Do we all have a meaning for others?
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We meet various people in day today lives. Some are very important figures, and some are relatively less important figures. That is the social norm, to separate people like important and less(or not) important. But this quote (what we are discussing here) shows that there are no such people who are less or not important.Arite Seki wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 00:36 For me, I can see it meaning two different things. I think the first meaning could be that we all have a role to play in people's lives and we should recognise and protect that when we feel like we don't have value in another's life. Or it could be the reverse and mean that all the people we meet have their own unique meaning in our lives. I like the latter interpretation better as I find it to be a more holistic version
Everyone has values, and anyone can be important at any moment. So we have to truly identify the capabilities of people who we meet. Other way round, that is applicable to ourselves as well. So we should know what we are truly capable of and should be ready to utilize them for the benefit of those who need them.
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I agree. For the closest ones, we mean a lot. We simply know this, but most of the times we do not give much attention to such meanings, and we only see their effect when we do something stupid enough to harm that meaning and harm our picture. Such a thing can affect very badly to our closest ones. Imagine how your parents feel if you are arrested for a crime. So it is important to carefully protect and maintain the meaning that our closest ones see in us.Jennifer Aldo wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 00:48 In another light, there's always that one person we mean the world to. A person who our very existence gives meaning to. It could be our mums, Dads, spouses, children, friends. We should treasure this and not do anything to harm it.
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If you are a celebrity, you will definitely be a huge impact in the lives of many, and out of them a majority will be complete strangers to you. But you do not have to be a celebrity to give or be a meaning to others. Your very life that you think is a completely ordinary one will be full of lessons to others, even for those who are complete strangers to you. So you may be leading a completely ordinary life as per your view, yet keep in mind to maintain your character qualities because they may be important to the outsiders more than they are important to youBridgetbruso99 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 01:38 I also think the quote refers to not just the obvious people we would mean something to, but that you never know the impact that you could be having on others. People need to be aware of that and live their lives accordingly by it. Think of the people that you have met that have impacted you in some way, whether they knew it or not. Now think about if there might be someone somewhere in your life that thinks about you the way you think of that person.
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Exactly. Most of us go through various hardships to be a person that we think is the perfect person. But in the process we tend to forget that there are people who value ourselves as we are. It is more difficult to be yourself than being someone else. But people think it the other way round and always try to be someone else.jaym_tan wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 02:10 I love this quote from the book because it is true that we are someone's reason to go on in life, or we are the ones that give meaning to others. Which is why we should not beat ourselves too much because there are those who believe in us, and look to us as good examples.
So it is important to understand who you really are and work to maintain that status as well as improve it.
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What we do can be small and personal deeds in our own eyes. Though we do not think, they can have a large effect or affect on others' lives. So that is why we should be careful of what we do. We may not think of our acts for our own sake, but for the sake of the others, it is better to identify the true meaning of our selves and our acts and then try to protect the good aspects of those things
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Hiiii! I am glad you agree! Even seeing little comments online under videos that say 'hey I don't know who needs to hear this, but you are loved'. Those things have such big impacts on others and that person may never know that they saved someone's life. We all have meaning for each other!cd20 wrote: ↑10 Apr 2021, 17:16Hey Maddie! I agree we do have meaning for others, and doing the smallest thing, like smiling at people can have an impact. You may never know or someday someone might come back and tell you the impact you made on them. Since things are like a domino effect, we could even impact people that we have not encountered, kind of like the seven degrees of separation thing.Maddie Atkinson wrote: ↑05 Apr 2021, 15:50I think we all have meaning for all others. Even the smallest things can impact people. Like smiling at someone. For all we know, that person was having a bad day and your smile brightened their day. You'll probably never see them again, but you had an impact on them, even if temporarily. We all have meaning to each other, no matter how small.Sushan wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 01:15
This is a quote from this book that caught my attention. What do you think about this statement? Does it mean that we all have a meaning for all the others, or we all have a meaning for some of the others? Do we all actually have a meaning for others? If so, what do you think about yourself? What is the meaning of yourself to others or the world? Was it difficult to recognize it? Are you working on to protect it?
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Exactly! Our social media, our in-person interactions, all have purpose and meaning and create an impact on people. So many people think that what we say or do does not matter, but it really does.Maddie Atkinson wrote: ↑11 Apr 2021, 11:14Hiiii! I am glad you agree! Even seeing little comments online under videos that say 'hey I don't know who needs to hear this, but you are loved'. Those things have such big impacts on others and that person may never know that they saved someone's life. We all have meaning for each other!cd20 wrote: ↑10 Apr 2021, 17:16Hey Maddie! I agree we do have meaning for others, and doing the smallest thing, like smiling at people can have an impact. You may never know or someday someone might come back and tell you the impact you made on them. Since things are like a domino effect, we could even impact people that we have not encountered, kind of like the seven degrees of separation thing.Maddie Atkinson wrote: ↑05 Apr 2021, 15:50
I think we all have meaning for all others. Even the smallest things can impact people. Like smiling at someone. For all we know, that person was having a bad day and your smile brightened their day. You'll probably never see them again, but you had an impact on them, even if temporarily. We all have meaning to each other, no matter how small.
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therefore we must have a meaning.
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I agree with this statement....as it shows we always care about what others thinks about us.
As we always think about our look....posture ,attitude , behaviour,sucess is attractive to someone or not.
We do struggle to achieve anybody's attention.
Yes,that we all have a meaning for others