All the world is a ridiculous band of sarcastic people when encountered with a reflection regarding the course of life. The only metaphoric interpretation of life is simply the following: one’s rationality increases to a certain point and decreases from that point.
The first stage: the origins. Our personality in youth and adulthood is influenced by the traumas of our childhood. From shouting to writing, in our early days we learn the simple action of how to be a person.
The second stage: the rebellion. Youth is the time when we start to learn how to be an adult man or woman, and also to underrate what we did in childhood. Because of this revolt against the values learnt before, youth is the period which controversial attitudes allow to conclude that growing up is difficult (ask Gary Busey).
The third stage: the awareness. In adulthood, we reach the summit of our consciousness, and we also start to prepare to the rationality plummet. But the best of everything is that adulthood is a time of great achievements, bearing in the mind the person we became after the rebellion.
The fourth stage: the demise. Although it may appear the more depressing age in my consideration, it is certainly the time of the reach of our utmost knowledge. Despite this fact, the senescence is the age which is underrated by the others, and greatly melancholic because of the fact that we start to think that we are going to run along of the world, like we run along of our home.
December 17, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Your analysis of the different stages of life is based on the acquisition of rationality from birth until death. Rationality is precious throughout life but it should be completed with feelings and emotions - all these aspects are essential to this process of learning how to be a person. Well done!