I wouldn't expect for you, or anyone for that matter, to try and be someone other than themselves. But, with what is going on in today's world, that's pretty much all people do, trying to 'be' someone who they think fits their own personal M-O. And, as we have discussed here before, our own outlook on particular ways in life are accumulated by those strong outfits in society. You know, the ones at the top of the money pyramid who say what is and isn't cool or hip or in style? Ya, those people set the tone in things like fashion, idealism and fundamentalism. We also know that younger adolescents who just want to be 'cool,' and fit in with the crowd. The definition of cool is also set at different degrees according to age variety as well. What does it mean to be cool at the age of 7-10? These have multiple variations within meaning of particular social circles. Being 'cool' during middle school or even in high school tends to correlate, to some level, with one another? The spectrum is always changing and becoming more or less evolved as one's age group progresses. Some of us find ourselves through the chaos in the world and tend to develop at a 'natural' state, meaning that as society helps to shape our self of being, our friends, activities, music, education and surroundings, it also plays that beneficiary role in evolving the person we are. While having people to look up to, who inspire us and who have influence on what we become having also take part, they only have these things in common in the shaping of idealism, not entirely or specifically making you who you are!! YOU are the one who chooses. We all choose & take our own paths in life. It's not the path in life that decides who we are as individuals...We ourselves make that decision when choosing the paths or tasks that present themselves to us as we progress. The choice itself IS our development, progression and understanding.
How does a man/woman truly and honestly develop and judge him/herself in this world? Is there a social curriculum that you choose to abide by, evaluate yourself and to progress on this type of fundamentally constructed non-sense? People are always judging us in one way or another, saying one thing, but actually meaning another even. One can never really trust/rely on another human being unless it is a loved one, but even then the circumstances are still slim that whatever the deed at hand may be, it will most likely not go the way you had hoped or imagined it would go. Which brings us to the very thought of expectation itself and how we arrive at the specific ideal. The next question would be 'do you even need to expect or rely on another human being other than yourself?? In surroundings such as the work setting you can and must because one must keep their job (if it is a necessity to maintain a particular lifestyle), but then again they honestly do not have to be reliable. As human beings we build relationships with others to enforce or ways of life so we can construct a monument of lifetime 'trust'and companionship that exceeds in numerous amounts of ways making life what it is today, tomorrow and 30 years from now. If we were to take this all away, we would have something completely different than we do today. Insofar as we need relationships to further develop our societies and civilizations into a progressive ideal state. That's the goal of most 'developing/developed' cultures and societies right? That and the betterment of the human being itself.
How would you want to change things in your life for the betterment of oneself and/or others? DO the relationships in your life count and stand for something certain in your journey/path and tasks through life?
