When we were young, like elementary or even middle school, we didn’t have a single worry on our minds the world was our playground and we could do whatever we wanted without worrying about what others thought. Then suddenly in high school this awkward phase between teenage and adulthood sneaks up on us and we are left with the question “Who am I?” For some people that question is answered simply and they go on and live their lives doing what they want and are happy. However for some people that question will be left unanswered for most of their lives and it will be hanging over their heads like a rain cloud with lightning and thunder being a constant reminder of the unsolved question “Who am I?” It makes life a challenge for these people and
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We don't know what he wanted and we don’t know if he knew what he wanted but like I said earlier people get this picture that being rich is what they want. “So on we worked, and waited for the light” some people who have trouble discovering themselves sometimes get clouded with the idea that the more materials and money they have they can buy themselves a sense of identity so people work hard for this false assumption “and waited for the light” and not realizing their mistake until it is too late for them do anything about it. From Irwin Mercer “Greed”, “Our thirst for more could not be quenched [...] till at our death, when our hands are opened.” becoming materialistic clouds the mind into believing that objects or money could fill the whole and answer the brutal …show more content…
It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone” loneliness is a common friend for people struggling to find themselves because they just feel like noone cares in Ella Wheeler Wilcox “Solitude” it says, “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone;” it hurts to be alone when you need someone but sometimes it may be the best for you since “Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.” (Hesse) The one’s trying to find themselves can only do that by being alone sometimes for when you’re alone you focus on you truly and find what makes you happy and what you want to do with your one life. It’s good to take a step back and look at your
We don't know what he wanted and we don’t know if he knew what he wanted but like I said earlier people get this picture that being rich is what they want. “So on we worked, and waited for the light” some people who have trouble discovering themselves sometimes get clouded with the idea that the more materials and money they have they can buy themselves a sense of identity so people work hard for this false assumption “and waited for the light” and not realizing their mistake until it is too late for them do anything about it. From Irwin Mercer “Greed”, “Our thirst for more could not be quenched [...] till at our death, when our hands are opened.” becoming materialistic clouds the mind into believing that objects or money could fill the whole and answer the brutal …show more content…
It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone” loneliness is a common friend for people struggling to find themselves because they just feel like noone cares in Ella Wheeler Wilcox “Solitude” it says, “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; / Weep, and you weep alone;” it hurts to be alone when you need someone but sometimes it may be the best for you since “Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.” (Hesse) The one’s trying to find themselves can only do that by being alone sometimes for when you’re alone you focus on you truly and find what makes you happy and what you want to do with your one life. It’s good to take a step back and look at your