Has anyone ever heard the saying "Life is what you make it"? Does anyone really believe this? I feel like it should be "Life is what it makes you" Let me know which perspective you believe and why. Thanks...
I think it is a combination. Life makes you all the time, but you get many chances to make it too. For example, life might make you travel away from home and meet a girl/boy that you never thought you would. Your decision and the way you treat the person will make the rest of your life.
I agree with Flores in saying it's a mix of both. Some people do shape their lives while some as much as they try get nothing but shit from theirs. As much as we like to think we are in control of our lives we aren't and vice versa. I guess it depends on your locus of control. Those with a inner locus of control do amazing things ..(and some end up dying for being too zealousPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! ) and those with a external locus of control seem to whine and whine about how life is a hateful bitch. Those who live brave die, those who live caustiously never livePlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I agree with you guys when you say that it is a combination of both and my add in thought to that is that is also think more than a combination, that it is a cause and effect. Let me explain... Life is what it makes you (cause) = Life is what you make it (Effect) I believe that the events that happen as a child will have a very strong impact on your belief system growing up. Whether we like it or not, our parents(Foster or Real),to some extent, play a role of god in our eyes as we grow up. The experience of growing up in a certain family/environment will help in forming how you perceive and entertain your world. Cause: When you discover that something that you have believed or perceived isn't beneficial, (effect) then you may try to create a better pattern to walk through your world with. Because of Life making you a certain way, you may try and create or pattern after something new. I believe life may just be a big series of trying to build a pattern of who you want to be as a person. Also, if someone can't change a part of them that they despise, it may lead to self-contempt and guilt..even shame... Last thought... Do you think we are all trying to be god to someone or something or even to ourselves? Please think about it before you respond. Whether we try or not, do you think our nature is prone to lead toward that?
Hitler, Saddam, Stalin, Mao ze Dong, Atilla, Ganghis, Julius, Alexander, Matha Stewart....need more. ....of course we try to be gods.....some actually get the foolish belief that they can be and some would seem to have reached such a point. For many who have tried it would seem that they came from a bad life, their childhoods shitty and their surroundings overwhelmingly bad. So when they grow up they must create their own existence in their own vision, few men have gotten to a point of obtaining such.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
