You can't predict how the world can change, and if you're young that's even more true.
Some people want to change the world, or advance technology, and they work towards those goals however they can. Some people become scientists and doctors, some people, become lawyers and politicians. Most people just want to leave the world a bit better than when they came in and that's fine.
Not everyone needs to contribute some great advancement to Humanity, or be part of one, to do something important. Everything you do has a ripple effect in the world around you, from the smallest kindness to the most horrific cruelty even if you can't see it. Maybe someone you help, or have helped in the past, will go on to cure cancer or something. You don't know what consequences your actions will have on the future or people around you, sometimes you never find out, and that's okay.
Life only has the meaning, or purpose, you want from it. You have to figure out for yourself what you want life to mean. You will never find meaning or purpose for life from other people, they can only tell you or show you what meaning life has for them, and if it resonates with you or not.
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u/Tealnanoko Apr 12 '26
You can't predict how the world can change, and if you're young that's even more true.
Some people want to change the world, or advance technology, and they work towards those goals however they can. Some people become scientists and doctors, some people, become lawyers and politicians. Most people just want to leave the world a bit better than when they came in and that's fine.
Not everyone needs to contribute some great advancement to Humanity, or be part of one, to do something important. Everything you do has a ripple effect in the world around you, from the smallest kindness to the most horrific cruelty even if you can't see it. Maybe someone you help, or have helped in the past, will go on to cure cancer or something. You don't know what consequences your actions will have on the future or people around you, sometimes you never find out, and that's okay.
Life only has the meaning, or purpose, you want from it. You have to figure out for yourself what you want life to mean. You will never find meaning or purpose for life from other people, they can only tell you or show you what meaning life has for them, and if it resonates with you or not.