"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
So said Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I think he nailed it.
And I think this is why Jesus' announcement of the arrival of the Kingdom of God is such good news. I think, deep down inside, we all want to be useful.
And to be useful to God Himself, the King of Kings? Well, there's no higher aspiration for a human being.
Maybe Jesus was saying something profound when He said that it is better to give than to receive.
Like ... it's better for our psyche, our self-image, our soul, to live like God, giving ourselves away.
When we are useful, we are leaning into the very purpose for which we were created.
And THAT is peak existence.
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