Me: Good afternoon everyone, since our last sit in with some of our favorite author went so well we decided to put together another one. This time we invited Ms. Susan Neiman, Mr. John Kagg, and Mr. Kurt Andersen will also be going us again ! We’ve sat down and pondered on what questions to discuss this time and we’ve came up with two. First, “What does it mean to grow up? Why should we?” (Ms. Susan we believed this would be a great question for you.) and second, “What makes life worth living?” We challenge everyone to ponder their own thoughts and also listen what our greta philosophers have to say. Whomever would like to take the floor first you are welcome to do so!
Susan : These are wonderful questions to begin with. I’ll go first since I literally have a book titled, “Why Grow Up?” In my book, I discuss the changes made through out life and the journey of become and adult form childhood. I believe everyone grows in their own time. There’s no single answer on what it means to “grow up,” for every mind is different. Growing up is a process. In chapter 3 of my book I discuss, I discuss growing up and how our parents affect are growing. “Growing up is a process of sifting through your parent’s choices.” To simply put it, we grow up to find our own meaning of life and our own way of thinking.
John : Susan, I completely agree with your statement on growing. up. Although I believe both questions can be significant to our conversation, I would like to focus more on the second one.”What makes life worth living?” This is something that everyone should stop and ask themselves. What is it that is making me choose to continue to live my life? This brings me back to chapter 6 in my book, “Sick Souls, Healthy Minds.” In this particular chapter I share with my readers an experience I had on a bridge in New York. The bridge was known for all the lives that people chose to end by jumping off into the waters. I believe life is whatever we make it. All of the possibilities and wonders of life are why it is worth living.
Kurt: My two fellow philosophers had some great thoughts on the questions presented, but as you all know from my last appearance here, I like to focus on America in particular when I ponder on life’s questions. Growing up here in America could mean a number of things, reaching the age of 18, getting a job and paying bills, or whatever new characteristics we choose to come up with. Although we all longed “grow up” when we are kids, why is that when we reach the age of adulthood that the majority of us fall into what I call the “Kids R Us Syndrome?” We hold on to many childlike things like video games and cartoons, so how do we really describe what it means to be grown up ? I challenge you all to look at your life and find the kid-like qualities you have and see if your definition of “Grown” remains the same.
Kurt: This topic reminds me a particular meme ( https://images.app.goo.gl/64E8iDtaKq1F6Xir8 ) . I agree it's humorous, but does hold some meaning.
Me: Thank you all for those great responses, and I hope that everyone here takes Mr.Kurt’s challenge into consideration when we leave here today. As always it was pleasure hosting today’s meeting. We hope to see you all next time!
It's possible to hold on to childlike things in an un-childish way, isn't it?
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