Losing my purpose.....

It's only halfway through the week and I'm fatigued, sick and moody. What's going on?

I know this happens often enough: I hear this from other colleagues, friends and acquaintances all the time. But, I'm wondering: Should it be this way?

First, I thought I was using the Internet too often so I decided to take a fast from it since yesterday. I know, I'm technnically using the Internet now. As you can see, I love the Internet a lot and am not doing too well in this fast.

Addictions aside, this morning, I picked up Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life and a lightbulb pops up the moment I hit Chapter 3: What Drives Your Life?

"Nothing matters more than knowing God's purposes for your life, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them - not success, wealth, fame, or pleasure. Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction and events without reason.

Knowing your purpose simplifies your life. If defines what you do and what you don't do. Your purpose becomes the standard you use to evaluate which activities are essential and which aren't. You simply ask "Does this activity help me fulfil one of God's purposes for my life?"

Without a clear purpose, you have no foundation on which you base decisions, allocate your time and use your resources. You tend to make choices based on circumstances, pressures and your mood at that moment. People who don't know their purpose try to do too much - and that causes fatigue, stress and conflict.

It is impossible to do everything ppl want you to do. You just have enough time to do God's Will. If you can't get it all done, it means you're trying to do more than God intended for you to do (or possibly, that you're watching too much TV =D). Purpose driven living leads to a simpler lifestyle and saner schedule. "

I'm glad I read this. It comes in at a very timely moment where I feel my life is spinning out of control and I'm reluctantly dragging myself out of bed. God help me, I really want to rediscover my purpose in life.