Not the purpose of life but the quality of it!!!

Arun - No, I'm not bothered about purpose of life. I'm concerned about the quality of it. Why do we live as we Do?

Me - Clarity about your purpose in life dictates the choices you make which in turn define how and why you do what you do, which then is manifested in the quality of life.
For most, purpose is just fulfilling the activity obligations of the job, family and societal standing. For them the choices have clear boundaries and a tangible input output productivity index. Since seeking is tangible, so is suffering. Self actualisation is but materialistic arrival. And why they do what they do is the means to their ends.
The problem comes when one has a more altruistic purpose. 'Coz that needs to dovetail with the activity cycle which is a constant, if you wanna conform. Not being able to nags, frustrates and life sucks. Society's hypocrisies, the futility of seeking, the absent present et al are just panaceas for ones inability to come to terms with what one wants/seeks. That altruistic purpose.

In the same vein as the question: Do we eat to live or live to eat?....
Do we do do what we do because we have to or want to?

16.2.10
Now is always buffeted by the possibilities revealed in hindsight. What if scenarios that make one wonder if one sub-optimised choice for expediency or, just not knowing better. Such reflection is usually brought on either by a sense of failure or, trying to figure out why what is doesn't seem to make much sense. One tides over the former because hindsight usually just confirms that one didn't know any better. No anchors of purpose, knowledge or desire. What is was meant to be.
Its when expedient choices were seemingly purposefully made that the mind in the present, harks back and forth to the what if scenarios. A sense of loss of what isn't haunting the seeming senselessness of what is.
Expedient choice was the pragmatic option. Pragmatism, like politics, is the art of the achieveable. Both compromise purpose easily. Both aren't comfort zones for thinking people. Hence Suffering.

Its polite to end conversations you start even if its only to say you're not interested in the load of bull you're getting.
Clarifies the other party's perspectives on life.

Arun - Actually its difficult to understand your English. Takes me quite some time.

Me - Ha Ha!! And that from a guy who devours philosophers with ease. I'll keep that in mind though.