Purpose: Revisited

Women talk about men's eternal search for a purpose in their lives. And their inability to mask it under the garb of something material. Well, men will be men. And they shall always continue to search. Else what does life mean? If there were no sense of purpose, each one of us would be lying around idly, relishing great ripe fresh fruits, or maybe some raw meat in a cave, shivering with fear of naughty flesh eating natural brothers of ours, and the cold fury of God.

Maybe, that is too much of an exaggeration. But, come on! How can one work for something if one doesn't even know what one is working for? Can one think of taking up a project without even knowing what it is all about, what its implications are, and what all inputs does it require? I guess, No. Then, life is much bigger and much greater than a project to be squandered that easily. Of course, this doesn't mean that one keeps on wondering about one's purpose in life and spends the whole lifetime wondering! One has to accept the fact that complete knowledge is a utopia which one can only dream about but never reach. Hence, do what you want to do. Please note, "what you want to", not "what is available" or "what you get".

People jump at the first opportunity where they see "more money" or "more international travel" or a more of gamut of factors. One sane person might have actualy realised that "money" is THE thing for him in life. But that doesn't mean the same yardstick applies to everyone else. His objective in life might be to become filthily rich. I'm not sure everyone carries the same ambition? Atleast I don't think I do, anymore! Too many people are stressed out in their jobs. Too many people keep trying frantically to switch jobs. Too many people just give up and lead the rest of their lives like zombies with all passion evaporating into thin air. The fact is "too many". And the question is, Why?

Isn't it because of the same reason. The whole world seems to have reduced to an array of mud-holes, with some cheese kept somewhere in one of the holes. And all of us are rats, indulging in a rat-race to get that piece of cheese. Each one of us seems to doing what the majority of our nearby people seem to be doing. But have we ever questioned why we are doing a particular thing? Do we have enough self-belief? Do we have enough conviction in ourselves?

Ultimately, whatever one does it is for his/her own happiness. This is based on the premise of selfishness which I guess is a grey idea everyone follows but chooses to deny! And is it that difficult a task to understand what gives happiness to oneself? If no, then why don't people seem to be doing it? Or is it that they choose the great path of "sacrificing their happiness" and follow a bhedchaal because they never had the conviction and self-belief to standby the ultimate truth of their lives?

As always, it is for each one of us to answer. I ain't no saint to provide answers!