Do you feel you have found your purpose in life? If so, what is it?

Dunno.

While I cannot know, I feel strongly that there is no purpose. Why am I here? Because two people had sex some 30.5 years ago. I believe that you could have a purpose, or many purposes, in your life, but that only you can put them there (or allow them to be put there for you).

I like to help others, and learn as much as I can. I was mulling this coming back from Alaska last week - why do I travel so much? Why do I love seeing things, if when I die it all "goes away" in essence?

Why are people rating surveys so poorly all of a sudden? Fall doldrums? I thought this was an intriguing question.

why am I here? got me... I scream it into the vast empty spaces in my mind every now and then.
do I have a purpose? got me... I'd like to think I do, but what do I know?
*lisashea: I was noticing that myself...

I have a purpose, but i have no idea what it is.

I don't think I have a purpose, per se. I just am. But I have some ideas of things I'd like to do now that I'm here... I'd like to "make a difference" in helping humankind to continue living on the planet without doing irreparable damage, as it is at present (and for the forseeable future) our only home (at least the great majority of us). With such a grandiose vision, it remains to be seen how far I'll get in accomplishing it

***lisashea maybe the ratings are lower because of the influx of essay surveys, I think that most people like at least some choices even the choices are just yes, no and other.

I don't believe there is any particular reason we are here, other than because our parents conceived, bore, and raised us. I feel that I have a good idea of what my interests and talents are, but I am always refining this knowledge. I think most people have many talents, interests and goals and I don't see the value in trying to boil one's existence down to one "purpose." lisashea: I rate a survey bad when the survey creator has built flawed assumptions into the question itself, or when I'm just not interested in a topic at all. And there seem to have been more of those recently.

I do not know *why* I am here, though I do feel that there is
a purpose to it. What that purpose is, I think will be revealed to me soon.

to find the best me there is

My purpose is to perpetually work to keep myself in balance (in many ways that I'll refrain from listing here).

Purpose? like calling, or destiny? no. Do I have a life plan, sure, mostly.

I don't know if I have a purpose, or what it is. Which makes me feel uncomfortable sometimes. My husband and sister seem to know their purposes (purpii?),and indeed feel they are God-given. I feel kind of left out sometimes...or forgotten...

There are occasionally times when I'm doing something, like public speaking, where I can actually see that what I have to say makes a difference to someone, and I think "Ah, that's what I'm here for." But I don't think I have any one purpose, I think there are many and part of my job is to find them.

lisashea: I tend to vote most essay surveys bad, just because I dislike them.

I don't know if I have found my purpose, but I like to think it was just to be a good person & raise good children & be nice to everyone. Doesn't that sound sophomoric? Sorry, I just don't know how to phrase it. I also feel the need to get a lot done & am afraid I am not accomplishing enough.

I think that my purpose in life is to teach, or at least I hope so since I'm spending thousands of dollars on the education to do so. But really, it's been something that I've always wanted to do and been told that it is something that I'm good at. I'm very happy to be working towards that goal.

I really dislike the idea of lives having a "purpose." I think the search for meaning is the attempt of pattern-recognition devices (our brains) to find patterns in random input. It's not that I think lives are meaningless or purposeless, exactly, but that the only meaning is the coherence we find and create for ourselves. "Purpose" sounds like an externally imposed aspect, to me. If I had to name the thing I think you're asking for, I would call it "fulfillment." Do I have a fulfilling life? Not at the moment, but I think I'm getting closer. I'd like to find something I can devote my full energies to. I think creating a home with a partner and building a family together might be that thing, but I'm open to other endeavors.

***Mimi: Define "enough," please.

Maybe I'm just one of the "extras" in life's movie set?

I'm here accidentally... I'm here to make myself and others happy
and keep their stay here as pleasant as possible

to spread truth, love and anarchy. to serve liberty. to remain unsatisfied about most things, point out the flaws, and strive for perfection.

I'm definately a protector...protector from and of what I'm not sure yet. I just know that in my dreams and every waking moment I'm protecting something. Right now it's my sister and my friends....my sister has had many rape threats, in the mail and at school, and my friend is about to get fired if someone doesn't clear up this mess he's in. I'm doing my damndest. But as for a life-long purpose....I guess I'll find out what it is when I finish something and die very soon afterwards!!!

Always known my purpose--to be a good writer and breeder, so to speak. It's only now that I'm getting to do both. Planning first child in the next two or three years. Yay!

it seems I'm here to take care of my kids till I'm dead.

No. And i'm not really looking either.

I don't need a purpose. I live for the sake of living. I'm not sure what the appeal is in having a life quest. It seems like wandering around, to me.