The Right to Purpose

I declare the Right to Purpose.

When a person discovers what they should do in their life---

their life mission--- they have found their purpose in life, and they find a certain inner tranquillity with this knowledge. They can now focus their actions towards that specific goal, which involves the use of their own special gifts or talents.

When your unique talent, born or acquired, collides with a need that the world has,

your life mission is found.
your special talents + a world need = your life purpose

"We see that we are in the world and cannot be otherwise than in it, until we die. The question, then, is... how to validate our relationship, give it a fully honest and human significance, and make it truly productive and worthwhile for our world."

...words by Thomas Merton in "Notes on Art and Worship"