It
is not quite easy to answer a question, 'why do human beings work?' Thinking
about this easily, various answers can be provided such as 'for living,' 'for a
better future,' 'for being more acknowledged and getting better than others,'
'because works are followed by happiness,' etc.
There
may be various opinions and theories upon works, but I am going to interpret
these from the viewpoint of only mind and psychology. Let's look into the
meanings and values of works that are directly and indirectly related to you.
There
are 3 types of values for works when living as a person and as a PIR (person in
relationships): the value of social life, human relationships, economics, and
material.
What
do you think you work for? It is primarily to earn money, which is because you
want to feel superiority in competitive relationships and boast yourself to
others. Then, we try to get social status and honor. Ultimately, it is the
pursuit of happiness for self-actualization as a PIR. You work for the values
of social life, human relationships, economics, and material.
As for the issues of unemployed
people, the big issue is that they do not have opportunities for the 3 kinds of
values for self-actualization mentioned above. Whether you are executives,
managers, or employees, you have chances to fulfill the 3 kinds of values for
self-actualization that pursues your own happiness whereas unemployed people
don't have these opportunities. This is why PIRs need works.
Are you going to live as a person or
are you going to live as a PIR? You must understand the difference between a
person and a PIR. A person exists as one individual self whereas a PIR exists
in relationships with others. A person cannot be a PIR unless relationships
with others are formed. That is to say that, a PIR is the status of more than
two people forming relationships. Forming relationships
between a person and another one is the same as creating meanings and values of
life, which is the desire for self-actualization.
Through industrialization, personal
connections are formed as we get connections to and with our works in
capitalism and modern society. These personal connections are formed with
relationships among people. Thereby, human relationships are more expanded from
family and friend relationships to relationships through works; This type of
human relationships will be more and more strengthened in the future.
As living in human relationships,
works have become a major means of forming social activities in modern society.
Also, as forming human relationships, we get status and values in social
activities and find meanings of our existence.
When
we have human relationships such as man-woman relationships, relationships with
co-workers, relationships among upper and lower positions at works, etc. as we
do social activities, we find another value of living as a PIR (person in
relationships), not as a person. Moreover, as wages or profits are created in
the process of doing works, the values of economic and materials follow
naturally and automatically.
Thus, whether you study for academic
degrees, try to expand personal connections, or do your works, you can see that
each person lives, pursuing all three types of values in human relationships.
This is the desire for self-actualization and the pursuit of happiness and
self-actualization in human relationships.
It
is a pity that we are jobless or we don't want to work. Like this, we must
recognize how important our works are for us.
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