Finally got the job at Sony in their marketing department. If all goes well i hope to do my attachment there this year and for that, i'm truly thankful to God for the opportunity. I was sharing with J in the day that yes, it was all very implicit during the interview that doors will be opened to me.
"But it's not what you eventually want in the future right?"
But at that moment...i was tempted to reply otherwise. The struggle between the pursuit of my dream and attaining my material desires became very real.
We live in a world where high achievers are congratulated and held up as examples to follow. We live in a world that we're forever being told that that certain things will make us happy. All we've got to do is find the right job, the right relationship, the right place to live, the right hobby, the right social circle or the right routine.
But what about those who would appear to have ticked off every item on the list? Are they really any more fulfilled? Maybe they're worse off - for they have nothing on which to blame their relentless sense of discomfort. So often, i forget that true quality of life is not related to how much we can achieve but how deeply we can enjoy our day-to-day experience of simply existing.
Chess follows laws of impeccable logic. There are certain moves i can make and certain moves i can't. All of my options have consequences. These, plus the possibilities that they open up, and the reciprocal actions that can then be taken, are perfectly predictable. Computers are very good at chess. I'm not. But life is not a game. Even if it is, it is definitely not chess. Many of the choices we make have consequences that only reveal themselves after a long time.
Sigh, it's so hard to locate the future. Childishly, i want to think that it's simpler to make an effort to find immediate happiness. But then, who's going to do the hard work? :(
"But it's not what you eventually want in the future right?"
But at that moment...i was tempted to reply otherwise. The struggle between the pursuit of my dream and attaining my material desires became very real.
We live in a world where high achievers are congratulated and held up as examples to follow. We live in a world that we're forever being told that that certain things will make us happy. All we've got to do is find the right job, the right relationship, the right place to live, the right hobby, the right social circle or the right routine.
But what about those who would appear to have ticked off every item on the list? Are they really any more fulfilled? Maybe they're worse off - for they have nothing on which to blame their relentless sense of discomfort. So often, i forget that true quality of life is not related to how much we can achieve but how deeply we can enjoy our day-to-day experience of simply existing.
Chess follows laws of impeccable logic. There are certain moves i can make and certain moves i can't. All of my options have consequences. These, plus the possibilities that they open up, and the reciprocal actions that can then be taken, are perfectly predictable. Computers are very good at chess. I'm not. But life is not a game. Even if it is, it is definitely not chess. Many of the choices we make have consequences that only reveal themselves after a long time.
Sigh, it's so hard to locate the future. Childishly, i want to think that it's simpler to make an effort to find immediate happiness. But then, who's going to do the hard work? :(
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