Do you have a ‘definite purpose’?

To forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity
Friedrich Nietzsche

Our time is spent on pursuing various activities. The activity can be anything from indulging in some entertainment to something very serious like writing a software programme. Whatever we do, we should ensure that we have a definite purpose in mind and link what we do with that purpose and accomplish the same.
The other day I was in a Gym. Two middle aged ladies entered and the next thirty minutes the gym was very noisy. They tried out all the exercise machines one after another. From their conversation, which was very loud, I could gather that they came there to sincerely workout and burn about 300 calories!
But they were not focused and gossiping all along switching from one exercise machine to another and cutting jokes!
In short their activities did not reflect that they had a ‘definite purpose’ in their mind. Obviously they are not going to burn the extra calories. In fact it was a Sunday early morning and they should have sacrificed the Sunday early morning sleep!
Next time whenever you are doing any activity check if you have a definite purpose in mind and if your activities reflect the same!

N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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