(This is a thread I participated in on one of my other favorite websites. The system at work is down again, so I figured I'd share what else I do online beside Fubar. I am known on this website as 'Voice Of Reason"...)
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psytR:
Do you ever find yourself in awe? Do you ever ask yourself questions which you know cannot be answered? Do you ever wonder the meaning of life?
I know I do.
"What is the purpose of our lives? Some might say to God and others might say to nothing. Now you the person in the middle who sits and looks at these two options with a hesitation to choose, I offer you this: Wake up everyday and realize again and again that your purpose is the purpose of you and you are the purpose of life. Enrich your purpose with whatever you may choose. Because you are the creator of your destination and that God is you and that nothing is death"
I personally have found what makes me smile and what makes me sit in amazement. So I encourage you to embark on this journey that is life with this in mind.
Voice Of Reason:
I grew up in a military, black, religious family.
A triple-threat.
Upon finally leaving the nest and venturing out on my own, I've come to my own personal option about the purpose of life:
"To do what others cannot."
To me, that sums it up. My job as an individual on this planet is to do the things that others may not be capable of.
Luckily, to each of us as individuals, this is easy. We do it everyday whether we notice it or not.
We are each given separate talents, skills, weaknesses and fears that define who are are. They are our own. And as such, we inevitably run into others that are able to do feats we cannot.
Are you able to sing?
Are you able to draw?
Are you able to dance?
Sure, many share talents. Look at 'American Idol.'
But the levels of skill are still diverse. And the combination of talents are completely random.
You are 100% able to do something that no one else will ever be able to do.
And that is your purpose...
...in my opinion.
psytR:
Quite interesting, but I disagree to some extent. We are all humans and thus all capable of the samethings. Now we are born more capable of onething than another, but if one chooses to learn a new 'skill' or 'talent' then it is possible to do so with focus and dedication. Granted it can be more difficult for some to learn a 'talent' than others, nonetheless it's possible. Also I would say it's more of the enviroment we grow up in and little things we see as we develop our minds, if we notice them or not, that end up affecting our minds.
Voice Of Reason:
Make no mistake, I absolutely understand where you are coming from.
Personally, I disagree that all humans are capable of learning the same things.
We are too individualistic (is that a word) and unique. There are talents others have that I will never be able to do, no matter the focus and dedication.
Example: I will never be double-jointed.
Skills are a different matter. Talents are your born with.
But even still... the sheer random combination between skills and talents per person illustrates the individualism of our abilities.
With your powers combined, you will be able to do things that I will never be able to do.
And vysa-versa.
Shoot. Even twins have different talents and skills.
psytR:
Hmm, you put that nicely. There are some points I could disagree a little bit, but you gave a different perspective.
Voice Of Reason:
I love philosophical disagreements! grin
They are probably some of the best educational lessons one can learn.
Everything I post is nothing more than an analytical collection of my own opinions and experiences. In no way, shape, or form do I claim to be right.
By all means... if there's a perspective that I am just not seeing, PLEASE show me. I love to be critiqued, corrected, and edited.
What points did you disagree with?
psytR:
I guess I'm a firm believer in the amazing things a human being can accomplish when focused and dedicated. Therefore I think it possible to always learn a new talent or skill, but the point I agree and liked was that we all have a unique combination of these and thus we are very individualistic.
Voice Of Reason:
The consistent advancement in our society proves that we as humans practically have no limits. Through dedication, discipline, determination (which, I believe, all three pretty much mean the same thing), and sacrifice we comparitively are sentient.
I believe that I could take a person who cannot sing to save his/her life and give him/her enough vocal training that will have them trying out for 'Star Search' (now known as 'American Idol').
I do not believe that I can take an autistic boy who upon riding a school bus from his school to a baseball stadium can draw an apotheonic detailed map of his traveling route, to tie his toes (not to say that the autistic are incapable of tying shoes... it is just a sheer example).
Combined, the human animal is unstoppable.
Isolated, the human animal is limited.
Hence the reason for my opinion on our purpose in life:
"To do what others cannot."
psytR:
I think that all humans are born equal, but things that we expericance and view, effect us, but in the end we all can learn and do the samethings just as good as the other. We have the same parts and they work in the same way, but some at birth see different things in different ways, therefore we do and think about things differntly.
We are all the same!
