Sometimes when I have hang ups in life, I'll remember what a friend has taught me. He told me that there is no point being obsessed with something, when we were born with nothing and we will leave the world with nothing too.
Come to think of it, isn't it true? We were all born naked. Some die naked too. And of course, nobody can take whatever we have accumulated here to the other world.
But, if we have made it good in life, our descendants can burn more paper paraphernalia to us when we die, but non-Taoist will not understand this.
So, I asked my friend, the one who came up with this philosophy, why do you work so hard then? Why do people bust their brains trying to score in exams? Since we came with nothing and will leave with nothing too, why slog like hell, raise a family, buy property, etc.? Why don't we just loiter around in the world?
Come to think of it, isn't it true? We were all born naked. Some die naked too. And of course, nobody can take whatever we have accumulated here to the other world.
But, if we have made it good in life, our descendants can burn more paper paraphernalia to us when we die, but non-Taoist will not understand this.
So, I asked my friend, the one who came up with this philosophy, why do you work so hard then? Why do people bust their brains trying to score in exams? Since we came with nothing and will leave with nothing too, why slog like hell, raise a family, buy property, etc.? Why don't we just loiter around in the world?
hahaha I sometimes ask stupid questions that nobody can answer.
Anyway, he told me, it's the satisfaction, the feeling of achieving something out of life.
Errmm I don't think I can comprehend that kinda achievement, since I don't feel like I have achieved anything significant in life. Not as if I invented some life-saving gadgetry or something.
His philosophy doesn't really work for me, but time can lessen my hang ups.
4 comments:
nah.. life is about ups and downs..
we all questions a lot... no big deal :)
i know it sounds cliched but i do believed that we're all here for a purpose or reason. we just gota find out what that is, and at the same time enjoy ourselves while we're still here. life is short, after all.
:)
btw, you've been tagged again *haha*
she's jess
Yes, it's when there are more downs than ups that one starts to come up with all sorts of questions :p
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I think our purpose here is to procreate LOL
The tag .. I'll get down to it soon. Seems like a long list of questions to answer :)
thaanks! I hope you'll like it.. :D
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