It’s this magical thing, purpose, that we’re all looking for, but what’s funny about it all is that we need these things to perform but we don’t take a second to realize that the purpose is always there; the purpose never leaves us. Because the very purpose is you. You are always the purpose. There may be another purpose, like being a seal, or going to college or whatever, but the main purpose in life is you.
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