We all care about our own well-being and the well-being of our family. It’s our prime purpose to look after ourselves and our loved ones.
Most of us live our whole lives thinking mainly about ourselves, our careers, and our families. We may give to charity, do a little in our local community, and help close friends, but it rarely extends beyond that.
But we should have two purposes in life: personal and societal purposes.
1. To care for ourselves and our family.
2. To take responsibility and contribute purposefully to society in whatever way we can.
Doctors, nurses, social workers, and even politicians naturally combine the two, but most of us don’t. We only focus on the first purpose.
So a question we should all ask ourselves:
What is my societal purpose — what am I contributing or what do I intend to contribute to society?
The contribution need not be large — what is ever within our capabilities and means.
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