A Meaningful Purpose

September 14, 2009

Rob writes:
If I were to describe my life today in one word it would be “purposeful”.  Today I believe in a purpose driven life.  This is how I view life today but it wasn’t how I viewed it not too long ago.  My life before this belief was filled with very little purpose.  In fact, the only direction I had motivation for was drinking and using drugs.  I lived without a goal or a plan.  I would go to work not to build a career but to earn enough money to support my drug and alcohol addiction.  I had big dreams but my passion for life was hidden behind broken promises and a self-destructive lifestyle. 

 I was hurt.  I was broken.  I was angry.  I blamed everyone else except the one person who was responsible for my actions, me.  I was living a life without ambition or balance.  After twelve years of running on a dead end street I decided it was time to search for something worth living for.  I found Caritas.  I didn’t know how to get where I wanted to go, but I knew I didn’t want to go back to where I came from. 

I’ve completed 23 months and it didn’t come without effort.  It took a lot of sacrifice, honesty, willingness, and humility.  I have learned a lot of life lessons that sometimes take a lifetime to acquire.  But above all, I have learned that the strength that is within me can overcome the struggle that lies before me.  Without the struggle I would have no purpose.