After writing this out, I realize this is a very opinionated piece. Likely you have a better way of explaining this concept to your own people and self.
This is a really big topic for a group, community even just a lone individual. Someone can spend years thinking about it. What I wish to write about is INDIVIDUALITY–the path an individual takes in life. Since this is not a book, only a single blog post I’ll just touch on it.
Each human being is different. We all are given people to chat with, learn about, be like or not be like. Each one of us makes over 100 decisions in a single day about how we do it. Because of this, each one of us very different no matter what.
Some people try to predict a person’s path in life, even use educated guesses, planning too. What they cannot fully predict are the variety of forces that come upon that person in their life. These can be simple things to complicated influences.
Not everything is at it appears. I learned this. There are all kinds of “face values” that people can easily see, and so many more people can’t. There are obvious things going on, and not so obvious going on within a lifetime of one person.
Influencing others is actually a very natural way of human communication. It is communication. Some do it by example, some do it by explanation, some do it by instruction… and there is the toughest way which is BY FORCE and THREAT, COERCSION. “Being influenced” can cause changes in someone’s hour, day, month, year… lifetime. And most of us are influenced! Reality is, we ARE ALL INFLUENCED. We accept it willingly most of the time. It is what we use the influences for that makes us so individual.
Training is a form of influence. A very different topic. What can be said is, most of us self-train, self-direct and make choices in life.
Choices, even choosing not to make one are what gives us a path in life.
Purpose is what keeps us going. A lot of our choices form our purpose and our purpose(s) form our choices. We all have a “big account” in our soul from which to draw meaning(s). Makes us human. Makes us constant decision makers. My experience in life has shown me it is very human to make choices.