong. I feel that Buddha has given us this life, to search for our purpose in life, not to sit there and let it approach you. Its like a game, to see how we handle and how we face the odds. It may sound ridiculous to some people, but this is my own opinion.

At times, I would just stare blankly at the ceiling or daydream, didn't know what to do. Sometimes, a kind of evil conscious tells me to sit back and waste my life away. I will try to overcome this problem by sit up straight, get my butt off the ground and start doing something. In this lifetime, we only have this 1 opportunity to try out or do things that we want. I would like to have a sense of accomplishment before I go to heaven. I really pray, that all obstacles in my way especially the problem that my whole family is facing, I hope it will come to an end soon, and all of us would be able to do what we always wanted.

I hope these simple positive thinking phrases will help you in a way or so whenever you feel you are unable to achieve what you want or you feel meaningless in life,
"God, may it be a fruitful day for me, for I put my faith and trust in you, that any obstacles that come in my way, i will face it with all my might."
"Whatever that is going to take place, God, I hope it is a lesson that I will learn from and I believe that I will not be defeated."
"I believe, I believe, I believe, I will not be defeated!"
"God, you are there to guide me, and I will follow your footsteps to meet my goals."