Sangeetha Venkatesan
3 min readJun 14, 2020

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Understanding the purpose of existence!

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I was very enthusiastic to start my next learning, just going towards stuff that I need to finish, then breaking news came, It was the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput. If you remember the words I said before, it was all just ‘My’(A possessive pronoun).

Something that’s a huge treasure to me, maybe trifling to others. Words like career, money, fame, luxury, goals would be more powerful for someone when compared to kind, love, compassion, sympathy, acknowledgment. For a person who is longing to have his/her call attended to sort out the issue, maybe its time waste for someone else. Something that a person is enthusiastic to speak about and meet in person to share, maybe an added meeting appointment for someone else.

Sometimes when a person thinks about someone as ‘Dearest’, maybe that person is one among hundreds for someone else. Someone who speaks about mental trauma or depression wouldn't be a topic to hear for someone else. when one person is giving a thorough effort, working day and night to complete one project expecting a ‘from the heart response’ would be just a mouth full of ‘NICE’ from someone else.

Having extreme joy when one got settled or placed in a big company wouldn't be the same level when someone dearest steps up for the first time and do something creative(writing, reviewing, singing..anything). Channelizing these thoughts and taking an hour to write about these would not be in the list of someone else’s ‘MY’ goals and todos. Someone who has time to talk about their ideas, so they can grow in the management doesn't have time to acknowledge their peers.

When someone is doing their level best to make sure he/she is good, it would be like added chatter for someone else. Fully drenched in the ‘MY’ world when someone else is waiting for kindness and care would lead to having ‘SENSITIVE’ ears to ‘MY’ world but its ‘DEAF’ to others. Ticking all the ‘MY’ goals is not the purpose of existence.

Did you realize, am pressurizing the word ‘MY’. Because I do understand, everyone’s purpose of existence is different from everyone's perspectives. For someone, if something inequity happens in a social space its fair to accept it unless it doesn't directly hinder ‘MY’ path/goals. For others, it's not the culture that the social space is bragging about, so they tend to look up for ways to change the culture, even its not fruitful at the present, actively involving so future might be fruitful.

Do you think all the inspiring leaders who have come this way because of 100% hard work, a big NO! It is their never-ending urge to do something for the society, having ears to acknowledge someone who is struggling.

When the focus on earning knowledge or appreciating someone in the workspace is the pathway to get your ‘MY’ goal, then it will not last. To have knowledge connect with thy self and become an integral part of your life, it should be a purpose for someone and it should impact their life in a good way.

What I learned,

It’s ok if you are not successful after the countless efforts and hardships, you are living and having a space in the world… man, you are successful!

Coming back…

Afternoon nap forgetting about whatsoever life-ending problems would have given him a fresh start when he woke up and a new way to trust himself that his mother will always be there to help him and wouldn't be happy about taking this decision. Telling people to share is not the only solution, sensing them if they are in extreme withdrawal and reiterating how powerful they are would do the trick! They don't need to share everything, resonating words that they want to hear and say the purpose of existence - Tell them how precious they are, how beautiful they look, how much good impact they are going to make because of their existence.

Always understand that your purpose of existence is not ONLY for you!

Finally, for a few…

Pick up the DAMN call or respond back when someone needs you! You are not as busy as you think. It’s just priorities!

for some,

Do the DAMN call and exchange thoughts to someone who wants you to grow! It’s ok if someone thinks those as childish, silly.. say anything. You are going to rise far above that.

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Sangeetha Venkatesan

NLP Engineer, Language actors talking the stage with large language models!