wat are we living for . . .
tis is wat he said... but.. more than a yr ago...(an abstract)
"this is a time when the world comes to a realisation, and point to stop and reflect, to think about life... the frailty of life...or simply, how easy life can just come and go...yes, its like that, the human life is fragile.. it has always been... sometimes we don't realise it...sometimes we dont think about it... other times we just dont bother.
life is so uncertain. everything that we possess, everything that we hope to gain in life- the degrees, diplomas, the 5 room condominiums, the 5 figure income... big things... to the smaller things like the dress you've been eyeing for the past month, the new fender guitar you've been saving up for... or maybe u just want to grow up, get a job, get married and settle down... sounds safe, you're not doing anything wrong.... so it should all go smooth...
imagine all this gone in an instant. with a snap of a finger...im not trying to be a pessimist, nor am i cursing anyone here...but this is real. the real world. try asking yourself this question seriously for once, and think hard about it...
"What are we living for?"
hmm.. what are we living for ? I have no idea . . . reali no idea... I'm tired.. nid zzz. . . . .
"this is a time when the world comes to a realisation, and point to stop and reflect, to think about life... the frailty of life...or simply, how easy life can just come and go...yes, its like that, the human life is fragile.. it has always been... sometimes we don't realise it...sometimes we dont think about it... other times we just dont bother.
life is so uncertain. everything that we possess, everything that we hope to gain in life- the degrees, diplomas, the 5 room condominiums, the 5 figure income... big things... to the smaller things like the dress you've been eyeing for the past month, the new fender guitar you've been saving up for... or maybe u just want to grow up, get a job, get married and settle down... sounds safe, you're not doing anything wrong.... so it should all go smooth...
imagine all this gone in an instant. with a snap of a finger...im not trying to be a pessimist, nor am i cursing anyone here...but this is real. the real world. try asking yourself this question seriously for once, and think hard about it...
"What are we living for?"
hmm.. what are we living for ? I have no idea . . . reali no idea... I'm tired.. nid zzz. . . . .
1 Comments :
At 11:38 PM,
Joel Seah said…
When i was young.. i wanted to buy a toy. My mum refused to buy the toy for me unless i cleaned up my room.. Though i disliked cleaning up my room.. i still laboured thru it.. just to get the toy. I tot to myself: i'll be happy if i can just get the toy.
After i got the toy.. i came across a bigger one. And i told myself.. i'll be happy if i can just have that bigger toy. So i studied hard.. hoping to score good results.. so that mum would buy that for me.
As i grew older.. my tasks got more difficult. But i'll just push myself to complete the task, because at the end of it lies a reward that i thought would make me happy. But what i didn't realise it that i would never be entirely happy.. cos i'll just keep looking for something new.
Isn't this how most of us live our lives? We tell ourselves.. "if only i could graduate from sch.. i'll be happy". After we grad.. we tell ourselves, "if only i could find a job.. i'll be happy"
So we find a job and then we tell ourselves.. "if only i can find a HIGH PAYING job.. i'll be happy"
You see. We can never ever be happy if we keep setting the criteria for happiness. Because happiness is not a result. It is a choice!
You can choose to be happy. Right now! How do you do that? Forget about the end result, and just focus on the present moment. Do your best in the activity you're involved in.. and take your mind off the results. More often than not.. you'll find your life so much more fufiling.
So what are you living for?
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