question the path we are on. This is the
time to look inside ourselves and ask the
question…How can I contribute?
It is important to remember, we all have
something to contribute, large or small;
there is something you can do to make
someone else smile. That is contribution
in its most simple form. Many of us have
skills, talents, passions we can share with
others. We can so often identify simple
needs another may have that we can
easily fill or support. In doing so we not
only give purpose to our own life but
move another in that same direction. Get
involved with others that may share your
passions and enter into an environment
where there is an exchange of ideas.
You can also find purpose in creativity. If
it evokes emotion, it is purposeful. When
you open the right side of your brain and
create, it is also a form of contribution. It
is the production of something without
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the expectation of return, other than the
emotion it invokes in you. It takes you
to a place only you can understand. You
truly don’t have to look for it, you only
have to open yourself up to it and realize
what great things you can bring to the
surface.
We must also not forget while we are on
this journey to a life filled with purpose,
for many of us this journey cannot begin
until we overcome some barriers. I have