Humans are whom create their own life; one might live happily while one is always depressed and sad. Possibilities of gaining happiness are up to their effort and attitude toward life. In this sense, learning about life will be indispensable for people to live more happily and be satisfied on their life. In my opinion, the best way to accomplish that is to learn about life through personal experiences since the memory could be permanent and motivational.
When people get information and knowledge about life from hands-on experiences, those could last for a long time. This is mainly because people actually could see, hear, taste and feel the experiences. Moreover, they could gain patience from failures, learn what genuine success is and obtain teachings from difficulties. Overall factors lead people to be imprinted from the experiences. In my personal experience, I still remember the time when I had immigrated to Indonesia for studying. It was hard time for me because I could not communicate with my friends due to language barriers. However, I started to use facial expressions, gestures and body languages, which at least allowed me to convey my opinions. Still, the experience is easily remembered because I could recall the confusion and frustration I had. Although I meet foreign people, I could interact with them based one the experience. Therefore, I think having personal experiences is much better because information and knowledge of life are long-lasting.
In addition, people could have stimulation from personal experiences. I firmly think life is full of mysteries. There are always unknown and unrevealed parts of life such as friendship, love or success. If people have chances to discover the new aspects of life, they soon will realize their life is exciting and full of adventures, motivating them to learn about life. For example, suppose one person is in love. As every one knows, having or giving love is one kind of blessing. The person will recognize the world is beautiful whenever he is with his lover. He could have distinctive feelings that only lovers could have and be satisfied one his situations. In this condition, the person will eager to know more about love, which is important part of life. Thus, personal experiences could stimulate people to gain information of life.
In conclusion, learning about life from personal experiences is much better since people could remember their memories for long time and get motivations. Even though depending on other sources such as advice could prevent possible problems, it will be beneficial for people to feel the new situations they encounter. |