The Moment You Were Born For

We are here for a reason; we are here to serve a purpose. We don't know what we are here for, we don't know what our purpose is. Chances are that if we knew the exact moment we were born for, we would probably find a way to screw it up by overthinking it. Us humans tend to overthink things a little. Maybe after we leave these bodies, we will discover what our purpose was, the moment that we were born for and just how important and impactful that moment was.

There once was a woman who gave another woman a compliment. The woman who received the compliment was taken aback, she hadn't received a compliment in quite some time, and it made the day seem that much brighter. She felt a little lighter than she had in a while. She was so caught up in the moment that she didn't realize the subway had left without her. It was ok though, she didn't mind waiting for the next one, she could be late to work once in a while, she had a really understanding boss, she rather liked her job. As the next subway approached, she noticed a man drop something at the other end of the platform. She ran down there and grabbed what he dropped and made it onto the subway just as the doors were closing. She found the man and returned the item he dropped which happened to be a book.

Feeling rather confident from the compliment she received earlier she decided to sit next to the man, she liked his energy, he reminded her of her brother. Her brother was very caring and protective of her, and she liked that about him, she could feel those same aspects radiating from this man. They started talking about books since her getting the one that he dropped was a good starting point. They talked about all their favorite books and they both agreed to try a new book that the other suggested. When her stop came up, they said goodbye to each other, and she went on her way. 

Some time went by, and the man finally found some time to read the book she suggested to him. He thought the book was ok, he wasn't sure that he would suggest it himself, but it was for an interesting read. Years go by and the man never thinks about the book or even the encounter with the woman. It becomes a forgotten memory. Then one day about twenty years later has a coworker say something to him. The phrase that the coworker spoke suddenly unlocked a sentence from the book he had read so many years. For some unknown reason that one sentence just clicked into place in his mind and combined with all the information he had acquired since that book, and he could see the answer so clearly that he questioned how he was never able to see it before. 

He immediately went to work and within a few short years, he eradicated cancer. He found the cure; he found the solution. All because of some book he read which was suggested by a stranger on the subway who he only met because he dropped a book. That woman only decided to sit and talk to him because of the confidence she was feeling from receiving a compliment from another woman. The woman who complimented her only decided to do so because her child called her mama for the first time, and she wanted to share her joy with someone else.  

You could be the child who simply says mama and changes the entire world. If it weren't for you existing and being alive in that moment the rest of the chain of events wouldn't have happened and you didn't have any knowledge that you had ever even done anything. You were born for a moment in which you cannot know. This could be your moment or maybe you have already had your moment and your just meant to relax the rest of the time your here. Maybe your moment has not come yet, but you won't know when it does and there isn't anything you can do to change it so why bother trying? Just relax and know that it will happen on its own. You are here for a purpose, and you are not meant to know that purpose, outside of your purpose, you are meant to enjoy life and fun. Love and Peace!

The purpose of life is to be happy and have fun.

- Michael, Age 9