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1月2日 The Road less travelled...or...The Beaten Track?This is a question i have posed to myself ever so often, and more so these days. While deeply philosophical at its root, its a question each of us must answer for his own. Life is short, you live life only once - live it up or make something of it?
Convincing arguments exist for both sides. Pesronally, I've always thought that I should make something of myself, not something small, but something big, profound. But then, I look at most people who have made it big. They have had to relentlessly pursue that one singular goal. It has been their life, their existence to achieve it. With every breath, the only thought that plagues their minds. Such single-minded pursuit of a goal is admirable, definitely. Look at the flipside though - it leaves you no time to "smell the roses". In your pursuit of conquering that final frontier, you have lost out nearly everything life has to offer you.
You have no friends to speak of, you are single (or have a very, very frustfurated spouse), you have forgotten what living is. Once you have achieved that goal, you realise that you have learned nothing else. You find yourself unable to take interest in "regular living". I chide myself for not having a dream, but if I did, and pursued it till death did us part, achieved it; and then had no stories to tell my grandchildren (if any), because I was too put up with my dream!
Thats that for the first part. Imagine a world where everyone simply wanted to live it up. I dont percieve civilised society could even exist in such a set-up. Men must dream, and men must achieve. Look at history - be it revolutionaries, industrialists or scientists. They could bring about what they did because they were willing to give up everything for what they thought was a worthy cause. Mankind has evolved and progressed because of these souls who decided that they would swim against the tide, bring about a change.
After all, what sense does it make to be one among the millions who is born, live a life, get a job, have kids, have grandkids, and die forgotten and unknown? How pointless is living just because you have been born? I dont want a mundane existence, no one does.
Then again, there are times when I am overwhelmed by the big picture. Simply put, the big picture makes everything insignificant. Imagine yourself. In your locality. In your city. In your country. In your continent. On this planet. What importance do you have on this planet? Lets say you are the most important person on this planet. Imagine the earth as part of the Solar System. A part of the Milky Way. Of this universe. If the earth is so insignificant, we are but mere specks on the scape of this universe. Our trials and tribulations are even more unimportant than us. Whatever you achieve even with you life's work, is finally nothing. Then again, the fundamental flaw is this thought is that nothing is important, which means the death of civilised society.
"It's hard not to ask yourself what life is all about and whether there's any sense to it or whether it's all a tragic blunder of blind fate"
- W Somerset Maugham
The Razor's Edge
Yes, there are middle paths. But I dont want any middle path. In Calvin's words, I want either spectacular glory or hopeless, crushing defeat.
The middle path is for wimps. I am not a wimp.
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