The Comparative Nature

Why does people like to compare with each other? When did it all started? Perhaps during the start of civilisation. Comparing is healthy to an extent, but when the comparing of wealth, power and status starts, it becomes unbeneficial for anyone.

We are as you all know, in an age of capitalism and consumerism, and if I say we do not want to accumulate as much riches as possible, I would be a big deceiver for all ages.

But if we keep our comparative nature as strong as possible, we can never be happy. Will we be as rich as Bill Gates or Warren Buffet? If we can’t be, let’s not dwell too much already.

Rather than trying to compare this and that, let’s make sure we should reach our goals. Our main goal should be to earn a keep, start a family with offspring, give your life its true meaning and lifelong happiness, see to your children’s upbringing is good and beneficial for mankind.

A good way to save the world.

If no more factories producing unnecessary items for pleasure were to stop just for a year, everyone to take up their hoes and rakes and start cultivating all the land around them, the world would be greener, cleaner, fresher air will surround us and the earth will last at least 10 more years for every 1 year of cultivating and love. But is it possible to do that? Yes I truly believe so. But let’s look at the obstacles first.

A world filled with materialistic people who only want to consume and desire unnecessary toys and pretty stuffs are one of the strongest demand for our natural resources wasted daily. Which means that this notion of mine is pretty much better left unspoken. However, there is a Chinese saying, which says, “he will only shed tears only when he sees his own coffin.” This metaphor simply means unless there are clear signs that the earth is going to end, people will not do anything at all.

So unless you take the first step to do what is needed to be done, the rest of the world will follow suit, so why not start with you and make this world a pleasant place and avoid any more news of needless hungry on the other side of the world.

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The depth of humans

For too long, we have looked outward for information, meaning in life, excitement, happiness, but we have forgotten to look inward. The immeasurable depth inside us is actually the same with the immeasurable width of the world. True enough, the outside world is endless, everything to explore and nothing worth not seeing. But the same holds true for the inside of ourselves. In order to see into the depth of ourselves, we have to individualise in stages.

Firstly, we need to understand why do we exist, and be ourselves at whatever age we are at. Be it young and living vitality and vibrantly but also old and wise and taking less risks.

Short, but lastly, we should not see death as an end, but a goal. Not wanting to live is the same as not wanting to die. A young man who does not fight and conquer has missed the best part of his youth, and an old man who does not know hoe to listen to the secrets of the brooks, as they tumble down from the peaks to the valleys, make no sense. He is a spiritual mummy who is nothing but a rigid relic of the past. He stands apart from life, mechanically repeating himself to the last triviality.

Balance of Life

Life consist of Family, Friends, Work and Self.

In order to be a balanced person (happiest person), a strike between all the above-mentioned 4 factors must be taken into consideration.

Family is where u belong, also the nucleus of the society. Without a family, you are nothing, if you cannot have one because of various reason, make one, adopt, join a good lawful one. Give your parents a massage, your children hugs, your siblings food. Your spouse love.
Friends are what you cannot do without in the outside world as it is harsh, cruel to us and unforgiving sometimes. So make sure you care about your friends. But be firm and learn to say no when needed to. As the Lao Tsu saying goes, the misbehaved ones are our unmentioned mentors in life, the behaved ones shows a good example to the misbehaved ones.

Work is something everyone has to do, unless he/she cannot work at all. Since it takes up almost half of our lives, make sure you get the one destined for you. As there is definitely a job for everyone, just that most are still mismatched. A simple checklist to determine whether is the job you are having a good one for you, ask yourself are you eager to go to work everyday? Are you always smiling while working?

In order to make all these happen, you are the most important factor. Life is definitely worth living and exciting unless you are in Third World countries or. If you don’t know what life have in store for you tomorrow, don’t you think that itself is exciting? And of course, be mindful of all your actions and constantly think of how you could improve your thinking and how to be smiling in all sorts of situations imaginable.