Having a quest, a focused and sustained life-long desire or goal to accomplish, can add immeasurably to the greatness of a life. It adds vitality to everyday activities. It adds purpose and vision to our choices and decisions and it brings excitement and interest into our interactions with the world.

Whether you call it mission, destiny, or even just a project, a quest is some distinct passion or purpose toward the accomplishment of which you are willing to throw all of your abilities, wealth and interests. Such a quest might include feeding starving orphans in Africa. Perhaps it is the creation of a world peace organization dedicated to bringing the planet's greatest minds together to create alternatives to war. Or maybe it is smaller and closer to home (but no less consuming for all that), such as rebuilding a degenerated and abandoned husk of a downtown into a vibrant and diverse community heart, complete with locally-owned businesses, interesting restaurants and communal areas for recreation and cultural events.

The greatest lives in our history have had one thing in common - they were on a quest, a journey of life-swallowing proportions that pulled them out of ordinary living and thrust them onto the stage of world events. Granted, not everyone involved in a quest will take this route of public acclaim or acknowledgement - indeed most do not. However, all quests do fill the questor with a sense of burning focus, power and purpose that colors their life with a deep and abiding greatness that cannot be replicated by other means - and this greatness is attractive to others with the same or similar quests. Like the great quests of fiction literature, it is highly likely that you will pursue your quest, if not to public acclaim, at least in the pleasant company of like-minded and strongly connected companion adventurers.

What is your quest? If you don't have one, what passions or purposes can you see in your life that you might investigate as possible options? Having a quest does wonders to a life - it clarifies decisions, provides a consistent undercurrent of inspiration and joy and offers vast opportunities for growth, success and just plain fun. Plus, when people ask you what you do, you can tell them that you're "on a quest to..." and maybe (who knows) they might just ask to come along!

(c) Soni Pitts

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Soni Pitts is the Chief Visionary Butt-Kicker of SoniPitts.Com. She specializes in helping others reclaim "soul proprietorship" in their lives and to begin living the life their Creator always intended for them.

She is the author of the free e-book "50 Ways To Reach Your Goals" and over 100 self-help and inspirational articles, as well as other products and resources designed to facilitate this process of personal growth and spiritual development.