Living with Purpose

After watching the movie “All eyez on me”, about legendary rapper, Tupac Shakur and taking it a little bit further to listen to his music and watch various interviews, I realised the importance of being inspirational. I got this perception of someone who tried to live to inspire and educate, while trying to please God and be accountable for his own life. This is what made me like this person. He seemed to like what he liked and hated what he hated-he was transparent. His looks and lifestyle portray what we call “fuck boy” and a “thug” but he was also able to switch to his poetic and humble self. He was original. He was self aware in a society that tried to categorise him based on his colour, associations and profession, and was aware of the injustices that occurred in his environment and so educated himself so that he could educate others and inspire change through his music. He was not only famous but famously inspirational. I’ve learned that the only one I should aim to please is Allah because that is what I’m here to do and I have also learned I should live in service to others by helping to inspire and to share my knowledge with the world. I learned to work so that I may spark the mind that will change the world. So really, its about helping others so that you leave a legacy that can be referenced when it comes to something meaningful in life. So with regards to him, when I think Tupac I think politics and social injustices. To me, he has the kind of words that will make you shiver many years after you hear them, timeless words and his actions and lyrics trigger a fighter and a helper in you and a need to be truly authentic. Its almost like you wish he were alive to be a mentor to you, though he still can. That is the kind of effect I want in the world. I always get this need to compare life to school- you come, work hard for your degree and graduate. Well to me life shouldn’t be wasted, you come, live honestly and transparently, achieve greatness in whatever occupation or talent that comes as naturally as breathing, using it to inspire, worship Allah and “graduate”. That to me is living in your purpose. This is true peace, when you can wake up and go to bed without having too much on your mind because you live in purpose, and you do not care to be validated by others. However, I have learned that living with purpose will not be easy. You must learn to not just accept your situation or what you’ve been told but to ask why. Learn. Educate yourself. Gain knowledge and know if something sits well with you morally and spiritually, while considering if it is putting a smile on the faces of people all over the world. You must learn to know yourself, learn yourself, this sounds very easy but it requires work and confidence. Through this you will be able to stand alone for a cause so dear to you even when nobody sees it through your lens but you can show them by inviting them into your world. Do not take things personal and do not lose sight of why you operate the way you do because only then will you be able to be accountable for your actions. Understand your power, love and respect yourself enough to put your happiness first. Certain mindsets like Tupac, the mad and out of this world, are what attract me. I get a glimpse of what people are like and somehow I am drawn and its so funny that what draws me in, so addictively is their mindset. Be true to yourself, know your reasons for doing what you do so that people’s interpretations and ideas of you do not affect you because you know why you think the way you do or why you are the way you are. When you’re able to defend yourself comfortably, you will truly be able to do what you’re called to do, use it to inspire and live a life of purpose. All this, has a domino effect.

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