David Howenstein Blog
This blog focuses on putting spirituality into action, and is based on the bookJUMBO JUMBLE(by this blog's author).
- Each blog entry includes:
- JR - the author’s reflection of the writings in the book
- PP - a personal question for the reader
- PA - My own personal answer (not included in the book) to the question
6/1/2020
Illustrated by Miki Howenstein
……….. At a deeper, life-engendering level, very few of us know what our purpose is, what we truly want, and then continue to live unhappily without knowing why.
It requires a lot of persistence and discipline to first find your purpose (through constant soul-searching and reflection) and then still more to embody and live it out. Scary words—persistence and discipline— and they sound like as much fun as going to boot camp for intensive training. Yet, it is through making tireless efforts at “creating and implementing” your true purpose that a long lasting and steady contentment permeates your entire being. And when that happens, you will look back and wonder how you could have wasted so much time chasing those ephemeral desires, like money and beauty—the comings and goings over which you have limited control. Determining your true purpose and moving towards it tenaciously grants you mastery over your life’s direction—even if the final goal is unattainable—giving you a passion for living. (From page 180 of the book “Jumbo Jumble”)
Author’s Comment: In today’s society, we are inundated with advertisements and messages telling us what we need to be happy, leading us to think that using this product or buying this new gizmo will fulfill our desire. Yet, as this passage states, it is only your searching for your own life’s purpose and making painstaking efforts to move towards it that can instill your life with a rich contentment which you previously felt unattainable. And the more energy you put into it, the greater the degree of satisfaction which follows.
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