Jotting #5 - Happiness, Important Life, What is Right?

Question: Express in one sentence one of your guidelines for living: how to be happy, what is important in life, what is right. Now illustrate your sentence with three specific examples. To be more fully honest, also consider a competing idea or objection someone might have to your philosophy.

My Response: One of my guidelines is to never get stuck in one spot but continually travel the road of a bigger purpose. I view life as a road I am on. Being a Christian I am part of something bigger than myself. As I have gone through life I have gone through many different parts of that path. Elementary school was a host of different scenes along that path. In turn Middle school another bunch of scenes came as I progressed towards something bigger. Now as I am in college I see another set of scenery. This may be the best that I have scene yet. But the fact of the matter is there is more scenery to come. It makes me happy to see new scenery and I feel that it is what is important.
Life was meant to be lived with other people. It is right to be aware of what there problems are and what they need. There is a lot of emphasis put on making yourself better than other people. It is good to look outside yourself and not be focused on what would get you more possessions and status. Many people will see certain scenery and will lose motivation to move on. They will stay at that scene and build on it. They’ll make it more “beautiful” and will never progress.
On the other hand there is the life that focuses on self improvement and development. Going back to the previous analogy we see that you must be well in order to anything. Looking out for yourself does in fact have its place. There is a certain element of life in which you must be able to hold yourself together. You have nothing to offer to other people if you are not okay.
However, it should never be to the point that you are neglecting those around you.