I was watching the film "An Education" and doing some reading. First "An Education" is an Academy best picture nominee about a 16 year old girl, Jenny with academic promise and hopes of attending Oxford University. Halfway through senior year Jenny meets an older man with the means to take her around the world and show her all of the things she dreamed ever dreamed. Jenny ends up skipping her finals and quitting school in preparation to marry this man. She comes to this decision when she realizes that he could buy her everything she ever wanted instead of her working toward her goals.
This really got me thinking. What are we working towards? Is the journey more important than the end result? Many of us go to work day after day, but what are we working for? If we are working towards a better life couldn't that be more easily accomplished by taking the time to enjoy life by working less and living more? It is hard to really say. Sometimes it seems we do all of this work, but to what end?
--Krystal
I believe that we should live for ourselves. If you have responsibilities, you must take care of them. Those of us who don't, should be young, wild, and free, for we never know when our time may come to an end.
ReplyDeleteI agree! And if you have the means to live the life you wish to live then live it! Don't let the idea of being rich and having "things" compel you to only work and never live
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