Law of Adaptation I
9/4/2008 - Lia Hadley
A few months ago, I wrote a series of blog posts exploring how the society I live in, and many of the western societies I have visited, social economical structures are based on the premise of “the survival of the fittest” and not the more natural law of give and take. I thought that I might publish the four posts in my WE blog, hoping the topic might be of interest to the members of this community. The blog posts present my theory about this notion of giving and taking, which I call law of adaptation.
The premise of my law of adaptation is, if I’m given the gift of a long life, I must learn to live a balanced life. Certainly, more balanced than the one I am now living. This means, first, an examination of what is askew in my life, for my intentions are good, but the practices are lacking.
Some of this has to do with the disparity between what I’m told (sold) and what I now believe to be a more humble realistic representation of a life well lived. Our society believes that the only success story is one where all disasters are avoided, and most peoples lives (mine included) are certainly not that. Actually, my life curve is a continual up and down.
The mass media's pie diagram of life’s priorities contains: 50% accumulating wealth, 20% pursing your career, 8% searching for love and marriage, 2% nurturing friendships, 15% acquiring your education, and 5% enjoying your childhood. This pie diagram represents in the media's perspective of the life we most “fervently pursue”.
Whereas, actually, if we were to be honest the pie diagram we should live contains equal portions of each of the above-mentioned priorities. This distribution would indicate a “Healthy Attitude”.
What would the pie diagram of your life look like?
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| 9/4/2008 |
CJ Golden from Newtown CT wrote:
Ah, the pie diagram of my life would be quite different from that of the mass media's. I cannot place percentages but I know that understanding myself must take up a decent percentage of the pie so that I can fully love and nurture my family and friends ( which is an equally large percentage of my pie). Acquiring my education, pursuing my career - they fit in the there, too - but not at the expense of taking room from my family and friends. Mine is, I hope, a healthy attitude - one which I keep honing and working on throughout my life's path.
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Suzanne Caplan from PA wrote:
I spend much time nurturing friendships and much time learning. Too little time acquiring wealth although I work a great deal of the time. My life works for me.
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Susan Terbay from Dayton OH wrote:
Well the pie itself would be chocolate or lemon merinque but mine would abae divided with my children and friends as the most important followed by work ethics and hopefully enjoying each day - with a smide of political stuff . wealth? what's that? I'm very rich.
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| 9/5/2008 |
Lia Hadley from Luebeck SH wrote:
CJ, good to hear that your pie is a balanced one, though one that needs honing. It is interesting to see that all of you have commented rate friendship very high. That is a precious gift. Suzanne, a political science professor friend of mine said that our generation is going to be the most educated qualified generation of people with the least financial gain to show for it.
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| 9/5/2008 |
Lia Hadley from Luebeck SH wrote:
Susan, mine would be like my grandmother's lemon meringue. A delicious creation I haven't thought about in years. My life pie would then have both fluff and filling, a tangy but sweet taste that accompanies any bit of bitterness or sourness.
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Susan Terbay from Dayton OH wrote:
Lia, maybe that is why I love lemon Meringue - my mother used to make the best and I have never found one like hers ever again - but it does reflect my life -like you stated - what a great analogy! thanks - I'm keeping that thought!
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