Following one’s own inwardness. A pedagogical essay on the figure of today’s young adults looking for their identity
Damiano Meregalli
The aim of this article is to underline the peculiarities of people’s inner part and highlight how the antropological point of view plays a crucial role in our shapeless society. The questions on the sense of life is kept in the deepest part of people’s soul and they let to understand that there is something else we can discover. For example, some elements which call back to a set of meanings that goes beyond the boundaries of reality. From that part on, the aim of this article orbits around the willingness to shape people’s inner identity. It is an opportunity to lead young adults to be able to understand within themselves and to find, even in the limits of life, the desire to the Infinite. The goal leads to enrich the dream to give to one’s existence the unique and original shape starting from the relationship with the others and the Beyond. It reminds the human condition of wandering as a crucial element and through silence, self-recollection and listening, young adults are called to discover their strengths and transform them into opportunities and concrete actions to mark the path of their life.
Keywords
Liquid modernity, education, inwardness, meaning, goal.