LIVING WITH A STRONG SENSE OF PURPOSE

goal has a limit. After crossing this limit, this kind of goal has no positive role to play for a person and it sometime leads to tension, ill health and other problems. Moreover, a person with such a target becomes a victim of despair and frustration. There is only one thing that can give man a strong sense of purpose, and that is for man to make the discovery of God as his goal. The search for God has no limit, it may continue forever. God is man’s Creator and He is the All-Giver. So, it is but natural that God alone can be the true goal for any person. Belief in God is not a mysterious belief. The concept of Paradise is associated with belief in God. Paradise is given to a faithful person as reward by God. Thus, to find God means to find the source of total fulfilment in terms of Paradise. This is why having a strong sense of purpose can be applied only to finding God and Paradise. Any other goal cannot be an alternative for a person in this regard. A strong sense of purpose is good, but it requires a base that is eternal in nature. For example, pursuit of political position has an end. As a political seat necessarily involves both winning and losing, it can never form an eternal basis for a strong sense of purpose. A goal which does not have eternity and comes to an end after a while, cannot offer man a strong sense of purpose. Even if it gives a sense of purpose, it will do so in a temporary manner. Anything temporary can never satisfy a person in the complete sense. o Restraint: The Noblest Conduct When man avoids violence and war, although the way of war is open to him, he chooses the noblest line of conduct – restraint. One must exercise restraint before commenting on any issue. We must never form an opinion without proper verification of facts.