When are you going to get married? Why are you not buying a house? Why are you not buying a car? These standard questions have now become a social meter, to judge if you are doing well.
The other thought that comes to the people viewing your life is why you are not doing something like them, they bought a car had two kids and now buying a second house for investment opportunities, etc? The relatives come and then boast of what they are doing to multiply their wealth and make more money by investing less in equity or real estate.
What is the need for us to run after these materialistic gains? I always have been a believer that while we get about 70-80 years(if our health and lifeline permits) to enjoy a nice life. We get only about a fraction of the years to actually enjoy the fruits of our labour and the rest is spent in running after the greens and making the most of what is not going to be with us in an afterlife(if it exists).
The point is not of being self sufficient in what we are doing and not to have the will or yearn for a better life style. That is part and parcel of the stupid competition that exists in the world and we are to be part of it.
My quotient of life will be how many friends have I made and kept in the years of my life? How many times did I say thank you to my parents to giving me the best life? When was the last time I actually spent a day with my kids and did not bother to answer a call from the office? When did I spend times with my siblings and invite them to share a meal or go for an outing? How many times did I share a meal with a needy person? What have I given back to a society that supports my very existence?
These are the more important things in life, not the cars or the houses or the accessories that stay with us for a short while. The relations and the moments that we have in our lives will always bring a smile on our face. I remember meeting a school friend after 15 years and I was elated when I saw him, it was just good to meet someone from yonder who would remind you of the good old young days.
I am not a rich person monetarily but I wish to be very rich when I come to have friends and well-wishers who care for me. Maybe the day I am put into my resting place, there will be at least a majority of these people who will be there to place a flower on me and say goodbye. But I know one thing for sure, none of my materialistic desires will be there to shed a tear or be a friend in deed.
I received a message on my mobile, which read, “A well dressed man was sitting on the bonnet of his million dollar car at the beach and bitterly weeping because he could see a group of friends playing football together on the beach and enjoying a barbeque. And he had no one to share that with”
It is time we realize what is actually more important for us and what is it that moves our very foundations to have a passion, a craze and will to smile. It is now or never because no matter what we do, it is our life and we are the only ones who can save it at the end.
Where there is a will, there is a way.