Reflection - Whenever purpose is unknown, there is bound to be abuse

Whenever purpose is unknown, there is bound to be abuse. Not always out of malice—often simply out of misdirection. When we don’t understand why something exists, we improvise uses that feel convenient in the moment, even if they slowly erode its value. The same is true of our time, our gifts, our relationships, and even our challenges.

Purpose acts like a compass: quiet, steady, and often inconvenient, but it keeps us from drifting into places we never intended to go. Without it, we fill the void with noise, urgency, or other people’s expectations. With it, we move with clarity, restraint, and intention.

So the real work is not in doing more, but in understanding why.Once purpose becomes clear, alignment follows, and what once felt heavy or confusing begins to make sense. Purpose doesn’t remove difficulty, but it gives difficulty meaning—and meaning changes everything.