Living For A Cause or For Your Course

Are you living for a cause or for your course?
The sincere answer to this question is the compass that direct the affairs of your life.
Your cumulative actions and reactions to the affairs of life has been on the basis of either of the divide.
A brother I respect so much, Chidi Nkwocha once asked "what is the best motivation; drive to be successful or drive to make the world a better place?"
I believe you can choose to either set your personal positive life's goals and walk them into fruition or commit yourself to a larger than life goal that would mostly benefit the society and perhaps, make the world a better place.
Both choices are not bad in themselves. If everybody is winning in their personal space, eventually, it would make the world a better place especially as we are interdependent on one another. However, some folks have the intended burden placed on them to better the lot of others. They are usually influential in their ways and tend to pull the crowd towards them with an electromagnetic effect.
This kind of people derive satisfaction in mentoring others and seeing the protégé tow their path, good or bad.
The art could be learnt though, as is most things in this part of our world.
So now the argumentum de choix is between living for a cause, a larger than life vision, living for others, adding to the society, sustainably making the world a better place...and living for the set course you desire in life, expectedly upward and forward; with your personal happiness as the primary objective, even though it could still benefit the society, largely because of the interdependence of the universe.
You decide, what format of expression appeals more to your inner soul
What makes your heart beat?
Where lies your strength?
For a cause or for your course?