Find Self; Find Purpose

In the past few days, we have talked about noise. Noise that blocks understanding and seeing the world the way it is. Being busy with things that have little or no meaning, purpose, value. Blocking noise helps find peace, quiet and self.

Finding the self means not aggrandizing it with selfish focus, rather it means finding value once your self is rid of the noise and self-absorption it attracts. In that state of being, the self is free to discover what is of value. It most likely will learn that serving others is the value builder. Doing so without thought of self is the most precious discovery.

What to do with this find? Use it to make life better for everyone. Start with the neediest. Move on to others. Just keep doing this.

Soon you will discover something else: what needs to get done is truly up to each of us to do. Want peace? Do not wage war. Do not excite an enemy. Help them. Help them repair what they feel is broken and see them change.

Education not accessible to many? Do what you can to bring education to them. The same with poverty. Jobs. Labor pool readiness for new jobs. Food for the hungry. Music for the starved soul. Books for the curious mind. Beauty for those starved of it.

What do you think and feel is good? Know is good? Ought that be for your comfort, enjoyment, consumption? Or ought it be for many others? If the latter, help others gain access to the good.

No one is asking me or you to fix the world. No one pretends we or they have all the answers. The truth is we can and should not be a part of the problem. Rather, we should be a part of the solution. Help with it. Advocate for it. Not out of ideology, but out of a life driven by value and purpose.

Too many deaths from handguns? Learn why. Learn ways to minimize the toll. Do that for your own life and those close to you. Urge others to do the same. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Same with litter, pollution, and wasted resources. Live with purpose and frugality. Enjoy but do not waste. Share but do not waste.

Be you. Be free. Help others be the same.

May 18, 2021