Source : http://movie-house.net/

To summarize, this article describe about how the current society emphasize on "achieving your dream" rather than to live your current life to the fullest. Children are told to be skilled in something, be it knowledge or sports, as though happiness is when you are able to achieve that dream. The dream of getting a nice job, wealth, those are the happiness you should aim for in life. The writer is totally against that idea.

At the first place, we need to be clear with the definition of happiness. Some people think when they are able to obtain those materialistic goals, they are happy. Are they, really? If so, then why is the suicidal rate increase along with the progression of a country?

I'm thankful, alhamdulillah, to say that I was brought up to just do whatever I want. Haha. I never felt the force of doing something. As long as I do the best and doesn't go astray from the right path, I am free to do anything. I thought it was normal until I grew up and see the reality myself. I was the weird one, apparently.

I live in a city. I teach archery to kids during weekend. I am beyond pathetic to listen to their stories of how they dislike having to go to extra classes, from piano lesson to several tuition, not at the age of 16 but even 6 years old! SIX YEARS OLD. Going to a tuition. What for? To get a higher marks in stacking blocks? Haha

Probably because we tend to compare. We wanna compete, we wanna be the best among the rest. What for? To be out standing, so that people will look up to us. What for? So that we feel great.. What for? How the hell should I know!! LOL it's always the competition, from school, in Malaysia we have a system of ranking from primary school which I totally disagree.

Who do you live your life for? If you're hurt or unhappy, who would feel the pain? It's you. Yes if you're great among the others, get all the certificates in everything, from economics, engineering, medicine, you're the genius one, but remember, there will always be someone better than you. Trust me. You may feel great now among your comfort zone, but once you're excluded from there, there will always be someone better than you. That's the nature of human. We don't easily be satisfied with something, we want to improve, it's yourself that need to control towards the right path.

Back to the story of kids who told me about how they dislike to attend all the classes. Some of the parents would ask me, "would my kids able to get medals?". I really don't know. I only teach them to have fun with whatever they do LOL. Sometimes we're stuck in a situation where we just had to accept it, so we had to look at it from different perspective and enjoy your life.

BUT if you have an option, why would you sacrifice now (which is the only period of time you are guaranteed to breath) for the future which you are not even sure of! Why? You may be the best. You may. It's a bet. You can't be sure at all. Unlike now, you are the one who have the control.

Are you assured enough to say that "I am going to live  for another five years for sure! So after this 5 years of working like a mad, I will be the richest person in the world!". It's not wrong to have a goal, but make sure throughout your journey of reaching the goal, you are doing what is meaningful to you.
 Not to just somehow be patient, lead a life of a living corpse, for the sake of the future you're not sure of.


I believe when we are going to leave this world has been determined. Our life is like an hour glass. Each moment passes is each moment closer to the end of our life. So, how would you like to spend your life? Trying hard to compete with others or just live a meaningful life for yourself. I just wanna be a human with values.

I encounter numerous living corpses everyday. Studying hard is all they do. Because they are taught to just focus on their goal, they turn into a self-centered person. All they know is they reach the goal, to get a flying colors of result. They can't respect, poor emotional/spiritual management skill, so once something hit them, they lose. They shatter like a glass.

You know what? God has created all the things around us for reasons. For you. We don't just belong in a concrete, chasing things like a hamster running on wheel for nothing. Once in a while we should step aside from the so-called "goal" and think. Are you happy? Look at the nature. No matter how much we destroy the Earth, it still turns into the same direction. I recently saw a murder of crows (Yes we call a group of crows "murder" hahaha) fighting for a piece of bread. Then I realized how much I was ungrateful in my life. T.T We don't feel any guilt of throwing a piece of bread away, and those crows are fighting among themselves to have that piece of bread!!

Sometimes it's us who don't realize so many blessings in our life because we refuse to! There are so many happiness, goals that have already achieved but you deny. The bless of breathing a fresh air, to get a hug, walk, sleep,. Do you realize how many people out there wish to get that? Seriously, take off that blind fold and learn to be grateful.

I wanna be the happiest person! Haha. I am happy with others' happiness. I learnt that if you wanna be happy, you have to give instead of get. We will never be satisfied with what we get, what we have, but if you teach yourself to give more, insya Allah you will be happy. And maybe that's my definition of happiness. Hopefully. Do remind me if I forget. Ciaoo