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This question is only asked by those who cannot measure how far they have come. We all have our subjective distances. But if you are a human being, some combin
by avindroth 10y ago
This question is only asked by those who cannot measure how far they have come.
We all have our subjective distances. But if you are a human being, some combinations of the following will be that distance:
1. Sustenance (food, water, housing, money)
2. Community (belonging, love)
3, Self-expression
4. Self-transcendence (altruism)
This is a gross simplification of Maslow, but give me some slack. If you question every person saying "you won't get very far in life" with "how do you measure getting very far", you are not only annoying the other person, but also yourself. Spend that time trying to measure how far you have come.
- kross 10y agoI appreciate your reference to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Assuming you have met safety/security (#1), general philosophy of living presently would ask "why measure at all?"
- runeks 10y ago> Spend that time trying to measure how far you have come. Why? Who is the intended recipient of this information, once I have formulated it into words? Myself? I don't enjoy repeating things to myself I already know. Formulating into words how far you've come can only happen while you know how far you've come. And while you're in the state of knowing how far you've come, you don't need to repeat to yourself how far this is. You know.