The Path of Time

Most of us, if not all of us are guilty for chasing our own goals without realising the other "sideline" successes that should be achieved. We are very much obsessed about being successful, which is generally measured by what car you drive, your position at work, sales targets, size of your house.... and the list goes on! Aren't we all so obsessed about achieving such materialistic goals and milestones? There are some out there, however who have been blessed with the gift of losing everything. Before you start accusing me of being crazy, let me explain - for many of us owning a big house, many sports cars, thirty thousand dollar home theater system, designer interior decor, expensive food, expensive watches...........etc Then you stop, think and realise, you have a big house but you are hardly around to enjoy it, a thirty thousand dollar home theater system that is probably only switched on twice a year, expensive watches that simply tell you you are running late and time...

You probably think I am crazy with this blog title. As simple as it may sound, I can bet a good majority of us find it difficult to do nothing or may well just find it impossible to do nothing. Everyday, its about doing something - slotting a class time in our diaries, setting a date for dinner, doing the house for a small party, feeding the baby, and doing this, and doing that. Awfully realistic and painful to know that your own life is governed by doing things and finding so little time to do all of it eh? Recently had lunch with a friend of mine, who is in the advertising line. It was a Sunday afternoon, and he simply couldn't get his mind of work. He was constantly looking around the restaurant, looking at the decor, paintings, pictures, anything around just to find ideas for his work. He simply wasn't given a chance to just enjoy his lunch with a friend and not let work get in the way. We each in our own ways have an agenda. We are all lobbyists for our own cause, our own ...

Driving back home from work, getting caught up in a slight traffic crawl my mind suddenly popped me a question - how would I want to be remembered if I kicked the bucket (i.e. die)? I have to admit, when the question randomly appeared in my mind, I knew it was very rethorical question. Rethorical question for a rethoric like myself to answer! Perfect! Besides, anyone stuck in a traffic crawl with the cd player blasting is pretty much a rethoric anyway. As far as I can remember, I did ask a close friend of mine before and he said he would probably remember me as nice, kind, helpful and sincere. That is certainly comforting to know but it didn't seem quite right to me somehow or rather. It felt very general, not specific and simply just not convincing enough. The easiest way to find out of course is to go around asking people close to me about it but that would also be very weird and I would probably be thought of as being egoistic or being vain - guess it's a no-no. But if I did...