Today we attended two grandchildren’s graduation from high school.  Fortunately they attended the same high school which made it much easier for us.

Watching nearly 600 good looking, excited and hopeful young people receive their diplomas made me think of the class I am teaching on Saturday about ‘life purpose.’ I wasn’t thinking about my life purpose when I graduated from high school.  My purpose was to get out of our little farm town and off to college with the hope of learning something interesting and finding a good husband.

I think it would serve our children well to help them start thinking of their life purpose before they leave home for the big outside world. How could we do that?  It would be different than the question we asked our children every year on their birthday, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  They automatically replied, “Garbage man,” a favorite of our son who is now a CEO or “A movie star” or, “I don’t know.”  In any case, I wasn’t asking the right question.

Now I ask my grandchildren, “What do you love to do?”  “What makes you happy?”  “What do you want to do to serve others?” I encourage them to talk about those questions and I follow through, encouraging them to answer those questions over and over again as they go through life.  Somewhere along the way, they will discover a reason for doing what they do.  They will know what they were sent here to do and they will love doing it.

At graduation dinner I asked my 21 year old grandson what he would be majoring in at college this fall.  He quickly and enthusiastically replied, “Digital media.  Everyone thought I would change my mind as I got closer to college, but I have always loved it and that’s what I am going to do.”

He has been making movies since he was in grade school.  Yes, he loves it.  He has a passion for it.  Next time I will ask him why he wants to do it. Then he will begin to tell me about his life purpose–the thing that drives his passion.  What drives your passion?  What is your life purpose?

“I love my life!  I hope you  love your life, too!”

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