A life without a purpose is like navigating without a compass

Culturally in the last centuries we have been said out purpose in life is being productive, we born , we grow we work, we produce and reproduce, we get old and died… and we can feel satisfied and joyful if we are lucky at the end of life on how productive our life was.

That was the old game of life… only a few people, the weir, the outstanding or the crazy were connected and lived a life with a different purpose, some people purpose were enlighten the world or their country peace, justice for the vulnerable, creation for world transformation… and we can name some of them – Galileo Galilei, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jesus, Wright brothers, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Emilia Eckhart, The Curie´s, Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Pasteur, Mother Teresa of Calcuta, Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Frederic Nietzsche, Henry Ford, Revolutionary people for their country such as Gandhi,… recently some people that shift world´s perspective such as Bert Hellinger by the Family Constellation Therapy, Daniel Goleman with Emotional Intelligence, Eric Ries with Lean start up, etc…we can list and we would find those people who led the world to a transformation about how we can play the game of life in different fields, see with new eyes, understanding ourselves as human beings, our brain, mind, body and emotional worlds, challenging status quo, taking stands and inspiring the world to a new state of consciousness.

They are seen as different, outlier, unique leaders and extraordinary people…that let the rest of humanity think they are not enough special or brave or intelligent … what is left for “common” people then? Is it produce and reproduce the only purpose possible?

What could happen if we go deeper and find out this outstanding people were more like regular people living an extraordinary life? Or people embracing a purpose in life instead of fitting in world’s expectations, family expectations or cultural stereotypes?