Does purposeful action ever end?
The answer to this question is found in the metaphor of the brook. Just as the brook is the flow of water, so too life is the flow of action. Without the flow of water, there is no brook; without the flow of actions there is no life.
Since flow creates the flow of what is to follow, our actions set the stage for future actions. So, considering the question in the title of the post, if you consider actions as continuing through life - and we mean purposeful action here - then these continue. You might argue or ask, what happens when we die? The answer depends on the nature of the action. For example, Mohandas Gandhi’s action to free a nation from foreign occupation peacefully continues through others, as do Mother Teresa’s acts of service to humanity.
This concept of continuing action works lock-step with the concept of continuous improvement, or Kaizen. How can there be Kaizen if the action ends?
Another aspect of this post relates to the extent or breadth of the action being considered. For example, if we consider the action to be simply walking a mile on a certain day at a certain place, the action in and of itself ends. However, if one considers the walk as part of a healthy living regimen, it continues - through its ups and downs as the case might be …
Now, what do you think… and why?
Purposeful Action can be passed down from one generation to another. I was taught that I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors, and their lives continue on through me. I remember their strength and wisdom and I use it as courage when I am faced with obstacles. They were leaders and visionaries instilling in the future generation values and ethics. The trials and tribulations they have endured taught me to stay in faith and live purposefully. Therefore, purposeful actions will never cease as long as the future generation stands firmly and act with virtue.
Your comments are inspiring, Margaux! PC
Purposefull action never ends as its a continous process.
Human action is purposeful behavior. Or we may say: Action is will put into operation and transformed into an agency, is aiming at ends and goals, is the ego’s meaningful response to stimuli and to the conditions of its environment, is a person’s conscious adjustment to the state of the universe that determines his life. Such paraphrases may clarify the definition given and prevent possible misinterpretations. But the definition itself is adequate and does not need complement of commentary.
(source:http://mises.org/story/2506)
Mahamata gandhi is an example of purposeful action.Gandhi is also known as the greatest apostle of peace and nonviolence in the world today. Gandhi is globally popular as a proponent of practicable nonviolence.His theory of nonviolence brough freedom to india.