2007-05-30 17:11:29 · 5 answers · asked by scout b 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
In terms of traits, you can be as you choice. You can be selfish or selfless -- you can even choose a mixture. You can be greedy or generous -- or you can choose a mixture of the two. All traits can be viewed from this paradigm.
Surprisingly, some people are masochistic at heart and even seek out the adversity.
2007-05-30 17:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You can see this in the animal world; salmon that are raised in a pond are not as good eating as those that have to stuggle against the current.
People do not "bloom" without a challenge. The trick is to keep the challenge from overwhelming the individual, causing frustration, depression or worse.
2007-05-30 17:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always been told that what doesn't kill you makes stronger and of what a man is overcome by, the same has become his master. In that respect, some people survive the crash of life only to make themselves a more secure cage.
2007-06-01 02:03:27 · answer #3 · answered by RIFF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Read Emerson and Thoreau.
Both have written eloquently on this subject.
2007-05-30 18:12:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter if we "discover who we are". We are meaningless lumps of moving carbon. Someday we'll be dead. Whether we understand ourselves or not.
2007-05-30 17:14:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋