A lot of people either don’t know the purpose of life or have it basically wrong. The very first thing we ought to want to do is to figure out the purpose of our life, and then live to that principle purpose. That said, even knowing what we should do, is not ever the same thing as actually doing those things, for many a person, seems to have faults within their psyche, or with their discipline, or have various other issues, which seemingly precludes them from making good decisions consistently, and what we do day in and day out, defines who and what we are in this material experience.
The object of the exercise is to take who we currently are and to thereby transcend our errors so that we grow into becoming what we were always meant to be. This definitely means that we will be challenged time and time again for how else can it be fairly determined that we have taken our lessons to heart if we aren’t tested upon those lessons? Indeed, when we are schooled, the way that a teacher ascertains that we have learned our lessons and have successfully applied them is to test us, upon such, and those who pass those tests with flying colors are those who grow and have proven their merit; whereas those that have fallen short, know that they have yet to fully develop their skillset.
One of the most difficult things to overcome in this world, is bad habits, for bad habits are deleterious to our being because these have become seemingly ingrained within our thinking and our doing, which therefore means that we keep doing the same stupid or erroneous things again and again, that produces no benefit for us, yet we seem either not to care about such, or can’t seem to overcome or shake off these bad habits, but this is though the very thing that we need to overcome so as to transcend our errors and to thus develop into a better person. That is why, those who point out our errors, are typically doing us a service, because the very first step in correcting that which is wrong, is the recognition of it, and the next step is to do something constructive about such so that we can be of better character.
So then, life is a challenge, of which, each of us has our challenges to overcome and conquer. That doesn’t mean, though, that we need to go about it alone, for those who work in collaboration, can strengthen themselves to collectively get to where we all ought to be, which is why a team that works together to overcome obstacles helps all those that participate in achieving that overriding objective. How far we go in any given life, really comes down to our effort, our thinking, and the prudent usage of the tools that we have at our disposal, along with the grit to get it done. Those who keep their nose to the grindstone and behave in a manner in which nothing is more important than resolving what needs to be successfully resolved are the same who transcend their previous errors so as to obtain the only prize truly worth winning