Best of Today: Question everything

Who am I? What is my purpose in life? Am I even living?

Questions like those are what made me used to hate philosophy. If I would try to answer these questions, I would give up within minutes if I wasn't able to answer them. The thing I didn't understand about philosophy was that there are for more questions posed than actually answered. Sure, I can come to further conclusions on each of these questions, but there will never be a definitive answer. That being said, some might argue that these questions are pointless to even ask, and why should we waste our time thinking about those things, when there are other tasks that we, as humans, need to complete. The fact is, humans may oftentimes forget the amazing abilities they possess because they get caught up in routines and schedules.

What separates humans from other animals is our distinct ability to question ourselves and the world that we inhabit. It is unbelievable to be able to question all things in this world, manmade or not, and be able to hear different answers from different people. It's understandable that people are afraid to ask those philosophical questions. In our society, bottom-up thinking occurs much less frequently than the standard top-down process of thinking. In school, we are conditioned to fill in bubbles on a scantron rather than expand our ways of thinking by thinking outside of the box(or bubble in the case of a scantron) and dig deeper and think about philosophical questions.

Curiosity is a beautiful thing, and it is something I intend to keep in my life until I die. My mother always told me that there was no such thing as a stupid question, and I agree with that 100%.