But I Smile Anyway…

Thank you Judy, for a new challenge!

A Momma’s View has set a challenge and prompt that she had nominated me, and a few others for. In it, she asks for us to say what we think our purpose in life is and what we’ll take home when we leave.

Judy has kindly passed this on to me and a few others… I hope I do it justice! 🙂

I think trying to define our purpose in life as a young person, is actually very hard. Your own thinking changes so much, and your perspective.

Your younger self may feel that they are able to conquer the world, change everything of importance. You don’t realise just what certain things actually require, to happen! Then as you get older, you start to realise that you are actually a very tiny piece in this huge world, and that sometimes the grand ideas and dreams you might have had, scale down to a realistic level, and your own thought, for your purpose in life, changes to suit your life, and those around you.

I don’t think I have ever thought of this before, and I’m not sure that I was ever that selfless, to think of what my purpose in life was before, as a youngster.  As long as I was happy, and had what I needed around me, and that I wasn’t hurting anyone else, I was chugging along.  But slowly, as my life has moved on, I have realised that I do need a purpose in life.

And now, I sit here, and know that my purpose in life is to make sure that I am a good role model to my own children, so that I send forth good human beings into this world. Heaven knows, we don’t need any more bad ones!

My purpose in life is to keep my husband, parents and family happy.  To do everything in my capability to not hurt them, or disappoint them, but to be able to fulfil their needs.

My purpose in life is to educate children in my classes, to make a difference in their lives.  To ignite a passion for learning, that they hopefully take forth with them, throughout their life.

My purpose in life is to make you smile. To make you look into your own lives and realise that “Hey, it’s not all bad out there!”

What will I take home, when I leave?

I will take with me, a lot of love.  Love I have received from family and friends, near and far, and the knowledge that I am loved.  And I will take with me, hope.  A hope that this world will slowly become a better place, and that the children I leave behind will continue to make people happy too…

I open this challenge to all my followers.  Have a little think, and write a post about what you think the purpose of your life is, and what you wish to take from life, when you leave…