Increasing awareness myself & helping others do likewise are the greatest purpose I have been able to find in my 76 years of living.
It's so insane to break up our lives into boxes: home, work, study, friends, etc. It's only when we break down those walls & bring our work lives home, our home lives to work, & learn to share & care no matter where we are that love can fully blossom, in every sense of the word. Such integrated lives are so rare, but a joy to behold & to share.
Defining "life" = like trying to nail Jello to the wall. Which flavor shall it be?
I try to say "Hi" to as many strangers as I can as often as possible. I brighten the day for many, though usually only for a moment. It also brightens my day to see the other smile & to know that they've been cheered up. Here's the link to it: https://medium.com/p/e750feabda43
Surprisingly, it's one of my least read articles, & only one of those was an internal read.