A life without purpose is seldom going to be a good life to live / by kevin murray

In modern society, and especially in western nations, things such as food, shelter, education, and healthcare are to a large extent, taken care of, for those that need such assistance, in a competent manner by governmental and charitable organizations. The fact that in western societies that food, shelter, air, and water are typically abundantly available for most everyone, signifies that one of the driving forces of life, that is, survival, is for the most part, handled well by the modern welfare state.

 

So then, it must be recognized that one of the most motivating forces that creates purpose in a given person's life, mankind's survival, is to a large extent, not really the driving force that it once was, because the structure of modern society has done a good job of addressing that in a manner in which, the fight for survival, has already been fought and has been won on behalf of the people.  However, as in most everything, there is a good and bad side to such an equation, in which the good is that it frees each of us up to have therefore the fair opportunity to pursue something of merit or of interest; whereas, on the other hand, for those that are not motivated, or come from poor circumstances, the choices are not only a lot worse, but the purpose often needed to create a positive life, can be sorely lacking.

 

This thus creates a real dichotomy in which some people are going to have a life with a real purpose and by having that purpose and pursuing it, often find fruitful satisfaction; but, others are going to lack direction, lack focus, and ultimately lack the life skills so needed, that their life lacks a good purpose, in which often that life doesn't have much of a purpose or even direction at all.  If, those without purpose, were simply passive people that sort of faded into the background, that would be one thing; but rather, in many cases, those without a good purpose, gravitate strongly to antisocial and misanthropic behavior that breeds retribution and violence directed against some of those that they come across.

 

After all, in a material society, in which some have a heck of a lot, and others have just barely enough; and of which some are on a pathway to material success and others know for a certainty that they are not on such a pathway, this is going to create some serious conflict, especially when one party, can't think of a real good reason why they shouldn't get what they want by any means, necessary.

 

A life without purpose, or a dead-end life, often signifies a mindset that is going to want to strike out against the futility of life, and thereby at what that life so represents to them.  That is to say, when life offers little or nothing to live for, then the value of another person's life or their property is going to be valued at a very discounted rate, and bad things are consequently going to occur at a stubbornly high frequency, in which the only viable solution to such, is by fundamentally addressing that mindset so as to find a good purpose or direction in that life, and then maintain good accordance to that good purpose.