The place where we can grow

Human life is meant for growth. While physical growth is completed in a couple of decades, emotional, psychological, intellectual and spiritual continues throughout life. In order to grow, we need the right place. Place means not only the physical environment – home, housing, but also a proper relationship with others and proper activity. All three aspects are extremely important for full development.

Plants grown in pots is a great example proving adequate significance of a place. The pot is the physical place where the plant is living, but plants also need a favorable environment: some ground, air, temperature, water and sunlight. If minimally meet these needs, the plant may exist, but under optimal conditions, it will flourish.

We are also dedicated to thrive, not just exist. We need nutritious food and enough clean housing and the environment, where we can relax and take care of our body. This is enough to survive, but not to thrive. Man is not live by bread alone. All we want to not only survive, but also to engage in interesting and meaningful activities according to our nature. In the modern world usually we call it “work.” Ideally, if the work we have as a challenge – then we are taking full advantage of our talents and the ability to understand and philosophize. Challenges help to grow. If the work is too easy, we will get bored, and if a work for us is not by our power and potency, we will overwork and get a stress.

In addition, we require the various relations. One way we communicate with the elders, otherwise – with peers or younger. The relationships are necessary to become a happy, balanced personality.

For most people, their work provide the place and orientation in the world, it forms the approach to self and relationships with others. The work provides income, allowing to pay for housing, which is also a certain aspect of the place. Therefore, finding your place, work is very important. Although these days, we are free to choose the work, to become who we want to, to achieve everything and make maximum use of our abilities, but for many this freedom is a serious challenge. Many people are dissatisfied with their work.

One of the greatest tragedies of modern time is that hundreds of millions or even billions of the world’s population have no place. It is unnecessary, undesirable, the unemployed, the homeless, street children and slum people. Current society gives them too little space to live even a simple but a worthy life, or even does not give at all. Who has a place in a society of modern times? Increasingly only those who can be helpful to others, or who provide the money for others, those who have an appropriate skill for job by market demand. However a steady decline in the economy reduces the need of employable people.

If there is no work, this means there is no place, if there is no place – hence, going anomaly, which means theft, crime, drug addiction, prostitution and suicide spread. Society for each member should give a place to ensure lifelong growth in all spheres of life.