“The unexamined life is not worth living”. What Socrates meant by this was, why would you want to live a life where you don’t question the meaning of it? I have to agree. There really isn’t anything special about a person who is just living their life to get through it. For the person that never analyzes their life, would never completely understand it. In order to know yourself and who you are, i think the processes of “self examination” which Socrates mentions, is vital to living a full and complete life. In a sense, living life as a robot -so to speak- is a complete waste to yourself and your peers. By going through the motions and not really caring or thinking about who you are along the way, you could be depriving the world of something really great, and you are losing the chance to better yourself.
There are certain qualities and talents that make every human being different, more unique. Whether it be a yearning to help people or passion to create, each of us have something that we found out through some sort of self examination. Dying and having nothing to show for it would be a tragedy. I believe possessing and striving for goals or dreams is a good indication that someone has looked at their life and acknowledged that is not the fullest it could be. They want something more, something to define their lives. Goals keep people motivated, or in other words, they are living for something and not just living to live. Our society has revolved around setting goals for yourself, even if they are menial. Most of us really do want to live our lives with some sort of purpose behind it.
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