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Life, where did it come from. The Bible stated in the book of Genesis that God created man and woman to inhabit the earth, so He breathed life in them. The Creator made 'soul' and placed it inside each and every one of us like water in a vessel of clay. The physical body is the home of this soul that just like the stomach gets hungry and needs to be fed, so as the soul. How can we feed a soul? Can it survive by manna or bread? Or will it live through social media or sex?

The soul is complex but the most important part of a human being. Without it he / she would not be able to breathe, or live or grow. All is lost without a soul to keep a body alive and survive anything and everything in and out of his/her self, with his/her peers, family or colleagues or in the world. What is then the food of the soul?

A soul is a warm, transparent and light energy that is connected to the word spirit. But this is alive and goes back to the Creator when the person's time on earth is over. We all have souls and we feed it with prayer, meditation, yoga, good deeds and many more act of heroism or holiness.

The body is the same one feeds it with bad habits or vices that inhibits the mind and heart to think, feel properly. We must feed our bodies and souls good things such as nutritious food and positive vibes or outlook, to lead to a happy and healthy life.

But what is to live, really? Influencers say that, to live is to dream and act or work hard on your dream to make it a reality. I always say that phrase too for I believed it is possible and there are those who are living their dreams now by joining Bitcoin or listening to their daily horoscope and mantra to use as guide to live by.

None of these are wrong. Influencers and motivation speakers, teachers or even business entrepreneurs are never wrong or lying. These ways or rules they lived by have worked for them, so they are just sharing their ideas on us or those who are willing to give up anything to be rich, happy, free of the nine to five jobs and financially secured maybe up until they grow old and die, probably.

However, I have learned from the forty-four years of my existence that, we can dream, work on that dream and be successful doing the things you love to do and earn from it. But it is seldom true that we can always become that dream and work on the dream job, live in that dream house or even be famous for the books that we have written, just like what I am doing now! Hehe!. My friends, loves, we can dream as much as we want and try to work or even die to work our asses hard enough to achieve the things we want in life, and yet fail to get that promotion you wanted, or due to illness you can't travel the world or because of your elderly parents you can't apply for the job you have desired for all your life.

In the prayer beads of the Holy Rosary, as a Catholic myself, growing up in a religious family, we are taught to be patient in times of illness and offer it for the souls and the world. We are also taught to accept suffering just like Jesus Christ who was nailed to the Cross when he died there to save us from our sins and the sins of the world. But those are the past. Jesus already died and He already saved us from sin and sufferings. So now it's our turn to spread His story of his salvation but not relive it, instead contemplate on it and hold it as our example of goodness and everlasting service to humanity. Jesus never want us to suffer or be crucified just like him but he wants us to be the one to save others who are in need, to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the homeless. Jesus wants us to practice loving God just like loving ourselves/our neigbors. He also wants us to fulfill his promise of raising from the dead and coming back, by accepting our brothers/sisters who don't want him and teaching them his words and letting them fee his love for all mankind. By forgiving those who have hurt us or betrayed us. Or by loving those who are lost, confused, alone, different or casted out by society or by the world.

Life is not as hard to understand when we know what truly is essential in it to live it. I thought being rich, popular or learned, I can have a fulfilled life. I was wrong. It is an accomplished life if it is fruitful and if it is shared with others. Experiences with ourselves and others can make a lot of difference in a day, and more in a lifetime. The Bible had spoken of the good works and miracles of the apostles, saints, kings, great women and Jesus. But that was a long time ago. Have we ever thought that maybe, God, Jesus wants us to write our own story or stories, tales of heroism, goodness and service. The Christ lived and died in the service of the people, for the people, for the glory of his God the Father. What about us? Who do we pledge or give our lives to, the work of our hands to and the blood/sweat that we die hard to do? Maybe for our selves pride or self-actualization, for our family and friends and or maybe for our future or for the world. Whoever it is we offer our life's work or our accomplishments, we always need to remember our intentions. Sometimes we get blinded by fame, fortune or popularity that we forget the sole purpose of our existence and our ultimate goal. That is to live our purpose and knowing what that purpose is to truly fulfill it.

Then, what is your purpose? Your reason to live in this world, being a speck of dust in a vast universe?...

We are our purpose. God gave you this life for the reason that you are a gift to your family now that you take care of them as the head or the breadwinner. You are special because you tend for your sister/brother who is sick or mentally challenged. You are a hero to your countrymen for you fight to defend them towards truth and against racism. You are a blessing to your community because you care for nature, and made a man-made coral reef out of old tires or water dispensers to serve as artificial reefs for the school of fishes, and etc.

We can be someone in this world but we can never be truly human if we neglect and disregard our responsibility to protect, preserve and develop our family, our nature, our community, our nation and our world. We can never truly love our family if we hate our neighbor. We can never really respect our boyfriend/girlfriend when we yell at our own parents. We can never truly like others when we can't even like ourselves.

I am just like you. I kept on searching and finding answers to my purpose. When I finally realized that my reason for living is right here all along, right here in my heart, in my family, in my daughter, in my neighborhood, in my community, in my nation and people, in my world. We are gifts from God. You and I have a purpose and that is to be love, peace calm, hope, light, courage, health, magic wonder, knowledge, skill, warmth, desire, faith, laughter, joy, confusion, fear, illusion, belief, and other things, or more, etc. I am one body, one soul, one heart, one mind and so are you and everybody else. In our world we are now suffering from the pandemic, we are scared of all types of things and insecurities. We are worried about our health, jobs, our economies and our future. But ever since, God made the world in the palm of his hands out of uncertainty. We are molded in our mothers' wombs without knowing whether the baby will be a boy or a girl. So why worry or be anxious about things beyond today. Let's live for the present and let tomorrow worry for itself. Just like what Steve Jobs said, "live your life like it's your last". Though have an additional phrase to that, "and live it worth yours and other's while". Meaning we need to live a life with value, that even being a janitor is honorable because he/she is doing his / her job well, with a purpose, with dignity and good reason. A job is just intertwined with a description and whatever occupation or title you have in this world, it doesn't matter as long as you put food on the table in an honest to goodness work and secure your family's future. It is noble for the person who has resources and share God's gifts or talents given to him / her so others would benefit from them. We uplift other's lives by letting them believe and trust that there is hope. Becoming that light to guide them towards their purpose is the best help we can give as support system especially when they need it or you the most.

I don't want to sound analytical or weird but wasting your days away by gambling or getting wasted instead of applying for a part time job maybe at your nearby restaurant to help with your family's financial troubles, is better and more reasonable. Or maybe instead of bullying your classmates you can try to get to know them, anyway, differences or uniqueness in people is what makes the world a wonderful place to live in because it can never ever be boring.