Situations

Question:: what did we wish for when we are in high school (secondary school lar)? We wished to be older, to hurry up & get the exams over with, to enter a stage fondly tagged "adulthood"... We want to be able to drive, to drink, to smoke (not me), to have a job, make money, live on our own, go to college, bla bla bla, to be "adult".

Then we reach that age & embrace the so called fun. & it is, for a while, living outside, on our own. Watch movies, hang out in clubs or whatever, sleepover at friends' places. whatever. Some people in particular will reminisce of times past, of high school years, & never move on. Some people will embrace their new found freedom without thinking, & face consequences unforeseen... Accidents, dropping out , parenthood.... (XD) than these people will wanna go back to the glorious teenage years where their parents would be their safety net no matter what.

Than, they're those who slug & slave their way throughout life, working to reach that ultimate "goal", to be rich, successful, doing whatever they can to achieve it...
& when they finally did...
they realize that they've slaved for nothing, that all they've achieved is just stacks of paper & a name tag... in short, material stuff, & they've not really made an impact on those of their loved ones... Sure these people will have kings at their funerals... but i'd rather have friends & family at mine.

What's my point?

Human beings live too much in a different time. No i'm not referring to time-travel sorta different time. No. As afore mentioned, too many live in the past. & Too many live for the future. Seldom do we find people who are living in the present. & when i say live in the present, i don't mean party-your-brains-out or shop-till-you-drop kind off present. thats not living. thats Dying in the present. These people are just creatively committing both physical & moral suicide.

Religion too has placed too much emphasis for a human to live for the future. Do good so that in the end you will go to heaven/ paradise/ Miami(?). Do bad & you'll go to Hell. So what do religious people do? they live everyday for THE END. Death.


perfect embodiment of death... lol
How should we live? For me, (although this is easier said than done) living means spending every moment of life in that moment. A littles enough. When we watch a movie, Really watch it. When we eat, savor every mouthful. When we are in class, concentrate. When we are with our family, our friends, really enjoy ourselves with them. Don't be thinking of our project deadlines, or our un-done homework. coz if we've been living in the moment, we don't need to. It will have already been done. Call me naive, but i really believe that all this is possible.

As for setting goals, i'm not saying we shouldn't. We should have a goal in life, something to aim for. But we should never let that goal consume us or control our lives. Living for a purpose is one thing, letting that goal become an obsession is another. Remember, ultimately living your life is the most important thing, how something is, not how something will be. We are humans, we can plan, but fate decides everything in the end.

& as for religion, this is what i think... Christians, follow your bible. Muslims, follow your Quran. Atheists, follow your conscience. But do these not because of fear of afterlife. For me, religion should be a guide on how to live, not a map or guideline on how to get to heaven. Sure we want to live like kings after our death, but whats the point if we live our WHOLE LIFE based on what we will be & where we will go after we die? Karma is one thing. Living in fear of consequences is another.


haha put alot of thought recently... Nothing to do what, why waste our grey matter? heehee
This is open for debate. add whatever comments. (Phing i know you want to... LOL)