Question

"Free from what? As if that mattered to Zarathustra!
But your eyes should tell me brightly: free for what?"
- Thus Spake Zarathustra, Nietzsche

The plain fact is that the planet does not need more ‘successful’ people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, story-tellers, and lovers of every shape and form. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane. And these needs have little to do with success as our culture has defined it – David Orr

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 55:8

Where do we go when God frees us? What do we do with our freedom?

What is success? How to strive for holiness without inadvertently striving for success or achievement?

What are we doing here?

"Glorify God"
"The Great Commission"
"Delight in Christ"
"Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind"
"Love the Lord Your God"
"Love Your Neighbor As Yourself"
"Etc"
"Etc"
"Etc"

What is the meaning of life? The final meaning? What big goal are all the little choices pointing towards?

A girl is told that her purpose is to "win." She prepares for a cross country marathon by eating lots of carbs and training seven hours a day. The night before the competition she learns that it is actually a beauty pageant.

How can we know if our choices are right unless we hold them up to a final destination?

And what is it?