I saw Jack today. It is a movie starring Robin Williams and the lovely Jennifer Lopez.
It was the last scene that made me think. This show is about a boy who ages four times faster than normal kids. So by the time he graduated from high school he was like 70.
Having the honor of giving the speech at the graduation ceremony, he said life is short. So we should not waste too much time. Look at me, he said.
The point struck. For the better part of our busy lives, we tend not to realize that time is so precious. We procrastinate and push things off to another day. Before we realize it, we are on the way down. Our body aches more and in more places too. We could not do the things of youth anymore.
Believe me, this is true because it is happening to me. It is better to get out there and do the things that matters and not wait.
As to what it is that matters, each one of us differs. But to me, it means finding that elusive meaning in life. And also to me, it means being able to be happy for with happiness nothing else matters.
Just like the story of three people who were given one wish each. The first wished for lots of money yet wanted more. He was not happy. The second wished for wealth and fame but with that he was not happy because he had no one to share it with. A lovely understanding wife was missing.
Would the third learn from their error and wished for wealth, fame and wives. No he did not. Or did he wish for more wishes? He did not.
He made the wisest choice. He wished for happiness.
Happiness is the ultimate. With that, there is nothing more. If you lack a certain thing, the power of your wish will ensure you get it since if you do not have that, you cannot be happy and your wish would not be fulfilled.
We may not get real wishes like that in the story but then I feel happiness is related to contentment. It is also not about the degree of happiness. Happiness either is there or it is not. There are many ways but I read that the first step lies in understanding craving. I think that is true.
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Very true! I think life would have been easier if we able to be contented at some level because wishes and cravings are limitless. Eventually, we might even be granted more than what we expected.
I might be too young to think that way.. but sometimes, i rather be happier =)
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Thus, contentment is not so much about levels but rather more on recognizing that it is our mind that starts to create all those stuff …cravings etc.
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