Put the Purpose

Today, one of my friend casually asked me, then what will you do in life?
It start with very casual conversation about Kapuas river, the tribal life there, and 'who's gonna win the fight, wonder woman or black widow'.

Then she asked me that question suddenly, out of nowhere. It quite strike me like lightning in the middle of the day. It's important question, right?

So what will you answer if someone ask you that question. What will you do in life? What is your life's purpose?

For girls, please do not answer, "I want to get married with someone nice." Please don't. It is 21st century. Please do not humiliate yourself with that kind of answer. It's like one of the most swallow/super ordinary girl's answer and I hate it for its ordinary. Like, marriage is your super important goal in life and that's the only thing you are breathing in.

So I answer her, I'm not thinking about it thoroughly yet, but I want participate to save some tiger, to increase awareness about animal protection. And I want to go around the world as a gift to my own self. I want to see the penguin and whale migration. And see the Aurora in the North. And try as many as cafes all around Europe and America. That's what I want to do. 

To be honest, put purpose (a real and good legitimate purpose) is not easy. And do it, it's even more and more harder. I've already visited 5 countries so far, but to go to Europe or America, it is difficult. Money is the biggest obstacle of course, but also the time to go. I have to work, and I love my work. Do I have enough time to do that? And for the tiger, I already participate to donate money regularly, but how far I will help them with little money, and never directly involved.

Human life is just so short. 60-70 years is already very long for human nowadays. It's like you wake up in one morning feeling young, healthy, and energize. And one day, you wake up again, you are already 26 years old and not enough amazing thing you do in life.

Do you know Malala Yousafzai? She is Pakistani and she received Nobel Prize for Peace when she was 17 years old. And when David Letterman asked her about her goals in life, she said I want to put  women's education as purpose in my short life. I want to fight so young girls in my country and anywhere in the world can receive good quality education. She has very brilliant and honorable purpose and she is working on it, again brilliantly.

She's amazing. And I'm not achieving anything brilliantly yet.
Gosh, time is keep ticking, like a bomb. And what have I done so far? Will you ask the same question to yourselves? What have you done so far? What will you do? What is purpose in your life? Or will you be that 'faceless' person, with no significant life purpose, and the only life goal is getting married.

I hope not. So help me God.