The purpose of Life....

The purpose of Life....
          To make a difference.

I heard that tonight and it got me thinking.  Actually this has been a thought of mine for quite some time and plenty of days where it has left me quite frustrated.  I guess its more because I am not working at the moment and my next career move is up in the air.  I'm basically feeling pretty lost at the moment.

All I have heard all my life is we are here for a purpose.  Looking back on my life, I can't see how that has come into play and maybe, just maybe it has yet to come. 

``You do not have the right to end your life. It is not yours to end. Your life has a purpose. You have not yet done what you came here to do."

If that is the case, I have often wonder what my sisters purpose was.  I mean she was 15 years old when she passed away.  What could she have possibly done to make a difference?  What was her purpose?  I find it hard to believe for she didn't have a chance to really live life.  Thoughts like these haunt me and only frustrate me more. 

But for me.  I have no special skills.  I have no awesome career that is improving quality of life.  How am I contributing?  I don't even have just 'one' thing that I truly love.  I just try to get through each day as best as I can and hope at the end of the day I learned something new, I lived it to the fullest.

But going back to the statement I started out with.  Tonight, I thought on that a bit and although I might not have made a difference in our world, but maybe, I have made a difference in someones life.  Maybe there is that one person I was meant to cross paths with or maybe even a handful.  Maybe there was someone who needed me at that very moment and I have helped them out with whatever may have been going on in their lives.  Maybe all they needed was my smile to turn their bad day upside down and in turn, I put a light in their step.  Maybe my purpose in life is because someone just needed me.

We will never truly know what our purpose is, but I have come to realize that I just can't dwell on it anymore and drive myself crazy.  Just living and being happy is all that matters.