The quote, “the unexamined life is not worth living,” appears to be a well known quote once used by the early philosopher Socrates. Simply defined, the quote refers that lives that are not examined, are honestly not worth living. (The word 'examine' is often defined as "observing or inspecting closely".) It seems that despite such a simple meaning which resides within the quote, there are additional underlying meanings within, with a varying degree of meaning to various people.
Mankind has always been very curious in terms of surrounding and reasoning, therefore it’s expected that we go as far as to being curious as to why we do what we do. We’ve all made mistakes; some religions even call ourselves “sinners”, regardless of how we’ve lived our lives. At the same time, experiences and memories are what define each and every one of us. Without them, we wouldn’t have individual history or roots, nor would we have an understanding of our failures and successes to help us move forward.
Without taking some time to examine this history imbedded within us, we really can’t make a goal in our life to aim for. Without this goal, what use is living? To take up space in the vast world and await one’s death? This often ties directly with the idea of depression in the elderly and disabled, in which they feel that they no longer have a motive to live. This also accounts for many suicides that take place every year throughout the world, often deriving from depression from this state. Without an idea of why one truly wakes up each and every day, there really isn’t a point to wake up at all.
Examining gives our lives a chance to reach a true potential. It gives us a chance to get over the regrets we all go through, but also differentiate and learn from our losses and victory, providing us with more victories to come. Just like in the physical world, every action really does have a consequence. The human life is filled without potential, awaiting to reach its true kinetic state.
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