You are a soul, a spirit, a gift from God with unique talents and a purpose, but you've been programmed to forget who you are and why you're here.

When this happens, something else steps in to fill the void. Your job becomes your identity. Family expectations become your future. Social programming fills the space where your authentic calling should be.

I won't paint you a dystopian future. There are enough doomsday artists doing that already. They're busy convincing you that AI will make you obsolete, that algorithms will replace human creativity, that machines will outthink you at every turn.

Here's what they're missing: there is no doomsday when your purpose is clear and you're actually living it out. The real threat isn't artificial intelligence - it's artificial living. The antidote? Discovering what you're actually here to do.

So what are you here to do?

Some purposes are quiet and personal. Others create big impact. Yours is for you to discover. Big or small, creative or technical - humanity needs all kinds of input and points of light. Wasn't there a politician who said that? I digress... let's not bring him up. lol

The Human Challenge

Most of us can't see our own gifts. We've been programmed out of knowing what makes us unique.

What happens when we lose sight of our purpose and can't recognize our own God-given talents? I've seen the damage firsthand.

This happened to both of my brothers. They had massive talents and potential but were completely blind to it. Bad programming clouded their vision of themselves. Both died young from self-destructive patterns they couldn't break free from.

Obviously, that's the extreme. But wasted potential doesn't always end in tragedy - sometimes it just ends in quiet desperation. I recently told a friend about my work, and they could tell my enthusiasm came straight from my heart. Their response? "I don't know what my gifts are or what I'm supposed to do with my time on earth."

This person is a very successful financial professional who makes good money. They admitted they're just "doing their job" and wished they had something more fulfilling. Here's someone who has everything our society says should make you happy, yet they're completely disconnected from their actual purpose.

This pattern creates a dangerous vacuum. When people feel empty and directionless, they latch onto whatever fills the void. We see them freaking out about AI destroying humanity. Or obsessing over the latest news story. Politicians. Climate doomsday. When you're removed from your core purpose and not focused on your humanity, these distractions just turn you into a useful idiot for the system.

Even Elon Musk calls AI an existential crisis. For who exactly? People whose jobs disappear and suddenly have no identity? Once you discover your gifts and purpose, this noise becomes largely irrelevant to your day-to-day actions.

When people don't know their authentic purpose, they become vulnerable to whatever offers hope or escape. They'll surrender their agency to AI systems, doomsday narratives, breaking news or lottery fantasies. They'll let something else fill the void rather than figure out who they actually are.

This is backwards. We need to go back to fundamentals and reestablish our humanity.

The alternative is what I see everywhere: people hoping for an escape that doesn't exist. Like a neighbor who buys lottery tickets, hoping to win so he can quit his job. I asked what he'd do if he actually won. Silence. Stay home? Vacation forever? Is that really how you want to live your life?

Both friends - the successful one and the lottery buyer - are trapped in the same cycle. They've let other people define their purpose, and now they're either bored or trying to escape. Neither is actually living.

This is what happens when we don't do the work - when we avoid self-exploration and honest observation of ourselves. And when I say honest observation, I don't mean being self-critical. I mean recognizing your own natural beauty - the kind that has nothing to do with how you look or what you have and everything to do with what's in your heart.

Your higher power put you here for a reason. The question isn't whether you have a purpose - it's whether you know what it is. Some people find it on their own. Others need to hear stories of people who've walked this path before them. Stay tuned.