Personal Philosophy Project
Essential Questions:
- What is the purpose of your existence?
- What is happiness and what makes you happy?
- What does it mean to live a meaningful life?
-To what extent can literature shape your personal philosophy on happiness and meaning?
- What is happiness and what makes you happy?
- What does it mean to live a meaningful life?
-To what extent can literature shape your personal philosophy on happiness and meaning?
ReflectionNew Insights
Throughout this project I have come across a lot of new insights, I have discovered more about who I am, and who I want to become. What I want to see in others, and myself. What I love and what gives my life meaning, and why I love them. Thies new discoveries started when we read our first book The Stranger, through reading this book I had many unexpected reactions, and thoughts to the book. On Page 57: “To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing. A minute later I turned back toward the beach and started.” This struck me because it really opened me up to this idea that in just one moment with one decision our entire life could change. This struck me mostly because when I thought about this more from one of my decisions in my life that has shaped my whole being, and any decisions in the future will also change who I am. Another idea that made me think was in the end of the book Into The Wild The author touches on the idea that it's not until you're about to die that you know what you wish you had done, and what you would do. Ultimately through this project I have learned a lot about who I want to become, and how I should get their, but the biggest thing that I learned was in order for me to get their I have to take others on my journey, and try to help others get to their meaning. Further Questions The biggest questions I had throughout this project is, how can I live my life in order for me to feel fulfilled when I am in my death bed?. What would make me ultimately happy, and is is something I haven't found yet?. Is my happiness an elution because I don't know what actually happy? The people in my life that I have help me find myself in recent times, will they always be apart of my life, and in order for me to be happy do I need them, and if they are apart of my life later will I find the same connections with other people? |
I find myself. By Lilah Gutt I find myself. I find myself learning, experiencing, failing, achieving, growing, and loving. I find myself being so influenced by the people and the places that surround me, yet, somehow I chose my own path that is fulfilling and meaningful. I discover what my own truth is, through my friends and mentors, and what it is to be a genuine human being. I find myself in a small town, in a sparse state, yet in a big big world. For me to come to peace with who I am, I must take time to allow this recognition. Nature, mountains, rivers, forests and deserts;where everything around me is so absurd in the grand scheme of life. It is a place where I understand what I set out on this earth to do. A place where I find myself forever grateful to be living, breathing, and seeing, because we simply never know when it could be taken away. This is the place I fear the most, yet feel so at home. A place where friends become family, and a place where struggle turns to success. I have provided myself with a life that is fulfilling, freeing, strenuous but simple. I provide myself with friends that push me to be better, stronger, and happier. I provide myself with a space where my soul comes to rest, and I find myself putting aside all self doubt, and pushing myself to conquer that which scares me the most. I find myself jumping into abysses of white powder clouds, hard concrete, and dirt trails with friends standing by my side sharing the sunset views upon emerald lakes, and endless stares in the night skies. I find myself looking across valley upon valley, mountain upon more mountains, in a place of beauty, struggle, and most of all I feel myself full of freedom, fulfillment, and I always find myself smiling from ear to ear... This is where I have learned what happiness is. Where I have found beauty in myself and others. Where what once was a dream has become truth, and pain and struggle has become inspiration. This is where memories are made, and secrets are shared. Where fears are recognized, and pushed to the side. This is my home. So notice. Is this your life? Do you find solitude and gratitude in who you are? Is there a space for you to simply know the soul that is inside of you. For you, serenity may look different. Yet, you will never know your true potential until you take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves every, single, day. |