someone i knew passed away today. I can't say we're really good friends but I can say we were friends once but our initial associations dwindled away years ago. he was nice and always had good things to say about people. He always smiled and you hardly really saw him in a bad mood. Knowing that someone so young could disappear from humanity just like that has made everyone rethink their lives once again.
Not long ago the discussion was raised among several people as to why the value of work and earning a lot of money has become moot and unattractive. Here is one more reason to help us understand. Being happy is not about earning so much money that you can buy it. Having a great job and dedicating your whole being into it is not good anymore. Because it takes apart your life. Or you wrap your substance around something/someone other than yourself. It's not really about being selfish, but to care about yourself enough to take a day off, to relax, to laugh with your friends or spend sundays with the family. It's not JUST about the money anymore.
As a colleague once asked me: how much are your weekends worth?
There was a time when I threw everything I had into my work. I wanted to succeed. I wanted to prove something. But that made things difficult on everyone else around me. I was either always listless or irritable. I was numb from exhaustion that i had no time to even cry a tear that the love of my life had just left for another country. I did it so that I could not stop and feel anything. Think it was the right choice? eeeeeh. wrong. To throw away your relationships is like throwing away what makes you want to wake up every morning. Something inanimate like a job or money can give you a hug or kiss when you need it.
Everyone has a choice or choices to make. I'm not saying throw away your jobs and live like a bum without a care in the world. You have to pull your own weight. But there isn't just one option. You can find something that you enjoy doing. And then once in a while, step back and find a smile in something else. If you aren't happy, make a change. do something. now. before your time comes and you'll live a life of regret that you didn't stop to appreciate how good it is to be alive. Or worse, not have the time to look back at all.
i remember someone telling me that the reason why WORK sucks the LIFE out of us... is because of how we view it, as WORK. i don't know if that made sense to you...
find something that you LOVE doing.. and do just that :)
This is my world. This is who I am. And I'm not gonna give up myself to make your life better. And you want me to change. I can't get used to
all you want me to be and I just can't pretend to be anyone else 'cause it's not really me. - Darius Rucker
Hey, happy new blog.
Aggie just YM'd me about him. I'm still shocked.
Clar