The Purpose of Life V - Crossroads

Had a small gathering with friends yesterday and we have an unwritten rule...

The rule is...each one of us has to share about our problems and feelings before the others - otherwise he/she would be ostracized...

(nah...not that bad...)

Here is the list of problems...

- Two are quitting their jobs...having a problem with talking to their bosses about this...One is for marriage reason, another is for business reason...

- One is getting bored with work...contemplating on the next move...

- One is...sad...for the others around are getting married and seems lost of what to do next...

- Others are just problems with getting along at work, finding an apartment, office administration and family matters...

Not saying that the other problems are not important...but I'd like to focus on the first three...

Because they depict a situation where everyone must face in his/her life...at some point in time...

And if it is unsuitably handled...my...my...what a regret...that would follow...

Some time back I wrote about Roadmaps of life...

How I wish that I could find out for sure what is next...How I wish that I had the crystal ball in my hands...How I wish that I could invent a time machine to allow me travel back and forth in time...How I wish that I could help my friends to take them out of their confusion...How I wish that I could get MYSELF out of my confusion too...

But I don't have the answers...and that is the only honest answer I have...

I loved the third sharing. She was so frank with herself and with us. At her age she is pushed to get married by her family. She is sad because her cousins are getting married, her sister was married at her age and right now...she is jobless...clueless and "loveless"... No matter what excuses she has made to answer the "nagging and inconsiderate" questions from others...deep down, she knows...she is still unhappy of her condition...

Sigh...

Come to think of it...what is the purpose of life? Is it to experience all these painful emotions? And if I extend it even further to the Middle East or the wars in Africa financed by blood diamonds...what is life about then?

Ashes to ashes...dust to dust...
Thou art born of earth...
To earth shalt thee be gone...
Part of Nature art thou...
One with Nature shalt thee be...
And so the cycle is completed...
With Him in the midst...
...
Still above all...
Be Thou forever...
Glorified...