According to Aristotle, Everyone has a purpose in the world. This is also referred to as “teleos”, the final end or purpose. With this in mind, we as humans will begin to contemplate our purpose in life and if we are fulfilling it by the actions we perform day to day. Is it our purpose to live and learn in Memphis, specifically at CBU? Is it our purpose to go about the same schedule day in and day out, hoping one day we will receive a degree of some sort to begin a different schedule we will follow day in and day out?
I believe our purpose reaches beyond our actions today, mainly, what we do and how we do it. I believe our purposes are all different and are also achieved in different ways. Taking someone like Pope John Paul II and comparing him to ourselves can make us seem incredibly inferior. After all, he helped more people and influenced more lives than we can count. However great his purpose in life may have been, it does not make our purposes in life any less important. This man achieved happiness through the many virtues he obtained through his lifetime. Patience, kindness, and courage are all things one is not born with, but obtains through repetition. These virtues are habits that once formed, create happiness. These are the same virtues we can form into habits and use in our daily lives to achieve happiness and move toward our purposes in the world.
By being courageous, patient, kind, etc., we influence the people around us daily. Maybe the simplest actions towards others are part of our purposes in life. To lift up others with our talents and attitude. As we encourage others, it becomes a pay-it-forward motion and we all can begin obtaining these virtues that will eventually lead us to finding true happiness.
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