A Purposeful Life
“I want to have a purposeful
life,” said singer Jann Arden
in the Zoomer magazine profile
on her third memoir If I Knew
Then, and so do we all; and we
do, but don’t know it. Sit back,
relax, close your eyes and let
your mind wander. Stop, reflect,
and tally up the sums of your
life, one image at a time. Don’t
censor, just look. The first image
begins the accounting of your
life; other images will follow.
Rest deeper, wander further,
and your life’s purpose will rise
to the surface. I saw it, my own
life, replete with all my virtues
and faults—and, thank God, fewer
regrets than I would’ve thought;
just a little sorrow for not doing
more, but enough to die content
with my divine imperative, the
same karmic directive as Jann
and every other soul: to resolve
our paradoxical complexity
and become whole.
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