Purposeless
-Dhaval Mistry
As I wake up every morning, I wonder why God sent me to this world.
Why was I born as an ordinary carbon-based life form? Behind me hangs on a hook
the picture of the one I worship. The orange sun makes his picture look so
radiant. Philosophers say that all human beings are born with a purpose and so
was I. But what is my purpose in life. People say I am too young to think about
that and my parents feel that I really need to figure out my goals in life.
Like James Dean said,” You say one thing, he says another, and everybody
changes back again!” and in saying it Dean highlighted teenage life in the
movie ‘Rebel without a Cause’ in a nutcase.
So, as I looked on at the radiant picture of God I wondered about my
pre-embryo state in God’s realm. How did he prepare me?
What did he intend me to do? Why did he pick me for my parents? Then it struck
me that I am one in a million. So are you. Just to give you an idea about how
special you are let us imagine God sitting in his gold throne with a bunch of
twigs in front of him. Now each twig represents a future living being. He knows
that each one is a living being and that each one should have an equal chance
in the battleground. The rejected ones would get thrown in an incinerator. So,
choosing the wrong one for a couple would be quite a big mistake. God calls one
of his angels to see each twig’s future. Based on it, God chooses the one with
the brightest future and rejects the others. That chosen twig becomes the
embryo. Remember that the number of twigs was not one or two but a million. So
you are one in a million and your future was the brightest from all the other
twigs. James Dean was a legend; he was an icon and if he had lived a little
longer he would have become a legend of Hollywood. The king of movies symbolizing
teen anguish died at a young age of 24. Many predicted a long career for him
but life had other plans for him. His life was short but what he did in that
short time made him the legend he is today. Life is very funny; some people
live till the age of 117 years while some do not even breathe beyond a couple
of seconds. What we choose to do with those few seconds or those one hundred
years makes us who we are. The baby who lived for a few seconds could have
chosen to remain quiet amidst the tense voices that questioned its fate but it
chose to shout out, to cry with hope that God might give it a chance to live.
Yes, God’s ways are mysterious. He sends us to this Earth without informing us
about our purpose in life or even telling us what we have to do and where to
start from. But we should always remember that although we feel alone and
misguided while on the path to realizing our goals and purposes in life, we are
always helped by the invisible hand of God (no relation whatsoever to Diego
Maradona).
To realize one’s purpose in life is one of the greatest
achievements. Some realize their goals at a young age while some at an older
age but be assured we all will have that one goal which will be our ultimate
achievement in this life. We are teenagers and it is alright to be purposeless
at this stage of life because at this time we are confused mortal cocoons. When
we shed those cocoons we will become mature and responsible butterflies. That
will be the time when our whims and fantasies will take a backseat and our
purpose in life will guide us to gates of glory.
-DHAVAL MISTRY. (Guest)
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