What Makes Life Worth Examining?

As Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” This perspective may be commonplace now, but what is it exactly that makes a person’s existence worth looking at?

One may say man needs to have a personal meaning, goals to look forward to, and a reason for doing what he does. For someone to do that, they would have to “know thyself” which can often be a complicated matter. Every being has a soul, however, there are those who haven’t tapped into what their soul is communicating to them. Our body of work, people we have impacted, and our conscious mindset play a massive role in how we perceive our own existence.

When we talk about body of work, we typically mean the accomplishments someone has obtained while pursuing whatever field they decided to commit to. The contributions a person has made is widely regarded as something we should base how well someone lived their life. What anybody had the ability to do, based on their strong will, is seen as admirable and we seek to emulate the mindset and ideas this certain individual has. In the history books, we have read about incredible men and women who have provided loads of value to society.

As a result, these individuals are often celebrated and looked up upon by those learning about them. This coincides with personal meaning due to the fact we perceive those as successful when they have made a significant impact.

While not everybody will make the history books, that certainly does not make other people’s lives unimportant, or unexamined per say. The type of impact a person has on other human beings, especially when it’s a positive one, makes someone of significance already. This is typically recognized for people when somebody they loved or admired is deceased. As we look at the entirety of a person’s life, we turn to the people who spent the most time with them and discuss what type of personality they possessed.

Basically, we attempt to get a feel of the person’s essence through the experiences of the ones that knew them. Because their physical self is no longer with us, we wonder about where they could have gone or if this life is…

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