Of Life and the Future
There exist three kinds of people: those who live in the past, those who live only in the present and those who live in the present but live for the future.
I do not know what the deal is with the people who fall in the first category. They should stop dwelling in the past and think about their lives and how to make it as good as what has gone by. However, I think that for those old souls who have had a fulfilling and successful life and who are nearing the end of their days this is not such a bad way to spend their remaining time.
In the second category are those who are concerned with making each individual day amazing. It requires work on a daily basis. Whatever they do on one particular day does not guarantee that the next will be wonderful as well. As a matter of fact in the limited time that a period of twenty four hours provides they usually do not even succeed in making that particular day fulfilling. They often do not care about the consequences of their actions and it can get more and more difficult over time to achieve even one happy day. Due to their short sightedness these people tend to be reckless and somewhat selfish and do not care what problems their actions can lead to in the future and who they hurt around them.
Then there is the third category. These are the people who plan out there lives, carefully and methodically and slowly work over time, day by day, week by week, month by month to achieve what they foresee. Each and everyday, at the end of the day they think about what they want and they are hopeful. That hope is enough to make their day beautiful and the knowledge that they have worked hard to get what they want is enough to make them sleep blissfully at night. When they do achieve what they had set out to do they usually experience long lasting happiness. I personally feel that these people find it easiest to achieve happiness. The only problem is that life is unpredictable and we might get an anaphylactic reaction after smelling a flower and die tomorrow... but the chances of that happening are next to nothing.
In my life, at one time or another, I have fitted in all the three categories. Now that I find myself in the last category, I think I am the happiest. After all, the pieces of a puzzle do not make any sense by themselves but when joined to make a picture they do. These pieces can be likened to days and the entire puzzle to life. And when life is considered as a whole only then will it make sense.
I think there is a fourth rather redundant category as well. These are the people who are just living for the sake of living. They should get a PV bleed.
My left thumb and index finger got caught in my gate today. It has become quite red and extremely tender. I hope, I am able to use it soon. I could barely unbutton my pants when I got back home. I need all my digits.
I do not know what the deal is with the people who fall in the first category. They should stop dwelling in the past and think about their lives and how to make it as good as what has gone by. However, I think that for those old souls who have had a fulfilling and successful life and who are nearing the end of their days this is not such a bad way to spend their remaining time.
In the second category are those who are concerned with making each individual day amazing. It requires work on a daily basis. Whatever they do on one particular day does not guarantee that the next will be wonderful as well. As a matter of fact in the limited time that a period of twenty four hours provides they usually do not even succeed in making that particular day fulfilling. They often do not care about the consequences of their actions and it can get more and more difficult over time to achieve even one happy day. Due to their short sightedness these people tend to be reckless and somewhat selfish and do not care what problems their actions can lead to in the future and who they hurt around them.
Then there is the third category. These are the people who plan out there lives, carefully and methodically and slowly work over time, day by day, week by week, month by month to achieve what they foresee. Each and everyday, at the end of the day they think about what they want and they are hopeful. That hope is enough to make their day beautiful and the knowledge that they have worked hard to get what they want is enough to make them sleep blissfully at night. When they do achieve what they had set out to do they usually experience long lasting happiness. I personally feel that these people find it easiest to achieve happiness. The only problem is that life is unpredictable and we might get an anaphylactic reaction after smelling a flower and die tomorrow... but the chances of that happening are next to nothing.
In my life, at one time or another, I have fitted in all the three categories. Now that I find myself in the last category, I think I am the happiest. After all, the pieces of a puzzle do not make any sense by themselves but when joined to make a picture they do. These pieces can be likened to days and the entire puzzle to life. And when life is considered as a whole only then will it make sense.
I think there is a fourth rather redundant category as well. These are the people who are just living for the sake of living. They should get a PV bleed.
My left thumb and index finger got caught in my gate today. It has become quite red and extremely tender. I hope, I am able to use it soon. I could barely unbutton my pants when I got back home. I need all my digits.