Monday, May 09, 2005

Something to ponder on...

There were once 2 brothers who lived on the 80th level. On coming Home one day, they realized to their dismay that the lifts were not working and that they had to climb the stairs home. After struggling to the 20th level, panting and tired, they decided to abandon their bags and come back for them. They left their bags there and climbed on.

When they struggled to the 40th level, the younger brother started to grumble and both of them began to quarrel. They continued to climb the flights of steps, quarrelling all the way to the 60th floor. They then realized that they had only 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop quarrelling and continue climbing in peace. They silently climbed on and reached their home at long last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to open the door. And they realized that the key was in their bags which were left on the 20th floor. [Not meant to be a joke at all... if you find yourself laughing at it, it's about time u start thinking about what you want in life.

Moral: This story is a reflection on our lives. Many of us live for the expectations of our parents, teachers and friends when we were young. We seldom get to do the things that we really like or love. It is under so much pressure and stress that by our early 20s, we get tired and decide to dump this load and enjoy life. Being free of the stress and pressure, we work enthusiastically and dream ambitious dreams. But by the time we reach our 40s, we start to lose our vision and along with that, our dreams and goal in life. We began to feel unsatisfied and start to complain and criticize.

We live life in misery as we are never satisfied. Reaching 60, we realize that we have little time left for complaining and we began to walk the final episode in peace and calmness. We think that there is nothing left that could disappoint us, only to realize that we cannot rest in peace because we have an unfulfilled dream. A dream we abandoned about 60 plus years ago. So what is your dream? Keep them alive. Follow your dreams so that you will not live with regrets and you will have stories to share with your loved ones.

Have you dropped/abandoned (lost) your bags (dreams) some where along the busy lifestyle/working life?? Ask yourself now, what have you achieved so far??

And if you continue to do what you are doing now what will you be achieving in 2 years time??

Is this what you want from life?? Is this the kind of lifestyle you want??

Are you satisfied with it?? If you have already achieved what you want.
Then CONGRATULATIONS to you!!!

If you have NOT, then are you doing something about it?? Have you got a plan??

If you still have NOT DONE ANYTHING. What are you waiting for?

You only live this life once; time which has passed will not come back.
What are you waiting for??

Dream big and go for it....


No comments: