If you read my postings usually I define the crucial words before going further to discuss the topic in depth. It may sound so academic but I feel that’s how one will really understand the message that I want to send across. In this entry, I would to discuss about life. According to Wikipedia, Life is a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects, i.e. non-life, and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. The definition sounds like we are in a biology class. The life, I am going to discuss is what we are going through at this point of time. Surely, we are going through some form of life, if not we are dead by now. So why do we live? What is life all about?
People say life is a journey. Journey to where? To another world? Those who believe in God and religion either Islam or any other religion – life is a test by God to see whether one does good or bad things in this world and whether one is worthwhile to receive the ultimate reward to be send to heaven. Well, shakespeare said that life is a stage, where we are actors and each one of us has a role to play. So who is the director then? Does the director decides on the storyline or the actor themselves? Who ends the stage play? Do the actors given freedom of choice or the director dictates?
People say life is short – say 60, 70 or maybe 80 years in this world. Of course, you will live forever in the hereafter. So make good of the short time you have in this world so that you get the maximum reward later, especially for those who believe in the existence of life in the hereafter and heaven.
Going back to life in this world. Everyone is created from the infusion of male sperm and female ovary with the injection of soul into the feotus in the womb of the mother ( of course, this does not apply to the test tube babies). Each of the babies when born, will strive for the best interest of his/her ownself. Babies will cry for milk and could not be bothered whether the mother is busy or sick, all they care is about their hungry stomach (of course, can’t blame babies coz they can’t rationalize things). However, what I am stressing here is the self interest.
When we grew-up, attending school and mix with other kids, again we will strive for our own self interest. We want to score in every subject and be the best in the class or even the school (however, it depends, maybe there are others who are better than us)
Then, after school and university life, comes the working life. Here again, we meet new people and make some good friends, some enermies maybe and encounter competition as well as jealousy. Well, during this life too, we strive for our own self interest.
Then, there is marriage – meeting the life partner ( why they call life partner – “Till death do us part” ). Though it is a life partner concept, each other will be rationalizing who is right or wrong. There will be ups and downs in this life. Some marriages survive and some becomes living hell and lead to divorces. Well, here again each will be striving for his/her own self interest.
Having analyze the life path, the morale of this post is that everyone is always thinking of their own self interest and their own well-being. So what the hell is life all about? Is it about each individual trying to survive and be happy, at the expense of jeopardizing others' happiness? Is life about our ownself?
Life is more than that. Life is not about our ownself. Life is about how we manage ourself when we are encountering relationship between members in the family, friends, life-partners and society at large. What we have done for others more than for our ownself. Life is about sharing, sacrificing, caring and loving.
Note: what do u think?
People say life is a journey. Journey to where? To another world? Those who believe in God and religion either Islam or any other religion – life is a test by God to see whether one does good or bad things in this world and whether one is worthwhile to receive the ultimate reward to be send to heaven. Well, shakespeare said that life is a stage, where we are actors and each one of us has a role to play. So who is the director then? Does the director decides on the storyline or the actor themselves? Who ends the stage play? Do the actors given freedom of choice or the director dictates?
People say life is short – say 60, 70 or maybe 80 years in this world. Of course, you will live forever in the hereafter. So make good of the short time you have in this world so that you get the maximum reward later, especially for those who believe in the existence of life in the hereafter and heaven.
Going back to life in this world. Everyone is created from the infusion of male sperm and female ovary with the injection of soul into the feotus in the womb of the mother ( of course, this does not apply to the test tube babies). Each of the babies when born, will strive for the best interest of his/her ownself. Babies will cry for milk and could not be bothered whether the mother is busy or sick, all they care is about their hungry stomach (of course, can’t blame babies coz they can’t rationalize things). However, what I am stressing here is the self interest.
When we grew-up, attending school and mix with other kids, again we will strive for our own self interest. We want to score in every subject and be the best in the class or even the school (however, it depends, maybe there are others who are better than us)
Then, after school and university life, comes the working life. Here again, we meet new people and make some good friends, some enermies maybe and encounter competition as well as jealousy. Well, during this life too, we strive for our own self interest.
Then, there is marriage – meeting the life partner ( why they call life partner – “Till death do us part” ). Though it is a life partner concept, each other will be rationalizing who is right or wrong. There will be ups and downs in this life. Some marriages survive and some becomes living hell and lead to divorces. Well, here again each will be striving for his/her own self interest.
Having analyze the life path, the morale of this post is that everyone is always thinking of their own self interest and their own well-being. So what the hell is life all about? Is it about each individual trying to survive and be happy, at the expense of jeopardizing others' happiness? Is life about our ownself?
Life is more than that. Life is not about our ownself. Life is about how we manage ourself when we are encountering relationship between members in the family, friends, life-partners and society at large. What we have done for others more than for our ownself. Life is about sharing, sacrificing, caring and loving.
Note: what do u think?
1 comment:
when i read this entry, it felt as though i have just finished watching one of those the simpsons episodes. i know how much you dislike cartoons, so i don't think you would have watched the simpsons.
the simpsons is different. it's about family, about individuals, about life as a whole. so we can all relate to it as it is so much of an american life. the simpsons would usually starts wif something and ended wif something else. like this entry.
when you see life more as a self-interest kinda thing, i see it more of a religious perspective. questions that i often asked includes "why am i here? what's the purpose?" and a more deep, meaningful questions would be something like "do you love me God?" i know, i know. i'm very emotional and sensitive. and you might think i ask everyone the same.
for me, each individual has a purpose to be living this life. either you are the sort of person that will strive for changes, to make this world a better place to live orrrrrr... make it a living hell. then there are people who are stuck in between because they just don't have the courage to do either - the play-safers. alot of us, or friends are like that. as they want to be happy and be content wif whatever that they have.
so until we find hat purpose, that is what i would like to call life. and yes, life amazingly works like a karma. and for all the happiness that we have, there are people out there suffering - not in the loop of happiness. we have abundance of food, yet there are still people out there who have not seen food for the past week or so. it's a cycle. whether we like it or not, whether we realise it or not.
so i agree wif you mostly on this entry.
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