The Human Condition

When can you say a person has reached their fullest potential? Is there a definitive point in a person's life, after they have been educated and groomed by society to be a productive member? It becomes a difficult question; at each stage of life, people serve different roles. From playing to learning, from doing to mentoring, each person seems to reach different peaks as they grow and mature.

I happened upon this train of thought while I listened to Kina Grannis sing a couple of days ago. It was wonderful. I felt like she was reaching into me and touching my soul with her voice. Here was this girl who knew what she wanted to do since elementary school. She pursued it, passionately. What potential could I reach, or anyone else in that room if we had taken it upon ourselves to singlemindedly pursue our dreams, and were given the proper support of our parents, teachers and peers.

How then could we determine that point, when society is best served by directing its resources in supporting the current generation, but rather the next? How can we as a society best utilize our resources to better improve the Human Condition as a whole, with our elders inspiring our youth, and our youth rejuvenating our elders?

How can we bring each and every person to the peak of the Human Condition?