When I was a child, I was asked by some elder, “What do you want to be”? I said, “ I want to be a pilot.” Time passed and when I woke up, I was not a pilot. I really had never thought what I wanted to be. Wherever life took me, I just followed quietly. At a stage I wanted to be a doctor, I never become one, then I wanted to be a film star but circumstances never allowed me, then I wanted to be a formula one driver, but I never had an opportunity.
Most of us do not know, what we want to be! We think of something but we end up with something else. Most of us do not know “ what is the aim of my life”? Which is a much greater thing than being something. Most of us pass our lives aimlessly. Some one asked me” what is the aim of your life! And I was clueless.
God gave us a precious life, which cannot be wasted. We are sent here for a definite purpose. To know this purpose is the foremost important thing. As Shakespeare says “ life is a stage and everyone in an actor who plays his role and walks away”. So why not that we should play our role in the best possible manner? Why not we improve our act? Why not to do something that the audience is not only pleased but also benefited from our role? Aim of our life is hidden in fact. We have to search it and then pursue it. A person may know his aim in life and not pursue it all his life whereas a person may not know his aim but keep working on it blindly all his life.
Smaller aims can be as many as you can think of in your present environment; if you are a peon your aim may be to become a clerk. If you are clerk, your aim may be to become an officer. If you are an officer your aim may be to become GM of the institution some day. If you are a GM your aim may be to be an MD. If you are an MD, your aim may be to buy the company. If you are owner of the company your aim may be to buy the neighbors company as well. Similarly when we own a cycle we want to buy motorbike, this becomes our next aim, when we achieve it, we aim to buy a car, when we buy a car, we want to buy a better car, finally we set our aim to buy a Rolls Royce and when we manage to get a Rolls Royce by then we are already aiming to buy a private plane or a helicopter. And the story goes on.
But the bigger aims are fever, as to be a better human being, to devote your life to save the nature, to spend your life to benefit other people.
Now you can see the difference between smaller aims and the larger aims. The smaller the aim, the easier it is to achieve. The bigger the aim becomes, more difficult it becomes to achieve it. Smaller aims may require few minutes to achieve. But the bigger aims may consume whole life. Smaller aims may give you wealth, happiness and all the comforts of world. But bigger aims hardly have anything to offer except, difficulties, hindrances and hardship.
Having a bigger aim in life does not mean that we just forget about living our lives in a normal way. Only Prophets and Saints could do that. We being a normal human being must pursue smaller aims as well as have a bigger aim. We may give much of our time to smaller aims but we must devote some time to achieve our bigger aim.
To satisfy once inner self, it is necessary to have a greater aim in life. It will not only please our own self but will also please God and other people. Not all the people have great aims in life. It distinguishes us from others. It helps us satisfying our conscious and sub conscious. God has gifted us with such beautiful life. We must not waist it. We must find a purpose to live it and use it as best as we can.

Have you ever thought about it? You must have. What is your Aim of Life ? Please comment