You Were Invented for Life!

You Were Invented for Life!

By Allen Merritt © 2018

It doesn’t take much to make me pause and give thought when the opportunity comes around, which apparently is a lot these days. For example, I noticed a banner recently. It said, “You Were Invented for Life.”

Cool! 

That’s a good one, isn’t it? How often does one get a chance to be hit in the face with that one? Its one simple sentence jammed packed full of everything one might need to begin a discussion or simply stop and consider. (And it's better than parents saying, "I brought you into this world, I can take you out.")

Some marketing specialists could be thought of as modern day philosophers, don’t you think? They come up with the good lines and I marvel how they do it. If their sense of creativity is anything like mine, I wonder if ideas appear out of nowhere and suddenly the perfect epithet is born to capture audience’s imagination.

Anyway, there is no doubt this line brings up many questions.

I think it’s possible that this little ditty may be as good an answer as any to the question, “What is the meaning of life?" Of course, some extrapolation would need to come into the picture. No statement can stand alone and no discussion allows for discovery without consideration.

For me, this line promotes life simplistically. It makes complete sense and all the rest of life’s concerns take a back seat or fall by the wayside. They do not matter anymore, because you are now taking a break, seeing a truth and beginning to breathe again. You see, everything else means nothing when you think on what you’d be if you’re NOT invented for life! What would it mean to say you were NOT invented for living, NOT invented for love, NOT invented for joy, NOT invented for peace, laughter, harmony or any other wonderful morsel waiting for us to devour?

What would you be otherwise? Existence would be a great unknown.

What better a statement to accommodate the need to understand!

The way I see it, if you weren’t invented for life then you wouldn’t be alive at all, which brings us back to finding a way to live life with better awareness, positive well-being and to discover an abundance of purpose and meaning on a scale we can embrace and accept as our own. Since we’re all unique and individual in our own way it makes perfect sense. Everyone is vital, important and they embody various skill sets to contribute to this world and the better part of the whole.

There must be some comfort in such ideology, which can alter our perspectives and push as up and beyond all hopes and dreams so as to live in a state of happiness and content.

In the whole of my life I have felt, thought and experienced many things such as I am worthless, I am only to be seen and not heard, I’m misunderstood, something is wrong with me, I'm good for nothing, I’m nothing more than somebody’s worker bee, just to name a few. I’m sure many people find or have passed through such thoughts at some point or other.

The key is to feel what you are going to feel, let it go and more on.  One cannot deny the feelings they have nor should anyone else invalidate another’s experiences. Without the questions, we have no need for answers or conclusions about anything.

In today’s world, if we want to stay in a positive state we must take time to recognize these things and filter through them as they apply to individual needs. And that is why I think the concept of being invented for life is a good place to start the conversation with yourself. It is a good place to start with anyone who has a need for answers, explanations, comfort, healing and the like. Many people are out there doing their best to survive and make it through something or several something’s. People are hurting. They have great need. And when you think about it, not much has changed there. Regardless, that is where we begin to make change(s); when life smacks us upside the head and reminds us we are more than we think we are.

We are alive.

We are here.

We experience this life.

That’s what we are invented for.

Make the most of it.

No matter what!

I think that just about hits it on the nail!

Make it a great week and be sure to add a dollop of positivity into the mix.

Cheers!