How do you find your purpose in life?
in Psychology ·
So, this is my first time checking in here...
It's a solid topic. Honestly, maybe it belongs in other subforums too. It feels like everyone these days—myself included, if I'm being honest—just takes the path of least resistance. We just soak up the habits and opinions of whoever happens to be standing around us. Just go with the flow, right? I get that it's natural to some extent, but it becomes a problem when people stop actually thinking about their own lives or what actually makes them happy... everything else just gets sidelined.
I really hope that over the next few centuries, society finally realizes that being different isn't something you should be judged for. Between the fear-based conditioning from certain religious institutions and growing up in those super conservative pockets of the country, it's hard to break out of the mold.
It’s funny, in a dark sort of way. People will spend lifetimes trying to map out distant galaxies, but they won't lift a finger to explore their own inner selves. Most people don't even try to look inward at their own minds or hearts because, frankly, it's much easier to stare at the stars than to face yourself.
Anyway, there it is.🙂
P.S. Just to be clear, I'm not out here rooting for violence or serial killers! 🙂
It's a solid topic. Honestly, maybe it belongs in other subforums too. It feels like everyone these days—myself included, if I'm being honest—just takes the path of least resistance. We just soak up the habits and opinions of whoever happens to be standing around us. Just go with the flow, right? I get that it's natural to some extent, but it becomes a problem when people stop actually thinking about their own lives or what actually makes them happy... everything else just gets sidelined.
I really hope that over the next few centuries, society finally realizes that being different isn't something you should be judged for. Between the fear-based conditioning from certain religious institutions and growing up in those super conservative pockets of the country, it's hard to break out of the mold.
It’s funny, in a dark sort of way. People will spend lifetimes trying to map out distant galaxies, but they won't lift a finger to explore their own inner selves. Most people don't even try to look inward at their own minds or hearts because, frankly, it's much easier to stare at the stars than to face yourself.
Anyway, there it is.🙂
P.S. Just to be clear, I'm not out here rooting for violence or serial killers! 🙂