Maybe what follows is unique to my own experience, or perhaps it points to a truth about reality – but I haven’t found the human story to be accurately portrayed by the mission-oriented narrative espoused in Western commercial culture. I don’t believe that we were born with some inherent mission or purpose; we simply come into being. Life doesn’t require justification. We may find proclivities and/or passions that motivate us to perform roles or adorn particular identities