- Stand Alone

--by Sri Ashok 

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE 

The ultimate purpose of life is learn to stand alone. God creates every living organism with the drive to stand alone.  I was probably 10 years old when God had blessed me with an unforgettable lesson:

While standing in my parents back yard, I heard something fall. It was a baby bird that her parents were teaching how to fly. They had picked her back up and this time she was able to fly alone.

To be successful in standing alone it is fundamentally crucial to have a good support system. Without such, life wouldn't stand a chance. Everything would fall apart, for there would be no proper balance.

For instance, even a strong and tall building needed a support system at the early phase of the construction. Once the concrete gets hard and the builder realizes that the building can stand alone, then he removes the support system.

Now, one of the biggest challenges that the living organism  faces is to stand fast when its support system is no longer available. Sooner or later it will happen, as demonstrated  by the bird's story above. Thus, the living organism is left alone, to stand alone.

Standing Alone, at first, can be very stressful. Remember the very first job you had or the first time you rented your own apartment. It hurts to stand alone. However it hurts even more when resisting this normal process of growing. It's like resisting God's call. God does want you to evolve.