You are alive. Your chest expands with every breath, your cells dying and regenerating by the millions every second. Each choice you make is conscious, and affects your future in some way, shape, or form. Our life is our own, and it cannot be fulfilled by anyone else. Similarly, one’s life has a specific purpose that cannot be accomplished by anyone else. Our minds evolve as we age, and further develop until we achieve our specific task or life mission. Your friend, neighbor, even your teacher cannot fulfill your destiny, for it is not designed to benefit them. Although we may have similar ambitions, each individual houses a life’s worth of tasks which can only be completed by him or her. The completion of these tasks is the realization of …show more content…
As one begins to speak, one beings to develop ideas. As one begins to develop ideas, the world shapes around him to match his perspective. This growth into consciousness creates an opinionated and dedicated individual. Without ideas to represent one’s beliefs, there is little meaning to one’s life. Thankfully, the human race has never been short of ideas, which have created passions within for individuals throughout time. How would we live had there not been the creation of the wheel? What would power our cities if Thomas Edison had not invented the light bulb? How would we cook if fire had never been created? It is the cultivation of this curiosity and intuitive thinking in every man’s mind that powers society’s innovations. One’s aspirations fuel his life, and they cannot be merely replaced by someone else. Individuality is …show more content…
For example, when asked the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” children often answer: “Rich.” However, it is how the children want to become rich, or for what reasons they want to become rich, that differentiate each child. Each brind prevails or plummets on its own accord with little influence from the outside world. This philosophy regards the path the child chooses to travel through, which determines their individuality, rather than the destination the child reaches. This phenomenon of destined individuality can even be observed in the behavior of animals. Lacking the ability to think aside from instinct, animals are solely preoccupied with consumption and reproduction. Nonetheless, we observe animals of the same species consuming different animals, living in different habitats, and behaving differently from one another. Even in other aspects of the animal kingdom, it has been proven that each life has a slightly different purpose, and that this purpose cannot be recreated perfectly by anyone