Nothing in life gives more meaning to one's life than having a PURPOSE. It's the purpose that makes you go to bed peacefully every night knowing that you fulfilled what you had to and it's that very same purpose unfulfilled that will give you sleepless nights. So many people dream, but only a few ever wakes up and achieve their dreams. The few who happens to achieve their dreams, do so simply because they have a clearly defined PURPOSE in life and for their life. Without a purpose in life, you will rise up every morning with the sun and set with it, without any progressive forward steps taken towards a better life. Purpose is like a compass, it gives your life a sense of direction. Often times I've heard people say "never go to war with someone who has nothing to lose". In principle, this phrase denotes that a life without purpose has no reason for existence. It means a life without purpose has no value. However, it's not enough that we EXIST in this world; we must live and we can only do so if we wake up every morning with a purpose in our hearts and on our minds. We just can't wake up in the morning because we're out of the sleep and because it's the morning, thus we have to wake up. No! We can't! We need to have PURPOSE of WHAT we want; WHEN we want it; HOW we want it and WHY we want it.

WHAT do you want?

I always hear people say "women don't know what they want" and how true this is; I don't know because I'm certainly not a woman but be it as it may; if you really want to make something out of your life, you need to decide what exactly it is that you want. You just can't go through life without knowing what you want out of the things that you're doing, be it at school/work/relationship/friendship/business... you need to decide WHAT you want. Without knowing WHAT you want, it's like chasing the wind. You're chasing nothingness. Stop it! Decide what you want and go for it!

WHEN exactly do you want it?

Once you have decided what exactly it is that you want, you must then decide exactly when you want it. Suffice to say, the sad reality in life is that no one has the power over the future but that should not stop you from setting a timeframe for what you want to achieve. Setting a time frame pushes you to wake up every morning and edge closer to WHAT you want.

HOW?

Whatever it is that you want, and based on when you want it; you need to decide how you want it. You need to envision how that which you want ought to look like or what it's going to look like and then you must pursue, nurture and achieve how you want it. But don't ever let the HOW you're going to do something ever hold you back from actually doing it.

WHY?

This is the most important question that we ought to ask ourselves out of every single thing that we do in life, you need to ask yourself: "Why am I studying? Why am I dating this person? Why am I friends with this person? Why am I pursuing this business venture? Why am I letting people's opinions hold me back from doing what I want to do? Why am I holding myself back from being happy and joy-filled when I deserve to be?" You just can't do things without knowing why you're doing them and yet expect to live happily ever after. You need to be sure about WHY you do the things that you do as that will indicate to you whether you should actually be doing it or not. Do self-introspection and ask yourself: "WHY?" You must have a WHY. You just can't go through life hoping for a miracle. You need to decide WHY you do what you do. Everything you do in life, good or bad, has consequences, so you must decide what you hope to achieve out of your endeavours.

It can't be that so many people sexually know WHAT they want WHEN they want it, HOW they want it, and WHY they want it - yet they can't say the same about their relationships/friendships/business and life at large. It's about high time we evaluate our lives and have some serious real talks with ourselves. The year has reached the halfway mark; what have you achieved? No matter what your answer is, it's never too late to change and turn your life around. Make the next day, week and month count so that you can happily look back at this year with a smile on your face and joy in your heart and humility in your soul.

Today being a CHOOSEDAY, I dare you to have a PURPOSE in life.

HAPPY CHOOSEDAY

#NoAlarmClockNeededMyPurposeWakesMeUp

Fannie Zim