purpose

March 31st, 2011 | 522 Entries

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522 Entries for “purpose”

  1. ‘Is there any purpose to this question?, the lecturer asked her.
    ‘Yes’ she said. ‘I want to know how you reached that conclusion’.

  2. A Purpose,
    A meaning
    A Reason ,
    To live. 
    Someone,
    For my heart,
    To entirely give.

  3. the purpose of love is to reinforce the beauty that is all around us and allow that beauty to be shared with those we wish mot to spend time with in the world, anything else is simply a means to an end

    Nick Davenport
  4. The Alpha Gamma Delta purpose. Live it, love it, or at least try to.

    nicole
  5. at work at 9 am
    lunch
    at home at 6 pm
    dinner
    asleep at 12 am
    sleep
    at work at 9 am
    lunch
    at home at 6 pm

    i thought happiness was my purpose.

    Luz Maria Uribe Shopova
  6. succeed in my life and work, live with my love and respect her, travel and live in my house in a country I like and not strictly where I borned, have children and make them happy

    Francesco Tomassi
  7. She walked like she had a purpose and, whatever it was, it was much more important than anyone else’s. Dark hair was slicked back like a teenage boy from the 1950’s, bumped in the front and duck tailed in the back. Her eyes were piercing. No one looked her in the eyes.

  8. She saw the word, but for some reason she didn’t think about “purpose”, Instead, a picture of a porpoise popped into her head and she was immediately transported to the ocean. She found herself standing on a white beach with her feet in the sand, the warm, blue water gently washing in over her toes. Her hair whipped around her face and she reached a hand up to sweep it out of her eyes. She breathed in warm air and let out a long exhale. Then she opened her eyes and found herself sitting on her bed up in the loft of her apartment, still dreading the day ahead. Getting back to that beach, she thought, is my purpose.

    Catherine McClarin
  9. I have only one way ahead. It’s when I have that path in focus that i feel life has dealt me a purpose. When will the future reveal the golden egg. It’s of no use without purpose

    Varun Athreya
  10. I dont know what mu purpose is life. I need to figure it out and think I will soon.

    Nadica
  11. a reason for doing something a motivation not an accident something that is meant a goal in life

    clare
  12. everything in life has a purpose…some people know the purpose of things, some don’t…
    sometimes it takes a while to find out what it is but then it changes everything.
    it is good to know the purpose of the own existence.
    there is a purpose for everything

    Meli
  13. My purpose is mine. If you want to comment feel free but please don’t get in the way.

  14. “”What do you do for a living Bert?” SHerice said as she played with his tie. “I’m an executive” he said with a Texan drawl. It sounded like it had a purpose but Sherice wasn’t sure what that mnight be. “Oooh that sounds mighty impressive Bert”.

  15. whatever you feel you need to do, to be alive. more than the bare necessities. more than food and family. whatever you need to do, to actually live. i know mine now.

    Sarah
  16. prrpose again. i just got this ne. wrote a ting about it and it wouldnt let me submit. i hope purpose isnt the only word this site gives you, that woul dbe lame. mostly because i think purpose is stupid. purpose changes from day to day so why give something a purpose at all. one day a cutting board is a ucutting oard and the next its a shield against rabid mongooses.

    erin
  17. walking with purpose is walking briskly with a face that shows people not to mess with you. You may walk like this when you really shouldn’t be in that place but you are and you hope no one stops you.

    april
  18. my life’s purpose is to become a professional clown and honk my nose at people in traffic jams, so it will brighten up days and make traffic suck less. ta da. that’s all i can think of. and none of it’s true. just a random thought. what i really want to do is have a puppet theater. ta da.

    Star
  19. For the reality was that the old man had lost his way on the path in the early hours of the afternoon – slippery rocks had rendered the footing unstable and he was clearly suffering when the party of young hikers caught -up – and yet he hobbled on long after their multi coloured backs had receded into the gloom – on – the veteran of many such hill walks – all without thought – all without purpose – this one too seemed without..

  20. It is hard to know what the true purpose of life is, it is something we all have to figure out or be guided towards. We all have a different purpose in life and it is not a contest. We shouldn’t feel down on ourselves if we are not doing the same thing as the next person.

    Xylvablue
  21. I went a million miles, had a thousand things to do, yet nothing seemed to matter to me, without having you. I asked myself why it was so, I found I had to reason to do, no fulfillment to attain, like an existence without purpose, my reasons ending on you

  22. my son is the reason i go to school, work, and do anything really with my life. i love my son and if it weren’t for him i probally wouldn’t be here right now. he gives me so much reason to live my life. and provide for him. i love him.

    ashley
  23. What purpose can be found in heartache? To lose a child, to bleed out something so precious, is horrifying. What do we gain from this? Some say we are a “better person” for such, or we are “stronger.” I’d rather remain weak and with child, as to nurture is my purpose.

  24. I was born with a purpose. I will live forever trying to fulfill that purpose, and then I will die. Knowing that I was able to have succeeded in at least one thing in my life. That is my purpose.

    Maria
  25. i went there on purpose, maybe to embarass him or just to piss him off, in the end it was me who was pissed and embarassed.

  26. good, aim , follow, achieve, satisfy,

    nora
  27. I often wondered what my purpose in life, is I and i still have not come up with a conclusion, I have read books on purpose, but i am still wondering.

  28. We are perhaps a life form that ‘needs’ purpose to live not simply to ‘survive’ but live meaningful lives. Without purpose we become rudderless ships drifting aimlessly on the sea of life and that is when all sorts of mayhem and disquiet ensues hence the saying’The Devil finds work for idle hands’ and also minds. Without purpose we could still be living in caves and eating raw meat.

    Cally
  29. purpose? What is the purpose of this essay? I don’t know why I decided to do this. I wonder what will be the result.

    Zach D
  30. I believe our purpose is destined to us by God. We have each been created with unique gifts and talents given to us by our Creator to fulfill the task we were sent here to complete. Those gifts and talents are to used to honor God and to fulfill the great commission.

    sara carrara difuccia
  31. There is a steady, purposeful thump thumping of a bed in the apartment above me and each knock of what sounds like a metal frame against the walls that share everything is accompanied by a this high, sweet whine that presses a throb, a shiver, down in the very seam of me.

  32. He hadn’t really had one for so long. A man had come along and whistled and a few hours later he was sobering up and riding his bike and thinking about what if. Years he had been fighting this fate, but he always knew he was meant for the stars and exploration and what if.

    Becca
  33. “Oh, so I have the face to slap your mind, do I? I assume you talk what I’m knowin’ about too.”

    From then on, her purpose was to face things at take value.

  34. how do you find the motivation to move forward when you feel as though you have no purpose in life? or whats worse, when you find what you feel is or could be your purpose, and you lose it, then what? where do you go from there?

  35. Jenny walked past those girls; the same ones she walked by everyday. However, this time she remember what her grandmother said, “Walk with purpose.” And she remember what her mother said, “Walk like you’re beautiful ’cause you are.” And finally, she remembered what her elder sister Ellen said, “Don’t walk, strut Darling!”

    And with this, Jenny A. Jones walked by those girls with her head held high and a certain swing to her hips with the image of her three glowing role models in her beautiful mind.

    Haeleigh
  36. I’m worried about him today, doing such a brave thing, being himself fearlessly, and I realize I can’t protect him much anymore, mothers don’t have long to be that fortress against all the scary things in the world, all I can do now is love him, cheer from the sidelines, be there to celebrate or commiserate, my purpose is changing

  37. I will not fall into the same traps that I made for myself before. I’m tired of wasting time; I did enough of that while I sat alone in my room with the lights out and the music up. I’m through with being alone, done looking at all the opportunities that I missed with contempt; I go out tonight a new man.

  38. To achieve ones dreams fully and without regret

    Christa
  39. something i always need when i want to do something. i need a purpose to go on with my life after bad thing happen to me. i need a purpose to start everything. i need a purpose to get out of bed in the morning.

    elena
  40. Does anyone really ever have a purpose, or is life just life? I don’t think I care enough to find out.