Are we making too big a deal out of finding the grand purpose for our lives?
Really, our lives are made up of many smaller purposes adding up, (or maybe not adding up to a big thing), just little things with purpose needing to be done on purpose to help your life, my life, your family’s life… somebody’s life go better!
This morning some of my purposes needing to be done on purpose were:
- Get out of bed and make it
- Wash my face
- Do my exercises to stay in shape and limber – a little self care to help others better
- Get dressed and look presentable for my family and my day
- Help fix breakfast
- Love on the kids
- Unload the dishwasher
- Eat a good breakfast
- Help clean up the kitchen – everything has a place and needs to be in it
- Tidy up for the next kitchen event – lunch!
- Write some hopefully-helpful blog posts
- Write for my new book – a requested autobiography by my kids
‘Those are all dumb little things’, you might say. They have no real purpose to them…but in the grand scheme of things, yes they do. Little things add up to big things, and when the little things are taken care of… gotten out of the way, then larger seemingly more important things can be accomplished without the inward ‘guilt’ that, ‘I haven’t made the bed yet, I skipped my exercise this morning, I neglected to eat a good breakfast…’
These are not purposeless tasks in my day. They make up my day and are part of my purpose.
Let’s not look down on the little daily things which may seem unimportant. They are important…to you – for you, for your family and for others.
Keep up the good work! Excel in your little daily purposes on purpose, and your bigger purposes will be taken care of along the way.
What are some little purposes in your life for today?
Mrs. Goodfinder 