As esoteric as this might sound, a significant piece of human flourishing is the ability to discover and put into being one’s purpose. And this part of the human experience — this thing that is so essential to who we are — is, today, very much obscured by expansive, all encompassing nature of government.
Said differently, in order to discover your reason for being, the human capacity for ingenuity, problem-solving, and survival must be accessed. A wise man or woman figures this out, discovering and then making full use of his or her God-given talents, whatever they may be.
This is often not an easy journey; one must have the presence of mind to defeat their own shadows — for example: worry, unworthiness, doubt, anger, anxiety, ennui — in order to reach the zenith of purpose and a life of fulfillment. The person that does this is, invariably, strong and unflappable. Moreover, a story of odds-defeating resilience lasts forever, serving as inspiration for the next gener…
