Find Purpose by Eliminating What Isn't - by Sherry

Chip away everything that doesn't look like David

Michelangelo famously said, “the sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.” When asked about the difficulties of creating the statue of David, he answered, “chip away everything that doesn't look like David.” Purpose — the question of what am I here for, existentially? — is a lot like a marble sculpture. It already exists, it is up to us, the sculptor, to release it from the unseen. There are two big questions in life, about life: 1) What is the meaning of my life? If I were a…

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