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God is also forgiving.
I may have committed mistakes, but as my grandfather said, things can go out of my hand in spite of my best efforts. Some mistakes will bring me exactly in this right place. Here we are in Biochemistry course, belonging to section 1BBC. God has planned this. He has planned for us to have an encounter with a miracle child. He has planned us to be more vocal in sharing our experiences in life because He lives in us. I did share my story, and I felt more relieved. I have mourned for a long time. Just like in the Beatitude, Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Always have faith and trust in Him! 🙏🏻

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In relation to desire for happiness and purpose, I believe that we need to align the things we do on our journey of going to back to Him with whatever makes us happy. We are images of God, and He has gifted us to think morally and rationally. The Church has moral standards that will guide us on our way back Home.

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Have you heard of THE MOST UNFAIR DINNER? 👩🏻👦🏼👩🏾👦🏽

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtGyESZhBLk

As mentioned in the description, it is a simple video that exercises empathy. 🌎

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But everything aside, the ultimate purpose of life is to be happy and to go back to our real home, which is God. Let me share to you one of my favorite quotes which made me realize my purpose in life.

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” ― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

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I noticed that our perceptions about our purpose varies. I think this is because we have different experiences and capabilities that we know we have in ourselves. Experiences make up our beliefs, and our beliefs affect our own understanding of purpose. Usually, many people believe that their purpose is always in line with their own desires and happiness but that’s not always the case because one’s happiness and desires are sometimes not pleasing to God.

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Amen.

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It’s true ryne!

In the end our desire for happiness and our purpose will be interrelated with each other. To fulfil our purpose will makes us happy especially when we are with God.🙏🏻

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With regards to the purpose of man, I do think most people find that hard to answer because we are very biased. Individualism, Relativism, Secularism, Hedonism, Consumerism, and Materialism exist. For instance, we are attached with material things, even though we know that these are temporary. I believe we do have different understandings about our purpose in life because we all come from different environments.

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Go guys its so nice to be able to read your insights 🤗

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Great! I know that we have different understanding about the purpose of life and it may be because of our perceptions, beliefs and influence of others.

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I agree with what mayela said, putting God in the center of every situations we encounter in life will it easier for us to conquer the purpose we are yearning for. I had this experience wherein we joined contest knowing that we only practiced the day before the competition proper. But we did not waste our time in our practice, we offered everything to God. Luckily, we won 2nd place. Isn't that a proof showing that with God nothing is impossible as long as we do our part. We just need to believe and let God take over. His Will is the perfect way for us to be happy.

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Hi guys! As for myself, before I took this course, what I thought about my purpose is to fulfill my own dreams. But now, I realized that there is more to my own happiness and desires. The more important thing is the betterment not only of myself, but also of the other people around me. I realized that I should also consider them as part of my happiness. I think some people are not able to answer this question because they have never thought about their life purpose yet. They just live and do whatever makes them happy and satisfied without consulting what their purpose really is.

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Truth be told, before taking up this course, my main objective or purpose in life is just to be rich. I want to be a successful doctor in order to help others but there is also an idea of gaining money. Hahaha I can't say that I'm too materialistic but I am really encapsulated by the fact that I would be happy if I have a lot of money. But this course enlightened me on what my purpose in life should be. I can't just focus on money but rather I ought to focus more on going back to God and strengthening our relationship further together.

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What about the others? Before taking up this course, was your purpose the same as before?

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Before I take this course, I  think my purpose is to study hard for me to be successful in the future. I want to be successful because I want to return back what my parents have done to me. Now, my purpose serves as my guide which I follow to achieve my dreams in life. In this journey, I put God as the center of my life because I know with Him I will be on the right path and  with Him nothing is impossible.

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Hello! Here's mine. Before taking this course or even taking up college, my purpose in life is simple, just finish my studies, find a decent job, and live. But now, learning more from a lot of experiences, I realized that it wasn’t all that simple. I am in this course right now because God has plans for me here. And I know this course serves my purpose in life. Maybe God wants me to be a biochemist and discover something that will help those who are in need. Maybe God wants me succeed to help those people who are starving. No one but God only knows what is our main purpose in life here, but one thing’s for sure, God have plans for all of us and that what serves our purpose.

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Same with me, Mayela! Before taking up this course, I thought praying by myself works as an alternative for hearing the Sunday masses. I did not even know why I existed, other than the fact that I need to make my parents proud and fulfill my dreams. It was basically a relativistic view – a subjective notion.
During the first few weeks of classes, I was trying to figure out why we have sufferings. Upon watching the videos like the Camel and Zacchaeus, I learned the forgiving God is always there. He is present at our highest and lowest points. He lives in me. He lives in all of us, and that is the Mystery of Man. Our Mystery. Isn’t that beautiful?

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uhmm... for me, i think my purpose in life is to make my loved ones proud and happy on what I've achieved in life. In that way, I will also be happy because for me, their happiness is my happiness.

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Yeah, I have to agree with you guys that our main purpose in life starts when we enter the phenomena where us, human beings, returns back to God. There’s a lot of ways on how to return to God but the 2 most important ways, for me, is by following the ten commandments and by doing actions that’ll turn into good habits which will lead us to transcend our passion, or what we called virtues.

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How about you guys? If you were asked about what is your purpose in life? How would you guys answer and expound on it in a personal level?

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I have to agree with you, Mayela! In the video, numerous people answered different and distinct perceptions of what is the meaning of life. But in contrary, all their answers really summarizes on the fact that our purpose in life is to come back to God because only in that way can we truly experience genuine happiness in our life.

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Hi guys! Do you know that from the video what comes  to my mind is that  the purpose of life is to go back to God as we desire for happiness. That our purpose is to be of service to others , to ourselves and especially to God as we are  all together in building our world a better place.

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Love your perspectives! I do agree that the purpose of life, aside from going back to our Creator, is also to contribute for a better society as we are His stewards. To look after the Earth, and thus God's dominion is our responsibility. Incorporating the past lessons, we are all sinners. God gave his Son, Christ, to save us. The Church is willed by God to make our encounter with Him possible. I believe this is the reason why we are commanded to attend the Sunday Masses, which most of us do not oblige. Our purpose is to come back to Him, and He instituted the Church for His presence to be perpetuated.