“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” -Joseph Campbell. Happiness is my meaning of life. I am successful in leading a life of happiness throughout my daily experiences. Place to place, how I speak, daily activities, through success and throughout all of time, I try to show my happiness.
Happiness in a place reminds me of my grandmothers’ woods besides her house. The enchanted forest beckons me into its pulsing heart. How could I resist such a lush garden full of memories? The deep, hallways that lead to the mysterious doorways called out to me. The pathways were carved with hours of my childhood. I plunged into the woods that once held playful …show more content…
How much control do you think you have over your fate? Are you in the driver’s seat in determining your own success? Choices have consequences that transcend decades. Choices made today impact forever. A tiny choice that you take today can be the foundation of a sequence of millions of events and consequent choices that shape your future. Our choices have consequences that transcend decades. This transcendence is horsepower for new thoughts and actions. To a striking extent, your overall life chances can be predicted not just from your parents’ status but also from your great-great-great-grandparents’. Gonchar (2014) says 50 to 60 percent of variation in overall status is determined by your lineage. The fortunes of high-status families inexorably fall, and those of low-status families rise, toward the average (para 7). With this information I believe it is fair to say that our location in the world can influence our lives directly. Mark Twain penned a famous line more than a century ago neatly distilling the distinct cultures of the three largest cities in the American Northeast. “In Boston,” he wrote, “they ask, ‘how much does he know?’ In New York, ‘How much is he worth?’ In Philadelphia, ‘Who were his parents?’ ”We like to think that we have control over our destinies. But what if our fate was determined by our ancestors hundreds of years ago? Where we grow up is not set in stone, but where we grow up will influence our lifestyles forever. Living in a small town compared to a large town will change your perspective on life. In a small and rural town the demographic may be a place that is predominantly white, lots of green, and slow paced. Which would compare to a place that is highly multicultural, lots of buildings, enormous, and fast paced. It is easy to see that everything is completely different, but what about our personality will be defined? Place defines our character. Character is our reputation, what we stand for,
Happiness in a place reminds me of my grandmothers’ woods besides her house. The enchanted forest beckons me into its pulsing heart. How could I resist such a lush garden full of memories? The deep, hallways that lead to the mysterious doorways called out to me. The pathways were carved with hours of my childhood. I plunged into the woods that once held playful …show more content…
How much control do you think you have over your fate? Are you in the driver’s seat in determining your own success? Choices have consequences that transcend decades. Choices made today impact forever. A tiny choice that you take today can be the foundation of a sequence of millions of events and consequent choices that shape your future. Our choices have consequences that transcend decades. This transcendence is horsepower for new thoughts and actions. To a striking extent, your overall life chances can be predicted not just from your parents’ status but also from your great-great-great-grandparents’. Gonchar (2014) says 50 to 60 percent of variation in overall status is determined by your lineage. The fortunes of high-status families inexorably fall, and those of low-status families rise, toward the average (para 7). With this information I believe it is fair to say that our location in the world can influence our lives directly. Mark Twain penned a famous line more than a century ago neatly distilling the distinct cultures of the three largest cities in the American Northeast. “In Boston,” he wrote, “they ask, ‘how much does he know?’ In New York, ‘How much is he worth?’ In Philadelphia, ‘Who were his parents?’ ”We like to think that we have control over our destinies. But what if our fate was determined by our ancestors hundreds of years ago? Where we grow up is not set in stone, but where we grow up will influence our lifestyles forever. Living in a small town compared to a large town will change your perspective on life. In a small and rural town the demographic may be a place that is predominantly white, lots of green, and slow paced. Which would compare to a place that is highly multicultural, lots of buildings, enormous, and fast paced. It is easy to see that everything is completely different, but what about our personality will be defined? Place defines our character. Character is our reputation, what we stand for,