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Originally Posted by bos314489
Right now I am perhaps feeling sorry for myself but at least I can be open and honest here. I am 41, have no children, brothers or sisters, divorced, my only family is my mother and father who are a huge support for me. I am struggling with trying to find my purpose in life. I want to make a contribution to the world or help people in some way. I want my existence in this world to be for some purpose. I want someone to be better off in life from knowing me. I really want to give of myself somehow but I just don't know how to do it. I do small things like bring my friend flowers, bake cookies for someone, random acts of kindness, etc. but I am looking for something bigger than that. Surely I am not here just to be alone and feel as if I am existing in life and not contributing anything. Because that is how I feel. Any thoughts? Thanks for reading. Hope it makes sense.
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Yes, it makes sense, my purpose in life is bringing my grandson up, but at 12yrs he refusing to attend school and started to stay out late, this made me feel like i had failed. This coupled with my various health issues makes me feel useless, I am 61yrs old, you are 41 which is relatively young. You are not too old to retrain, try searching online for something that you are good at, I don`t know your location mine is the UK where organisations like NSPCC do good work. I hope you find something to uplift you.