What have I done in my life?
I wanted to post yesterday, but I was not motivated to type. I just wanted to do nothing. I think I reached that level of carelessness that everyone talks about.
Everyone reaches a milestone in their life and wonder, “what have I done in my life so far?” Let’s elaborate a bit and say, “what have I accomplished so far in life that is worth mentioning?” “What have I accomplished that made a difference to someone else?” “What have I accomplished that made people happy?”
I ask these questions to my self all the time, but I don’t have an answer. I don’t know what I have done. I didn’t make my mark at all. I didn’t do anything worth mentioning.
Then I contemplated other little things that I might have done to make someone else happy, but I didn’t do anything that made me smile in return. I am really wondering what was worth this life of mine so far. Anything? Anyone?
Why we humans tend to assess our selves too much?
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Listen mate, I know exactly what you’re talking about, and I’ve been asking myself these questions my entire life. The answer isn’t in what you’ve done, but in who you are… It’s worth existing in life to be someone, even if that someone does nothing spectacular, but the existence itself is worth something. All you need to do is be, and be true to yourself, that’s worth something.
Everything else is just small details. There’s a great quote from a book called The Razor’s Edge:
“…he is not famous… It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water. But it may be that the way of life he has chosen for himself and the peculiar strength and sweetness of his character may have an ever-growing influence over his fellow men so that, long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature.”
I really like your advice Will E.
We are all trying to find out the answer of this question, hope we could find it before dieing crazy