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Mid-life crisis...every day?

Added: June 12, 2005, 3:50 pm (84 views)
So, I learned once in an Intro to Psychology about what generally causes people to have a Mid-Life crisis. People go through a phase generally when they are considered middle-aged. They start to realize that life is moving on, and age is catching up to them. They realize they are not and will not become a 4-star general, a CEO, or a great politician. People want to think their life has a great purpose, that they are here for a reason and that what they do every day furthers society and contributes to all of the other good in the world. Your average person looks at their average job and average life and thinks that they have not done anything great. Since time will not allow them the chance, they fear they will amount to nothing more than an "average" person, not having done any great deeds or made a significant impact on society.

Similar things pass through my mind from time to time. What am I doing? Why am I here? Am I not taking advantage of life to its fullest? Should I be striving to be even greater than I am? What society would we have without people that contributed their entire lives furthering its success? Why should others make such sacrifices while I live contededly in mediocrity.

There are implications about the purpose of life from both religion and society in general. It's a topic that keeps philosphers and theologians ever so busy. Regardless, I believe we all must remember a very basic thought. That we, as a society, function for the individual. Each of us must live our lives to the fullest that we feel we can. We must do our best in all that we do. We must respect and help our neighbors in all things that we do. We must be selfless, and through our compassion for others we will find joy beyond what any other single accomplishment can give us. I believe we are all here to simply live our lives. Some of us are meant to be 4-star generals, or the president of a great nation. Others are meant to simply live what most consider to be an average life.

Everyone can affect the lives of those around them. We are here to make a difference to each other. And if everyone lived for that same reason, people across the world would be content and our society would progress by everyone doing their part, no matter how small or insignificant some might think it is.

Why all of this meaningless babble? I think that we should all be content to be alive, to be living in the great world that surrounds us. We should not waste time away dreaming and wishing we were somewhere else... with someone else... doing something else. Life is whatever we make of it. Our happiness is limited only by our hearts and our minds.