Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Purpose in Life...

I went to this talk last Saturday, talking about career in financial planning. Wasn't planning on doing it, just that, what the heck, my insurance friend asked me to go just listen. Ok la.. since I'm free that day.
Anyway, the guy blah blah blah.. (or yak yak yak, as my colleague would say.. hehehe). I was yawning all the way through (oh! how rude of me). Then there's one part at the end, where the slides came out with bold letters "Purpose in Life...". He asked around, what's your purpose in life? Then one of the listener said, to survive in this world. The speaker said no.. then he said his purpose in life was to live comfortably, don't want a house, but a big house, don't want a car that takes you around, but a "luxurious" car (I was like.. huh?? be grateful dude..), taking family out for overseas holiday at least once a year.. you know, the kind of talk that psycho the listener, what a huge amount of money can bring you. What a materialist!
I never liked this kind of talk. Yeah, you're successful, and a millionaire, so what. I never heard one speaker said something about how grateful he/she was, the learning experience through it all, I've never seen one that is modest and unpretentious. Arrogance and self-confidence are two different things, I can differentiate that, but all I see was the former.
Anyway, I was looking at that phrase, and thinking, what's my purpose in life? I can't think of anything. The only thing I know is that I want to live as happily as I can. Doesn't sound ambitious huh? But what's the point in doing and achieving everything, but unhappy? I'm not satisfied with this outcome. Happiness makes you glow from the inside out, you feel content with everything. Yeah, I have my goals and objectives, and I try my best to achieve it, but if in the end it doesn't come out the way I wanted, I'm happy as long as I know I've tried my very best. There's nothing wrong with it. No point in thinking of the failure in the past, when you can do better now for the future. Right?

In short, my purpose in life is....
Eat, and drink and be merry till the end of my miserable life.. hahahaha....

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