Today in anthropology discussion we were all supposed to choose a quote from this article by Clifford Greet entitle "The Impact on the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man" and then write about it. My friend Ray Kishida had chosen a quote that really caught my attention. The quote stated "One of the most significant facts about us may finally be that we all begin with the natural equipment to live a thousand kinds of life but in the end having lived only one."
To me this quote meant, everyone starts of in the world with many different choices and or paths that they could take. Though some people may choose to take the first path together they will ultimately split at another road in their lives. No lives are ever lived the same, no one will ever be just like someone else. There is always something that will distinguish the way one person is compare to another individual.
Take for example, identical twins may look exactly alike and have the exact same sets of chromosomes but the way they think, their opinions, their personalities, and their beliefs are different and that makes them who they are.
Despite how we decided to lives our lives and despite what roads, path and choice we decide to take we are all only given one chance to live one very short but long life. It made me really thought about my future and the choices I have because I really only have this one life to do what I really want to do.
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I think life is defined by the choices a person makes. Every individual has a mind of his/her own and lives out differently, therefore makes him/her unique. In a way I do agree with you that: we are all only given one chance to live one very short but long life, but to me, a human being's lifespan in general is too fast too furious to be called a "long life."
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