It has been well-established that every individual personality is the
             sum total of her or his life experiences. Since a person's life experiences
             usually represent a mix of influences such as family upbringing and values,
             religious teachings, and social culture, it follows logically that each of
             these factors play a role in developing an individual's worldview:
             "Worldviews are ideas, assumptions, beliefsâ€that individuals hold. That
             they may be widely shared makes them no less psychological. Moreover, that
             some aspects of them are established in childhood but that philosophies of
             life are late-adolescent developments suggest that they have a complex
             development." (McLoughlin, 1991, p. 21) Of course, the degree to which each
             factor influences a person may vastly differ. In my case, however, my
             current worldview has been formed largely on the basis of my family
             upbringing followed by my own learning and critical thinking about life's
             Today my worldview is that life has a definite purpose though neither
             its exact beginnings nor its ultimate destination, if any, may yet be clear
             to humankind. However, I believe that the very fact that life and human
             civilization has evolved over the millennia reveals that there is a
             definite purpose and meaning to life. For, every succeeding generation
             benefits from the knowledge and understanding left behind by the preceding
             ones. This indicates that human consciousness survives, albeit perhaps not
             as our individual persona's or in the manner that our individual egos may
             desire. The implication of this worldview is that every individual human
             being can, and does, leave behind a mark on life. Indeed, almost every word
             and action is the cause of some positive or negative effect, which is
             evident with sensitization and consciousness of the fact.
             The worldview I hold is also supported by the fact that there is
             clearly a design a...