What's Your Purpose?

Our last speaker was Mr. William Lee, a commercial farmer in the Florence area. He owns and operates his own 3,000 acre farm, where he grows cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat with only 5 employees, including himself.

Mr. Lee graduated from Auburn University, and didn't have a specific career goal throughout college. In his mid 20's, he decided to try the family farming company and then change his mind later if he didn't love it. Some people would say that college isn't important if you're planning on doing farming, but Mr. Lee said, "I wouldn't enjoy what I'm doing today if I wasn't educated."

For any college student, these are comforting words. A lot of students in college have absolutely no idea what they want to do for the rest of their lives, many doubt their plans and will change their major a thousand times, and some don't know if they even want to go to college in the first place. But we can all learn from Mr. Lee. Not knowing what you want to do is life. We don't know our future, we don't know our path, we might not even know exactly where we're standing right now, but that's okay. College is about experience, it's about education, it's about finding yourself. Take some crazy class, try a major, change your major.

But more important than the classes you take, the major you choose, and the career path you take, find a purpose for yourself in what you do. Mr. Lee told us that his goal was to leave his land in better shape than how he found it. We are given gifts and resources to use everyday, and we should make it our goal to be good stewards of these resources so that they can be used by future generations. So don't worry about your future, just know your purpose. Be rewarded in knowing your purpose, even if you don't know your path or future.