2007-10-19 04:08:39 · 12 answers · asked by Lollypop 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There are a lot of people that have become famous after 40. Sometimes the situation is not right until later. Gramma Moses was in her 70s when she started painting. A lady in Indiana started making dolls after 40 and now she is famous accross the country.
2007-10-19 05:13:10 · answer #1 · answered by ustoev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life doesn't end at 40. Maybe you are a very young starry-eyed girl easily dissuaded. I personally feel life becomes less stressful, hence more congenial, for pursuits of your passions after 40. One is more or less financially stable, family responsibilities lessen as children grow up, so one can take chances which were considered risks hitherto.
And pray, do not think the point of life is to find a gift only...You can be a giver of gifts to others. That's much more fulfilling. TRY!!!
2007-10-19 15:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by P'quaint! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point of life is the living of it. The "gift" is not necessarily something that makes you special or unique. Maybe your gift is something that you don't really care for that much, but having and utilizing it makes the rest of your life possible. The car salesman that hates standing out in the wind and the heat, or the cold, waiting for the next possibility of a sale to walk up may love going to his child's college graduation. His occupation, which he holds onto with dreary desperation, has provided the means for this moment of fulfillment and happiness. Ask him and he will say, "It was all worth it."
These later generations have grown in a world of comparative entitlement. We want it the way we want it and we want it now. In addition to this is the belief that what we are suppose to want is what we have been exposed to through the media. ie I must have abs like Bruce Lee or I must have a butt like Jamie Lee Curtis. When you stop to think about it, we try to model ourselves after the people on top of the heap in Hollywood. The one place (arguably) in the World with no heart or soul.
Thoreau was right, the joy is in the journey, not the destination.
2007-10-19 11:44:59 · answer #3 · answered by kenmichaels 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not much point, if your lifetime ended at 40 years. But most of us are living into our late 70's or beyond, plenty of time to discover or create a purpose in your life. Better late than never!
Besides, some people just don't have any gifts or talents. That doesn't mean they can't still enjoy and make the most of their lives though.
2007-10-19 12:05:14 · answer #4 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe something is supposed to happen at 41. It may take many years to prep someone for their real purpose. Many famous people didn't make their mark until well after 40. Moses had to wander the Jews around the desert for 40 years before they were ready for the promised land. Everything in the fullfilment of its own time. Every tree drops its fruits only when they are ripe.
2007-10-19 11:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Robert Heinlein wrote, "A specialist is someone that knows more and more about less and less, until he knows everything about nothing. A generalist is someone that knows less and less about more and more, until he knows nothing about everything."
The point of life is to be the best you, you can be. I would guess that you thought that you had a special thing that you were suppose to do, you just did not know what. That is a common sadness many people carry. You are searching for your destiny. Quit looking and let it find you. In the mean time, do whatever makes the best you.
2007-10-19 11:59:22 · answer #6 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't think we're ever the ones to know what the point of our own lives are. a person who sees their life as pointless and opts for suicide often leaves behind many people who miss him/her terribly. they saw a point to that person's life even if the person who opted out didn't. i don't know if you've ever seen the very old film 'it's a wonderful life'. if you haven't, you should. it's about a man who feels like he was a complete failure in his life. an angel comes and shows him what the world would have been like without him in it. he had no idea the good that he'd done till then. so i think it's selfish and narcissistic to evaluate the value of your own life. the value is in how you effect others.
2007-10-19 11:52:01 · answer #7 · answered by bob s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grandma Moses, the famous folk painter didn't find her gift until she was in her 70s. So who is to say that people who bloom early always bloom the best?
2007-10-19 12:40:29 · answer #8 · answered by Nimaeve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds a bit self-centred to me. What is wrong with spending your life helping other people? Even if it is in a farly
menial way. We don't all need to be stars.
2007-10-19 12:08:28 · answer #9 · answered by macdelanoche 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are ups and downs in life. I guess that is how people live even if they are no good in anything.
2007-10-19 11:19:01 · answer #10 · answered by tahan92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋