Every story has a point, and every point has a story. 

While recently attending a funeral for my friend’s father, this saying rang through loud and clear:

You learn more at a funeral than a feast.– King Solomon

If you have ever been to a funeral and reflected deeply on someone’s life, then you can easily understand the story of someone’s life. The big story of life is made of smaller stories.

Each small story in your life has a point and your entire life’s story has a point.

What is it?

You may be in the midst of turmoil right now. You may be on top of the world and everything is looking up for you. You may be somewhere in-between the highs and lows of life. 

Seemingly in the bad times we always question:

What is the POINT of Life?

This past year I had a friend that I knew take his own life. 

My friend (on the outside) seemed to have it all. He had a great job, beautiful family, owned his own home, and was extremely outgoing. I can still here his voice when I think of him. Inwardly, only God knows what he was battling and may God rest his soul.

You learn things from death around you while you are still alive. 

Death is the great equalizer and everyone leaves this world the same way we entered it. 

There is one thing that is for sure: death is inevitable. You will leave a legacy behind – whether good or bad.

• If up to this point in your life, you have had issues with people – fix them.
• If you have treated others poorly – apologize to them.
• If you have hurt someone – make it right and/or say your sorry.
• If your reputation is bad – fix it.
• If you are known for being a certain way or viewed in a negative light – change.
• If you pass up opportunity after opportunity to serve others with good deeds – start today.
• If you make the same mistake over and over – stop it (you’re better than that).
• If you are addicted to something – quit cold turkey.
• If you are focusing on the wrong things in life – focus on the right things.

Most people are remembered for what they focused on during their life.

My friends’ father’s funeral taught me a lot about this. He was a professional photographer, a gentle and kind man, and he loved God. He focused on photography, loving others, and paying attention to his spiritual walk during his life.

Those things above, in a nutshell, was the point of his life, which became his story. His story was the point of his life. Through his life and his story, he impacted others personally. 

We are all special. We all have gifts, loves, and good vibes to give the world.

There is no way in the world to put a blanket-type of answer to the question of, “What is the point of life?” It is different for everyone. We just need to make sure we focus on things above, love others, and the rest will work it’s way out.

Since I mentioned King Solomon earlier, I would also like to share what he mentioned in the very last line of one of his writings:

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

During life we will ALL make mistakes and we do wrong people. Our hearts are sick a lot of times. 

The majority of earth’s population believes in a higher power. The majority of these people also believe in creation. This is not a religious post, however – just a simple observation. The fundamentals of almost all of the world religions are the same. Even those who don’t believe in a higher power still operate under a basic moral compass and seek to do good in the world, and that’s a beautiful thing too.

It’s all good. 

To each their own.

If you step outside the bounds of all of the different religions for a minute (yes please have an open mind with me for a short minute), and look up to a higher power or don’t look up to a higher power, we all have the same basic understanding of life: doing good is good, and doing bad is bad.

With that said, no matter what religion or belief system you ascribe to, we should all be pursuing greatness because we are great. We are powerful beings with an abundance of light and life to give back to this world. 

You have more resources inside of you than you can ever manifest outside of you.

That’s the point. 

Create a story. 

Create goodness. 

Create a lasting legacy. 

Create smiles.

Create joy.

Create memories.

Create love.

Create change.

Create the best version of yourself.

Create the biggest impact you can with each day of life you have. 

Love ya,

JT