In the context of radical individualism, purpose is often associated with the freedom to pursue whatever it is that gives one meaning and a sense of direction in life.

What if purpose is not so much about finding meaning and being self-satisfied, but rather about realigning ourselves with something greater?

We often struggle with finding purpose in the midst of suffering because we have bought into the lie of popular thinking that along with purpose comes fulfillment and joy. We also spend a lifetime trying to discover purpose for ourselves and never find it–an endless search for meaning!

Creative purpose, I would argue, is more about losing yourself; it is surrender to something much greater than what we can conceive or imagine or discover on our own. If creativity is what qualifies being human (being created beings) then it is crucial that we adopt a posture of surrender and humble ourselves before the Great Creator, lest we end up losing ourselves in the midst of surface-level pursuits and miss out on living into our creative calling to help the world to reimagine something greater, a profound “social imaginary” that we yearn for but are unable to achieve on our terms alone.

To Do,

Think about your schedule for the day for a moment asking, how much of what is on my plate to do helping me to be a person who is more aligned with the kind of person that I want to be–loving, joyful, caring, generous.