Obligations of Society and Our Identity Crisis...
Greetings, Steemians!
The human society is governed by a set of rules that give responsibilities to its members. Our approach to these responsibilities will eventually form our identity.
One of the most eminent aspirations for anyone in life is to grow closer to the image of their ideal selves. That longing for idealism is not merely characteristic, since we also form an image of the ideal society in our mind as we experience intellectual growth in the early years of our adolescence.
This growth contributes to our understanding of our responsibilities towards family, community, society, and country.
The obligations of human society are not always in concurrence to our own ideals. In this case, a person has two choices; whether to find a reasonable way to take care of such inconsistencies, or revolt in an attempt to change the fundamental rules of society, and it has often been proved that the latter will fail to give you any results.
The crisis of identity occurs when the obligations of society compels you to walk down a path that contradicts the ideal image of life in your mind. The very first outcome of such crisis is depression and loss of tranquility.
In our impatience for the realization of our dreams, we make way for all sorts of fears and doubts to enter our mind and taint our resolution of what we should actually do with our unavoidable obligations in order to become successful.
That very ideal image that you grow in your mind turns to the opponent that will haunt your every moment, notwithstanding the fact that our sense of idealism should actually be a tool for our ambition and success.
Imagine that you have always dreamt of becoming a writer when you grew up, but society comes in with its shackles of responsibilities and pulls you towards a different path. All you really want to do is write, but your obligations compel you to remain in a safer path for the time being.
What can we do in a situation like this?
This identity crisis is something we all go through at some point in our lifetime. We may feel lost or worse, useless. We may begin to see no point in the continuation of our life, for there is no more a trace of what gave us hope and purpose in the beginning.
I remember a very successful friend of mine who was an entrepreneur tell me something very interesting about the crisis of our identity. He was always intrigued by fascinating ideas and never cared much for an ordinary and reliable job.
‘I once was an accountant working in an office, you know,’ He said to me. ‘But I never saw myself as one.
Sometimes the place we are is the not the place we want to be, but we have to bear the challenge nonetheless. You may be wearing a particular robe or uniform, but that does not determine who you are.
Have hope, for you will eventually find your way around the obligations of society and realize your dreams!