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Why do you like doing certain things more than others? Why do some things
interest you and some things don't interest you at all? Have you noticed that
when you do the things you enjoy doing you feel better and you actually feel
somehow complete? Have you also noticed the conflict between what you enjoy
doing and what life "demands" you should be doing? If you've experienced this
then you are the victim of a society of pattern.
Patterns rule our modern society. We grow up to certain customs, adapt
certain habits, eat certain foods at certain times, go to pre-school, school,
college, university, get a job, get married, have kids, earn money, make debt -
and in the midst of all this patterned life you try to find time for what you
really like to do, sometimes called a hobby. Of course you enjoy your job and
maybe it does bring some fulfillment, but why is your inner yearning to get out
and do something else, something more enjoyable?
The reason you feel this way, the reason most people feel this way, the
reason I have felt this way is one and the same. You feel frustrated because you
are in the wrong boat! You are allowing Pattern to define your life instead of
Purpose! A pattern is what you get when you pour ball-bearings into a tray and
shake the tray so that all the ball-bearings fall into a pattern into the corner
of the tray. You get a pattern when you spread some iron-filings onto a tray and
place a magnet underneath. All the ball-bearings and all the iron-filings fall
into a predefined pattern when an outside force is applied.
You are experiencing the same result. An outside force is causing you to fall
into a predefined pattern. That outside force is society. Now for a lot of
people that is a good thing. It gives them stability and sometimes security.
Some people can't cope with the pressure of following patterns and drop out of
society. Then there are others who rise above it. Imagine one little
ball-bearing refusing to fall into the pattern and jumps right up and out and
away from the crowd and away from the outside force. The surrounding
ball-bearings will be a little upset, because now there's a hole in the pattern
and they have to shuffle out of their routine pattern in order to fill the
hole.
Now imagine you jumping out from your patterned environment and doing
something different, something your really enjoy doing. Those around you, those
with whom you have been falling into pattern, will get upset. You have upset
their routine and now they must move around to adjust before they can settle
back into their comfortable pattern. You can expect this reaction when you step
out to follow your purpose.
And what is your purpose? In my next article I will give some tips which I
believe will help you find your purpose. What is your opinion? Can we discover
why we are here? If so how do you think we can uncover our purpose? |
