“At the end of life you will find that the things you thought were big things were actually little things and that all those things you thought were little, unimportant things were actually the big, important ones.”
The person who uttered these words was indeed a foolish person. He begins with the “end of life” and the tenor of his note is negative. How depressing! It is a reflection of a person who was a complete failure in life, a person who never enjoyed life nor let other persons around him enjoy the same. He was, in short, a wet blanket.
I am young. I do not want to think about the “end of life” just yet. And why should I not spend time on myself? I am the most important person- at least to myself and in my own sweet eyes. I like to dress up fashionably, wear latest and trendy clothes. I like good make-up. This is to say that I want to look good and feel good and I see no harm in it. It also adds as well as does wonders to my personality and my confidence. Why would I like to light a candle and hide it under a vessel?
I have just one life; I would want to enjoy that life to the fullest. I want to go out as often as I would want to without any hindrance. I would like to have all those delicious goodies available in the market. After all, they are there for me to enjoy them. I would like to watch movies, visit places and do all that I can fit in this life to make it enjoyable. Why would I like to renounce them and this world? There is neither justification nor logic to the above saying.
I want to be successful in life. I want to earn lots of money to enjoy life. However, to achieve my ambition, I do not want to be like an oak tree, which takes years and years to grow. I would rather prefer to be a creeper who piggybacks on others to reach the top. After all it really does not matter how you reach the top as long as you achieve your goal in life. And people respect successful persons and the manner in which they achieved their success.
Family ties are important but definitely not at the cost of my life and enjoyment. I do not want to be tied to “do this” or “don’t do that” philosophy. Such restrictions bind my free spirit. They snatch away the precious moments of my one and only life. These moments once gone will never come back. My parents have not done for their children. And all they have done is because they want to make their old age secure by taking away my youth. I just cannot let my parents exploit me. My brothers and sisters are annoying. All they do is just carry tales to my parents while they themselves indulge in those same very things. So much of hypocrisy and exploitation within my own family.
My personal belief is in the saying “Each man for himself”. I believe in “I, Me and Myself”. After all I am god’s gift to this world.
(Do all these sound fatalistic and far-fetched? My ideas may have run riot but if we do not take care of our today, we may have to face a similar kind of situation tomorrow.)