Defining Purpose

Purpose is one of the foundational elements of a happy and fulfilled life. For some purpose is a journey to achieve an end goal, serve a cause, or complete a mission. For others, it is simply just living out a high quality life. When you lose purpose, or feel like you do, often you end up feeling hopeless. In this state, daily living can become hard or frustrating. It can become difficult to make decisions, or to focus on the good things right in front of you. You may have lost your motivation to do even do small things you used to find enjoyable. In the worst case, all you see is life as a struggle. In these moments of deep exhaustion and despair it's important to develop mental fortitude. In Hope Forward's first episode Matt and Pat discuss the concept of purpose, what it means, and how it applies to having hope. A lot of times when people get stuck, they start struggling with defining their "why", or ask questions that resemble a search for the "point" of things. Matt and Pat will dig into their experience in struggling with purpose, how they have either used religion or logic to help refine the meaning of their lives, and how they have redefined their purpose to move forward in life.