Final Blog Post

Khushi Patel

section 10

I stepped out into a winter wonderland. Suddenly, the cold air stung my cheeks so I pulled my scarf up closer to my face. As I looked around I noticed a white blanket of snow covering the trees, ground, and houses. I was surprised by how quiet everything seemed. The only sound I could hear was my boots crunching in the snow. The smell of damp pine trees made the air feel fresh and clean. Because I have never been to any modest snow region, I felt so peaceful to be walking in such a magical place. I was heading for the meeting set up in the nearest hall. The time and the entry of the people were limited because of the ongoing pandemic. Furthermore, instead of welcoming the guests with huge entry, we decided to keep it simple and solemn.

 The guests invited for the meeting, or you can say for the conversation are Susan Neiman, John Kaag, and Immanuel Kant. I was extremely excited to meet them and ask some questions that I have been wondering for a very long time.

(The guests came in and took their respective spot)

Me without wasting my time, raised a question to Susan, author of Why Grow Up?

Me: Good morning! I would like to hear from Susan first because I read your book and I found it fascinating. The question is that what does it mean to grow up, and why should we? Second question- what makes life worth living?

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Susan: thank you, I am glad that you liked my book! Going forward to the question, I think growing up means a lot of different things to many different people. For me, growing up means taking responsibilities and being mature. We should definitely grow up. The maturing process doesn’t only require change, but it requires mistakes so that we can learn more. The most important thing is learning from your mistakes-and in order to learn from them, you have to accept responsibility for them. I believe that we our self makes our life worth living by building zero to a thousand.

 Immanuel: I totally agree with you, Susan. You may be familiar with the phrase “grow up”, typically used in conversation to imply a person should be more mature in one way or another. One way to qualify maturity is to consider people who you think personify this attribute and take some time to ponder and consider their unique qualities i.e. humility, gratitude, self-acceptance, responsibility, etc. With that being said, learning new things from obstacles makes life worth living.

 John: we might say that maturity is seeing the world as it really is and living our lives accordingly. The more we see and the more we experience, the more we change, and the more we grow. This then feeds back on itself, enabling us to see even more and experience even more. It’s this cycle that leads us to greater levels of maturity, and it’s the interruption of this cycle that results in perpetual growth. I totally agree with John for the response to the second question. It is us who makes our life worth living.

 Me: Thank you very much. It was great knowing your different perspectives for my question.