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thenewgreen  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: All My Life I've Been Told I Was Special. It Was A Lie.

    If you expect to be significant or world-changing, the odds are slim
I would disagree. The odds can be quite great that your life will be significant and even world changing to someone or even some people. What is unlikely is that you will be "famous". I fully expect that my life will be significant to some friends and family and certainly to my daughter. Hopefully, my life can have a positive impact on people beyond that sphere. But if I were to judge my worth based on "fame", chances are I'll be disappointed.




joelg236  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I fully agree with that. When talking about being "world-changing", I was mostly referring to being highly influential for a large amount of people. I find optimism in the fact that I can change the life of people around me.

thenewgreen  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have nothing to base what I'm about to say on... but it's my guess that if you were either:

1. highly influential (positively) on a small set of peoples lives that you interacted with intimately

or were

2. highly influential in general but never intimately engaged with those you influenced

you would be happier as the former.

joelg236  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that could be true, but like you, have nothing to base that on. It may just depend on their personality more than anything.