50 profound questions to reflect on life
Since the dawn of time, humanity has always wondered.
We have often wondered how and why of countless things, which have been able to deal with how and why they happen certain phenomena (why it rains or thunders, or why it gets dark at night) as even about the meaning or origin of our own being.
Although some of them already have an answer, many have always been the subject of debate and reflection. That is why, in order to invite and favor the capacity for introspection and give rise to debate and the deepening of our most personal beliefs, Throughout this article we are going to propose 50 profound questions to reflect on life.
Fifty deep questions to ponder and think about
Then we leave you with fifty questions that will allow us to reflect deeply on what we value and the meaning we give to different aspects of life.
- Plus: "156 awkward questions (for your friends or your partner)"
1. Who are you?
A seemingly simple question, but one that can be very difficult to answer. And it is not worth answering with our name, if not that it is necessary to reflect and try to discover what our essence and our role in the world are.
2. Why are you here?
Wondering why we are alive, why we have come into the world, deep down involves thinking about what our deepest goals and objectives are.
3. Where are you going?
This question allows us to assess what are the repercussions of our actions and the long-term consequences of our way of life, that is, towards what future does that lead us what do we do.
4. Where do you want to go?
It may seem redundant with respect to the previous one, but the truth is that one thing is the path we are taking and another is the one we would like to take. Reflecting on what our goals are and the distance between the two can help us fight to get as far as possible towards our dreams.
5. To what extent do you value others?
We often underestimate the importance of others in our lives. That is why it is worth reflecting on how relevant our interactions and relationships are to our loved ones, and the value we place on them.
6. If you were to die tomorrow, how would you live today?
This question, although relatively frequent, allows us to reflect on what we really value and what actions, motivations and activities we would really like to carry out.
7. Do you believe in yourself
One of the main keys to achieving what we set out to do is neither more nor less than believing that we are capable of it. And in many cases, the truth is that we may not know or take into account what we think of our own abilities. That is why it is worth asking if we believe in ourselves, the reason for the answer and if not, what we should do to achieve it.
8. What are your "must" or self-demands?
We often meet people who continually demand to be perfect or to be the best, something that can generate great suffering. However, each and every one of us has our own self-demands or “musts”, which can be more or less realistic and / or rigid. Taking them into account is a good way to get to know yourself and what is our way of seeing our own life.
9. What makes you vibrate?
It is necessary to reflect on what we really like and try to implement or introduce it in our lives, otherwise we could be living a routine life, anodyne and lack of emotion. If we don't have an answer, maybe we should start experimenting with different types of activities until we find something that really motivates us.
9. Is happiness something you look for or something you find?
Many people constantly seek to be happy, in a way compulsive and as if it were something that must be pursued in order to achieve it. However, it is worth reflecting on whether we are really facing something that has to be looked for or if it is actually something that arises when we are enjoying the little things of the day to day.
10. What are you most afraid of?
Reflecting on what motivates us and what we want is fundamental to learning and understanding many aspects of our own life. But also what we are afraid of is very revealing, being able to learn from ourselves and do cope and prepare strategies to avoid the feared or to learn to face it in a adaptive.
11. Is there something you would like to do but don't dare?
They say that what we regret the most is what we want to do but don't do. In this sense, we must take into account what things we would love to carry out, assess the reason for resistance to do it and try to overcome the obstacles or readjust our expectations or intentions in case it is really impossible.
12. What mark do you want to leave in this world?
A question that is deeper than it seems, since it makes us reflect on our role and actions in the world and what we would like to contribute with the limited time we have in it.
13. What is important for you?
Our values and beliefs are a fundamental part of our way of seeing the world. We must not leave aside what we value, no matter how much responsibilities and day-to-day life make contact with it difficult.
14. To what extent do the expectations of others influence your behavior?
Our family, our society, and even our culture have certain expectations placed on us. Many of the things that we consider desirable and even that we demand of ourselves are imposed from the outside. But is it really about what we want?
15. Would you rather innovate or follow the established path?
Throughout our lives we are acquiring a large number of learnings, coming from our experiences and from what others have done or discovered before. For many of the activities that we carry out on a day-to-day basis, there are numerous steps and procedures that dictate how to do them. However, sometimes we can create and innovate, proposing new ways to achieve the same objectives. It is worth considering if each of us has a tendency to follow the pre-established steps or if we prefer to try to generate a new way or procedure, both options being equally valid.
16. Are you satisfied with yourself?
Do I like myself? An important question that tells us about our self-concept and self-esteem, the answer to which sometimes can make us uncomfortable and lead us to think why we are or are not satisfied and what to do when respect.
17. If you could change just one thing about reality, what would you change?
The world and the reality in which we live contains more than one mystery and phenomena that we cannot understand, and some of them can be unbearable. Reflecting on the answer to this question helps us understand what aspects of reality and our life concern us.
18. What do you want them to say about you at your funeral?
Someday we will all die. And although it is not something we usually think about, we all want our passage through life to have value. Those who surround us, have surrounded us or will surround us in the future, what can they say about us? Will they miss us and remember us as something positive? What would we have to do to get them to consider us the way we would like them to?
19. If you could go back in time, would you change something or leave everything as is?
We all have a past, in which there can be good things but also bad things and full of pain. However, everything we have experienced, even the hardest experiences, have brought us to the present moment. Would we change the past or would we choose to accept it and try to live with what we have had to live?
20. To what extent do you control the course your life takes?
This question prompts us to assess whether we really have the reins of our own life, and if we are doing or at least heading towards the goals that we ourselves have chosen.
21. What is love?
They say that love is one of the greatest forces that moves the world. However… what is it for us? How do we live it? Do we believe in it?
22. Is there a destiny already written or do we create it with our actions?
Our future may be unknown to us, but throughout history many people have debated whether the future is something that is already determined or if, on the contrary, we are the ones who decide and create it from our actions and our Will.
23. What is the greatest achievement of your life?
An easy question to ask but not so easy to answer. It is about thinking and looking for what it is, among everything we have done in our life, that really seems most relevant and worthwhile.
24. What is your biggest mistake?
Just as important as knowing how to recognize achievements is doing the same with failures and mistakes. This allows us to grow and accept that we are not perfect, that we can err and have defects and that we are just as valid despite (and partly thanks to) them.
25. What have you learned from your mistakes?
Although few people like to make mistakes, the truth is that they are opportunities to learn and change our behavior and thinking.
26. If you could start from scratch, what would you do?
Our decisions and actions are part of our life and their consequences can affect us for both good and bad. However, it is relevant to reflect on what we would do or what kind of life we would lead if we started again.
27. Who is the first person you would ask for advice on a matter of life and death?
A question that allows us to focus and realize who we consider trustworthy, as well as the type of person who seems really wise to us.
28. Do you live or survive?
Do I lead a full existence or do I just subsist and stay alive? In the second case: what should I do to make my life full?
29. Would you live forever if you could?
Immortality has for centuries been something that much of humanity has desired. It is logical not to want to die and in fact very few people really want to. Now, would we accept living an endless life even if everything and everyone that was once important to us ends up disappearing?
30. What is the meaning of life?
Perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions in the debates about existence is the meaning of existence. This is a very difficult question to answer, and the truth is that there is no right or wrong answer. The answer depends solely and exclusively on the vision of each person and towards what orient their life.
31. What does the concept of freedom imply?
Freedom is a right that we should all have. However, although it seems a general concept that we all use frequently, the truth is that for each of us it has particular nuances and implications. Reflecting on what this concept means for oneself involves reflecting on one of the values most valued by humanity.
32. What would you be capable of in an extreme situation?
This question cannot be answered lightly, but it is a reflection that can be interesting to make in order to get to know each other better and take into account the strength of our values and beliefs.
33. Is there something you would never be able to do?
Similar to the previous one, in this case it is about reflecting on what our limits are and what lines we would never cross, based on our circumstances, beliefs and values.
34. What is life?
The big question, which can only be answered based on the subjectivity of each one of us. What is living? What can we consider a living being?
35. Are you afraid to die? What attitude do you have towards death?
Death is a mysterious concept. It means the end of everything known, and no one knows if there really is something beyond it. It is natural that uncertainty and the arrival of the end can generate fear and dread. But it's also true that other people see it as a part of life that they shouldn't worry about until it comes.
36. What would it hurt the most to lose?
A question that makes us reflect on what things we value in life, something that sometimes we do not have since we sometimes take it for granted.
37. Are you leaving your comfort zone?
We all have a series of habits and environments in which we feel more comfortable and safe. However, we cannot stay in it continuously or we will stagnate and cannot develop. So do we get out of it enough?
38. What are you most grateful for in life?
Reflecting on our existence sometimes includes acknowledging those aspects for which we are most grateful. This says a lot about ourselves and our perspective when it comes to approaching our life.
39. What do the concepts of honor and honesty mean to you?
Although in recent times part of society seems to see them as something outdated, not very adaptive and typical of past times, the Honor and honesty have been considered great virtues for centuries and today they still deserve respect for Many. The meaning that each one gives them can vary greatly, and reflecting on it can lead us to think about our own values as well as those of our environment and culture.
40. How important is our past?
The experiences that we have lived throughout our lives have brought us up to this moment and have had some effect on us. It is useful to appreciate and learn from our past. Now, does this past limit us to being or acting in a certain way in the present or is it just our starting point?
41. How do you see your future?
Projecting oneself in time is a way of reflecting on what we want to achieve in life or what we believe that we will end up having, in such a way that allows us to reflect on the possible steps that can lead us to he.
42. Is there something about yourself that you would change?
It is relatively easy for most people to locate some aspects of ourselves that we find tremendously unsatisfactory and that if we could we would want to change. It can be something physical or, more often, a personality trait that causes us difficulties.
43. What is your best quality?
Reflecting on our own strengths and virtues allows us to work to empower ourselves and optimize our qualities.
44. Would you like to be perfect?
Many people live their lives trying to be the best and achieve personal and professional perfection, something impossible. However, it should be borne in mind that if you truly achieve that perfection, there would be no merit or motivation to strive to do things. In addition, imperfection is what makes us human, and it can be unnatural, boring and unattractive to be perfect.
45. Who do you want to be the last person you see before you die?
The most significant people for us are those we would like to have by our side in the worst moments. Perhaps our partner, our parents or siblings or our children are some of the most common responses, but it will depend on each person.
46. Do you do and live according to what you consider correct?
Although the concept of correctness varies from person to person, it is often very important to us to act according to our convictions, since otherwise we will enter a cognitive dissonance that will cause us suffering and discomfort.
47. What moment of your life has marked you the most?
There are moments that can change our lives, marking us forever. Reflecting on this is useful to identify those situations that caused us great changes, whether they are positive or negative, in order to enhance or combat the effects they may have had on U.S.
48. Who you admire?
This question may seem simple and shallow, but in reality answering it involves reflection on what aspects or elements of this person we value and to what degree we identify with them, these aspects being relevant in our conception of the lifetime.
49. Do you have a clear conscience?
A reflection on this fundamental question helps us to assess whether we are at peace with ourselves, we have pending accounts or we reproach ourselves for something that we have done or have caused. It is also possible that we are assigning ourselves responsibilities that do not correspond to us, or that we maximize or minimize their importance.
50. What makes us who we are?
Regardless of how we are or how we see ourselves or the world, recognizing and identifying what makes us who we are is a much more complex task than it appears.