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what is life

Jenkisha215
Jenkisha215

I wake up everyday trying to keep a balanced mind. I am 21 years young, and I am going through the motions of this age. I am a Track Athlete at my University but a student first. All while taking care of my priorities, I notice weird things that happen throughout the days and question what life really is. I am so curious in understanding what life's agenda is for the whole world. Understanding the deeper meaning behind why life work's the way it does in the present. I have always been a school boy and went to school because growing up that's all I was told, and it is nothing wrong with that. But, the world and society has such a stigma behind it nowadays, it worries me like I messed up in what I'm really destined for. Not discrediting the education system because it definitely has helped me understand what it is to be independent, but the image people portray it to be defintiely makes me question it. I just wonder who's shaking the jar and making everyone but heads. I know we only get one life but, is it supposed to be this way?

ReaDyO
ReaDyO
Hey I hope this message finds you and places good spirits upon you my friend. That is awesome that you are worried, it is good that you are curious about life and the purpose. I believe one's 20's are all about that, about wanting to figure out what life is and your place in it all. There are days that you will find it hard to understand. I want you to know this, you don't need to understand it sometimes. Accept it for what it is and look for a positive side to it. As for what other's think about education I believe it isn't much that they aren't into education, it is the education system that has been formed for profit that most people have a problem with. No one has a problem with learning, people have a problem with the politics and hypocrisy of the learning institutions. And if you think about it deeply you will see that there are indeed flaws in the education system, a lot of the higher ed is indoctrinating people. Making a curriculum that sometimes does not allow to think critically but instead just follow the same path others have already taken.

Anyways that is my opinion and at the end of the day that is all these comments you hear about education are, opinions. Be honest to your purpose and your True Self. Reflect but do not doubt yourself. Be strong in your convictions but know to be humble and curious. Learning is beautiful when it isn't corrupted by politics and opinions and buffoonery. You can only control YOU. I wish you strength, health and power.
eli_mom
eli_mom
Hi- When I was in college, my grandmother would always tell me to study hard and find a job so I could help my family. “Life is what you make it”- those are the words from my grandmother. If I want a good life then I have to make it happen.

As soon as I graduated from college, I immediately searched for a job so I could help them. I found a job and helped them for many years. I became financially independent from my parents but still there were times that I was in need of money because of utility bills and other stuff but I was thankful that I was surrounded with good friends and especially my supportive family.

Take care and stay safe. Thank you for sharing. I hope to hear from you again, God bless.
ApacheGod1888
ApacheGod1888
Try not to be so hard on yourself you are one of God's greatest creations and every day you wake up it's another day of celebrating life.
luvmygirl4
luvmygirl4
As long as you are living life in a way that makes you happy, you are not really doing it wrong. When I was younger I was trying to live how my parents wanted me to live, but eventually I concluded that wasn't exactly what I wanted, and changed my life goals, and have been happier ever since.