I was in the discussion with friends after lunch today and this topics seems to just come and go once too often. So I thought to write about it. The thought about being content with our life.The first job that I had i.e when I could be considered an SET payed very little money, the work hours were 12 hours compulsory and life was tough. But the work helped me to learn a lot about being an actual programmer. Never in my later jobs have I learned as much and as fast as I had back then. But people who join large organizations with a hefty pay packet do not seem to be content with their job always comparing it with others. Something my mother says is quite true. Only when we grow from the ground level do we realize what we have achieved in life.
This discontentment branches out into all aspects of our life. We crib about our job, about our finances, about our love life. We complain about our looks, about not being smart enough and this and that. We always try to compare ourselves against other people and are never satisfied. Now I don't intend to tell that we should not have ambition. Of course we should always strive to improve ourselves. That is what life is about. But then we should also spend the time to appreciate the things we have in our life and avoid taking them for granted. True happiness can be found not on the outside but inside ourselves and that is when we are content with what we have.
The next time we feel dissatisfied with ourselves let us try and remember the things we have that many people can only dream to have in their lives.
True, very much. As long as we compare we'll never have enough. Also, more you earn, more you spend and less you save. So you want to earn even more and..... ;)
ReplyDeleteApparently, there's no end to how much a person can want. Most of us seem to always want more and more. But I don't think acquisition and consumption bring nearly the happiness that being true to ourselves brings.
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