When it comes to certain things in life, I realized that many at times I don’t see eye to eye with others. This could be attributed to fact that we all have our own moral values and principles. There are too times in which I have to draw a clear line and stay away from darkness. I recall a sermon months ago mentioning that although god is a loving god however he is also holy, he will not be associated with anything defile.
Besides gaining a lot of moral values and principles from anime characters and anyone inspiring, going to church since young has sort of shaped the way I perceive things. Although perhaps at that point of time I was still young and I didn’t reflect that much but still the values were inculcated.
Recently, I managed to find some of the answers to the questions that always dwell in mind. Someone very close to me has always been confused, but the answer to the confusion isn’t that difficult. What has to be understood is that “It is not success that brings about happiness, but it is happiness that brings about success”. The above is actually a reconstructed version of a quote by Albert Schweitzer.
I recall a conversation with some of my friends with regards to the purpose of life. I mentioned that we don’t know what it is that’s why we’re living it. But I have always been thinking what actually is the purpose of my life? Is it like what I always say? That is to save people and to bring justice upon the accused? Well what I understand now is that the above is perhaps some of the reasons but it’s not the underlying one. So what then is the underlying reason?
I managed to understand more today. “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” – Albert Camus.
Happiness is really complex, it’s something that is beyond what words can describe. What the above quotes might have meant would be that perhaps you have already things that make you happy but you just aren’t satisfied you just want something to make you happy. With regards to the aspect of life, that probably means you don’t have to find the meaning it is through living life which you would finally understand at the end of the day. It’s just as the saying goes, “Your life is your testimony”.
So perhaps that need not be a reason to live. But it is through our principles and values that steer us towards a certain direction that would eventually give us a reason to live. The spirit of god is one that gives me the direction in life. To allow myself to be a vessel of god, I hope to convey some of the spirit of god such as ...
1. To give hope to those who are in despair
2. To be the guiding star to those who are lost
3. To be the hand to lift those who are feeling down
4. To calm the broken hearted
5. To create excellence out of those who are merely mediocre
Here is a cool picture that was in my post during August 2008.
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