Goal vs Purpose, which one are you achieving?

Think of these questions deeply... Are you satisfied with your current life??? What really satisfy you? In the midst of busyness in your life, what are you trying to achieves... In your list, you may have several goals to achieve in your lives, such as obtaining a degree, to be able to perform well in your career, to have a better self- image, all in all we are actually trying to make effort to make people feel that we are good, we can do well, we are excellent! But, let's pause here and think about this, behind all your goals and target, what are the purposes of achieving them??? A purpose and a goal are totally two different things. A goal is what you want to do whereas a purpose is why you need to do that, the reasons behind your ultimate goals.. Ponder about this before proceed...

Life in campus is busy, especially in this more and more modernized era. University students need not only to excel in their accademic but also to be equally good in their soft- skills, eg. communicating skills, presentation skills, management, leadership, etc. Students are really going towards these, they are looking forwards to enhance themselves, to be able to stand firm in this highly competitive community. Therefore, they start to taking part in all sorts of events, trying to squeeze in any group of peers, to acquire good leadership skills etc. Whenever they see a chance for them, they can never let go. They feel happy that they are being able to be inside certain 'high- graded' organizations, can speak loud in a group, being ceritfied for contributing in certain things.... etc... Well, all in all, let's ponder about this... What are you searching for? Why do you need to do all these? What if you are not doing this? May be some of them will say that, if I do not do this, I don't find it secure for my future. Is this the truth or a lie? Is that your goal or a purpose?

Life in campus can be monotonous if there is no entertainment. I guess most of you agree with this. " I can't survive without internet!" Ask yourselves, is this a fact that reflects your thinking? In this 21st century, entertainment that human are searching for is much more different from ages ago... We look for more and more exciting stuffs which fill up our free time. We go partying, gaming, facebooking, shopping, uncertain dating.... just to name a few. What if all these are gone suddenly? Just like ages ago, there is no such things call internet, no party..... no FUN! Well, if this really happen, may be most of us will start to think of " how should I fill up my free time... and the life in the middle of jungle... oh no.. Life is no longer an enjoyment". Well, I am not saying that all these are not worth doing but I am just trying to give you to have a picture about what we have now and what if we don't have these. So, thinking back to the same question, why do you need all these? What is the purpose behind all these?

In fact, humans' desire is infinite... No things on this earth can actually fill up our infinite desires. We want to be respected by many people, to feel valuable in a group, to have more money, more attention from others, more fun, more excitement... Actually, all our doings in our daily lives reflected what we are trying to search for. Make an evaluation on how you spend your time in everyday's life. Which activity that make you spend most time means for you. You are concerned with that thing. You may have being controlled by that thing. In the midst of busyness, why not pause a moment to ponder about this question... "What am I trying to achieve?" "Why am I doing this?". By answering this question, you will know what is the MEANING behind your acts.

Your time = your life. Life is short. If you find out that all the doings in your daily basis are actually meaningless (You don't know why you need to do that), why not stop doing that and start to search for something that has a meaning and that really satisfy you?

You can have many goals in your life, but what are the meaning or purposes behind all these goals? Are you just achieving goals that without a purpose? I would rather choose a life that I do things with a significant purpose.

By, @pple