Why are you there.....?

Hi again Rajib...You arent going to get me on this one either..Im sure soon you will find one to stump me that I cant answer. I think I have done lots of worthwhile things in my life. My career was as a home nursing assistant. I visited many people daily in their homes to provide care that would enable either sick or elderly or disabled people to live as comfortably as possible in their own homes. Without the services of people like me, many would end up forgotton and uncared for or shipped off to a nursing home where they didnt want to be in their old age. I have cared for every age group from babies to old timers. I have received much pleasure in the compliments and thanks from the people who were grateful to see me daily. There expressions and thanks were a big part of my pay.

Rajib- Dear friend, what a great topic! I think that there are many here in the US currently complaining about everything going wrong, who need to ask themselves this very question. I posed something similar when I stated last month for each person to help their neighbor. That's the quickest way for every person on this planet to be helped. Does that make sense? So, for me, I do a great deal around our local community, and in our apartment complex. Why am I on earth? I'm on earth to continue my spiritual journey, and I know I've had many incarnations, so I'm working in this life to learn those life lessons that need to be learned, and help others achieve enlightenment. Namaste-Anora

I'm here to be apart of the collective amount of variables that inevitably make the world the way it is (just like everyone else). What people don't realize is that this is a rather serious and amazing thing to have been born into. Common and instantaneously uncommon, or not.

Hi Rajib, This is a great idea for a discussion and should get us all thinking. We can all do something for the community in which we live, even small things help. I have been a community volunteer for most of my life and am still involved as chair of our local library Board. I have also served on the town council and in other volunteer positions, but there are other simpler ways of helping. Volunteering at a hospital or visiting with seniors is helpful to both parties as is helping out at soup kitchens and shelters for the homeless. If we can't do anything else we can always greet people with a smile. Blessings.

Hi Rajib!We have all come on the earth with one purpose I think ,i.e to self realization.Once we realize that we are a part of the huge universe we start working for its betterment.We start seeing our fellowbeings as we see ourselves.I have taken so much from the earth and it is my duty to return something.The best way I think is by planting trees and looking after it.It grows to give shade and fruits and becomes a home for many birds and insects. I try to teach poor children and help them with their studies.

hi dada! you've put me in dilemma... i don't know how much i have done and how much not but for sure whatever i have done is not bad. i have not done anything for the society as such but for people who come across to me i don't hurt them. i try to give happiness to others even if i am not happy. i would love to do something for the community.

There's nothing that says we have to live our lives a certain way. We live them as we choose, but I'm one who chooses to be a key figure in the community, and to help others. I led a campaign to keep our last pub in the village open when it was threatened with closure. I started a committee and we had a lot of followers, eventually succeeding to keep open the one, remaining social place in the village, open. I do a lot of work for charity, and have staged a few events, such as a John O'Groats to Lands End exercise bike ride, a Quest for the Bolney Grail, a marathon darts match for McMillan's Nurses, and even staged a party where I asked not to be given gifts but rather, money for a children's hospice charity, which I support vehemently. I run the local darts team and am secretary of the local darts league. I could go on, but I don't normally boast what I've done... I just do it as a way of life, and then put it behind me. I don't need thanks for these things, but rather gain satisfaction that I've done something good and useful with my life. Brightest Blessings.

I'd like to say that I'm here to be the kind of mother that my children can be proud of. I pray that I am the kind of wife that my husband needs to fulfill his emotional as well as physical needs. I try to be the kind of Christian that walks the way Christ would want me to walk. To help those who are less fortunate than me. To listen to those who need an ear to hear, and to love my friends more than myself.

Hi Rajib! I don't think I have done anything specific for the community except to abide by the rules of society throughout my life. I have brought up my son to think and act within the rules of life too. I am a shoulder for friends and offer advice when needed if I feel I can advise through my own experience. I have never given monetary donations but I have avoided begging too. I don't ask for anything more than my health for myself so I hope in this way I am not a burden to society. Is this helping as a whole?

I am here for a reason, although I don't know what it is yet. I raised two wonderful sons who will be an asset to their communities when they graduate college. I help the stray cats here, I support my church financially and in turn they do a lot of good for the community. I pay my way by donating to various veterans' charities and the local Salvation Army. I pick trash off my street. It doesn't seem like much when I write it out, does it? If it wasn't so painful to be on my feet I would do some hospital volunteer work.

Hi krajibg! I have always wondered the answer to this question since a was a little girl! I always wondered why am I here? And I am still not completely sure to this very day! I have helped people throughout my life so I am sure that there must have been a purpose at times for me to be here on this earth. I worked in the medical field and I want to go back to work in the medical field again if I can. I have helped some very sick neighbors too. I took care of them when they have no on around to help them. As for a particular reason that I am here, that is something only God knows!

Well rajib I am a mother so there's an important reason for me to be here! I have lent a hand when it was needed along with a shoulder for those who despaired and I like to think my smile may be a comfort to someone at a crucial time. I sponsor a little girl from Uganda. She and her family lived in appalling conditions and she did not even go to school until our sponsorship. Now she attends school and she and family are moving forward. We keep in touch with her and we correspond regularly. I hope my presence in this world makes a difference; I would like to think so.

Hello my friend krajibg Ji, Well, as you have admitted yourself, it looks weired. But , it does carry deep meaning in itself. After all, if we could not do, what we have come to this world, what is the good living for. Everyone must perform something which would help society and humanity as a whole. So you are in teaching line, I was and am house-wife. My hubby was a soldier During his time (1956-93), country never faced to look down. So what I feel, everyone should account for his acts, before one departs. May god bless You and have a great time.

I am guessing here that you are asking of the myLot community "what is your purpose in life?" I have determined that my purpose is to bring beauty into the world.