Purpose Can Be

Aim

Ikigai

Meaning

A clear why

A noble aim

The main thing

A reason for living

Where we are going

An intention or aim

Developing passions

Giving our gift away

Intention and design

Our right livelihood

Passion for our work

Deciding what we want

End, effect, consequence

Where we should be going

Including the end in view

What sparks a light in us

Loving what we are good at

Our intention or objective

The opposite of depression

The direction of our dreams

Being sure where we’re going

A sense of resolve or determination

The reason we get up in the morning

The conviction that our work matters

To glorify God and enjoy him forever

Some particular work we were made for

Knowing what harbour we are making for

Being genuinely interested in one thing

Wherever we go, going with all our heart

When we know who we are, we know what to do

Endeavouring to live the life we have imagined

Not a destination, but a journey and a practice

A summoned life – a life in service to a vocation

To help others find the meaning and purpose in theirs

A point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye

Something that may change over the course of our lifetime

Believing that there is something for us to do in the world

Finding out what kind of work we are to do in this universe

Determination or a feeling of having a reason for what we do

Pursuing one great decisive aim with force and determination

To know even one life has breathed easier because we have lived

A reason for doing something or for allowing something to happen

Finding what makes us feel fulfilled and doing good in the world

The reason for doing something or the reason that something exists

Discovering our work, and then with all our heart give ourselves to it

Believing that God created us for some benevolent and glorious purpose

Having a great aim, and possessing the aptitude and perseverance to attain it

That which we set before ourselves as an object to be reached or accomplished

The end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure or exertion

Something we love so much that the words failure and success become irrelevant

The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists

An idea worth working for, along with a clear understanding of what needs to be done

Being decided on what we will not do, and then being able to act with vigour in what we ought to do

Exploring what matters to us and what kind of person we want to be, and acting to become that person

Identifying a single, overriding objective, and making all other considerations bend to that one objective

An abiding intention to achieve a long-term goal that is both personally meaningful and makes a positive mark on the world

Getting into a line that we will find to be a deep personal interest, something we really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about