What Is Your Purpose? Why Are You Here?

What is Your Purpose? Why Are You Here?

We all need purpose - a reason to rise each morning, an inspiration or goal to help us focus during the day, and something to be grateful for before we sleep.

But how do we find our purpose? And can it dramatically change over time?

Psychological tests ask you to imagine yourself a year, or ten, or twenty years from now, and consider:

What am I doing?
What do I care deeply about?
Who am I with?
And why?

The why is always key, because it often reveals our core interests, skills, and reasons for caring.

You may believe “I’m here to help others,” or “I want to protect the environment.” Or a million other, more granular goals. But how does that knowledge even emerge? How do we listen for it?

Here, in this 310-year-old house of worship, come and share your thoughts about why we’re here, on this beautiful orb, in the vastness of the Milky Way.

"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for." — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Newtown Square Friends Meetinghouse in Delaware County, PA, building was constructed in 1711, and is over 310 years old. It is located near a historic graveyard that predates the 1711 building.

• Established: Meetings began in the 1690’s in private homes.
• Building Date: Completed in 1711, major renovation in 1791.
• Location: 20 North Newtown Street Road (Rt. 252), Newtown Square, Delaware County
• Heritage: The site features an old graveyard where early Quakers were buried without elaborate headstones to promote equality.