Purpose of Life

Purpose.

n. something set up as an object or end to be attained
n. a subject under discussion or an action in course of execution

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. - Friedrich Nietzsche


May 21, 2013.
"Parang nawawalan na ako ng purpose sa buhay."

But what purpose does life have if not for you to live it? The last message she ever sent, and maybe ever will send, had me worried for a couple of days because I thought she offed herself. I wasn't hoping for it, but I could not overlook that possibility. But as I checked on Facebook, I saw her replying to friends' comments. And so I was relieved that she was well, but grieved that I wasn't one of those friends.

At that moment, not sad because she chose to do what she did, but sad at the outcome of yet another attempt at happiness, I knew that there was a good reason why these things happen. While I thought the same about losing purpose in life, eventually, purpose became so much clearer to me.

And I now understand that the purpose of life is for it to be lived; not wasted nor spent... Just lived.