Sometimes transformation can take place in a moment. One moment was when my father had died and I was attending his funeral. In a moment I got it that nothing is permanent, nothing lasts forever. We will not live forever even though we sometimes act and live our lives as if we will. We are going to die. We can take nothing, absolutely nothing material with us when we do die. What I also got was how my father had helped countless people and never once told his family about it.
It was at that moment, in the midst of a transforming moment, that I got that the only true purpose or intention for me was to be of service to others. It was at that moment that I committed myself to such a purpose. Staying present to our human condition, that we will die, is very empowering and freeing, and a moment to stand in to seek my higher purpose in life.
