Process Of Progression Essay

How much is your life worth, to you? Some people measure a person’s life in terms of material gain. Others measure it in terms of experiences. A better question is to ask is not how much you are worth, but what is your purpose. A sense of purpose instills the need for a major aspect of life called progression. If a person were to take two steps forward and one step back, he or she would still find themselves moving forward. The progression may be slow, but the person will still be able to move forward. However, the process of progression can be reversed in a process called regression. One way to do this is to take only one step forward and two steps back. In this adaptation of time movement, the person would be going nowhere but backwards,

When looking at this question more closely we can see that a majority of the problem began with Lucien’s womanizing, neglectful father. Lucien abhors his father, but somehow manages to follow in his footsteps by sleeping around with other women. “All of us are the products of patterns.” says Mitch Abblett, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who specializes in work with troubled youth and their families. “Whatever the exact contour of yours, it's a safe bet it was born from your early experiences with those you were most closely connected with.” Mitch Abblett also notes that there are ways to discontinue the pattern, further showing that not all problems can be linked back to a family member. Instead of choosing to break the pattern, Lucien follows his father’s womanizing pattern and has problems with thinking of the future. This is all due to a lack of purpose. A purposeful thinker thinks with the future in mind, while an indecisive thinker only thinks of the present. Lucien’s inability to think of the consequences of his actions and his inability to set attainable goals is partially due to the fact that his father was a bad role model. It is also partially due to Lucien’s lack of will to break the