I realized I've not blogged for a long time. And believe me, it's been at the back of my mind, bugging me ever so much. Well truth is, I've been occupied with school activities and it kinda made me forgot about my blog and milkteeth and whats not.
And I was also holding a grudge, thank you very much Soket. Here's a not serious post and I must admit that I was offended by your statement.
Oh well.
Have you guys ever dreamt of living your ideal life? Living your dreams you say. Living to what you think is bliss but in other words, living out perfection is your perception.
We live in this world for a purpose that we don't really know (or do and fail to do something about) yet in the end all we care about is to be perfect.
I read an article in the NST, like months and months ago and this guy said something along its another year and another year for the quest of perfection. I didn't really understand it then but now when I lost some sense of clarity I once had, I truly understand.
Look at our everyday activities for example. Look at a normal school student. In the morning, they go to school, then what more they go for extra classes, tuitions and what not. Then, they participate for competitions and join as many clubs as possible. Compete for number one in the class, get 8 A's for PMR and say your content.
Repeat that for a few years, then battle for a place in a top 10 university. Get an honors degree, get another degree or mba then get a job that goes from 8-7 making lots of money while your mother brags about your pay. Get married, breed as many as possible, make them live your past then die happily like another clone from Frikking-Perfect Land.
Or maybe that is not your ideal life.
Or maybe your ideal life is going to school, having fun. Living a great school life and get a really cool degree like Media, Music and Film. Graduate and get a really nice job. Live the boheme life and die happy in your minimalist apartment with nothing to worry about.
Face it, what ever is your ideal life or state of mind, your asking for perfection. If you think about it, even Zen is perfection. Its too extreme, too minimal. Zen is when you want nothing, feel nothing and have nothing to think of. And, NOTHING is perfect.
Even so called laid back people who don't care about these arguements care. They care so much that they say "Like, who cares?". The only reason you make that statement is coz you care. If you didn't you wouldn't even voice it out in your blog, your conversations or your songs.
But is being flawed a good thing. Imagine the world if everyone was number one on the charts while they had an IQ of infinity. It won't be normal anymore. It won't be a challenge. It won't be satisfying to live and compete anymore coz its just too easy.
I guess thats why we are not living a perfect life. Coz struggling for a perfect one is a challenge that we want. Without that challenge, what else would we do?
And I was also holding a grudge, thank you very much Soket. Here's a not serious post and I must admit that I was offended by your statement.
Oh well.
Have you guys ever dreamt of living your ideal life? Living your dreams you say. Living to what you think is bliss but in other words, living out perfection is your perception.
We live in this world for a purpose that we don't really know (or do and fail to do something about) yet in the end all we care about is to be perfect.
I read an article in the NST, like months and months ago and this guy said something along its another year and another year for the quest of perfection. I didn't really understand it then but now when I lost some sense of clarity I once had, I truly understand.
Look at our everyday activities for example. Look at a normal school student. In the morning, they go to school, then what more they go for extra classes, tuitions and what not. Then, they participate for competitions and join as many clubs as possible. Compete for number one in the class, get 8 A's for PMR and say your content.
Repeat that for a few years, then battle for a place in a top 10 university. Get an honors degree, get another degree or mba then get a job that goes from 8-7 making lots of money while your mother brags about your pay. Get married, breed as many as possible, make them live your past then die happily like another clone from Frikking-Perfect Land.
Or maybe that is not your ideal life.
Or maybe your ideal life is going to school, having fun. Living a great school life and get a really cool degree like Media, Music and Film. Graduate and get a really nice job. Live the boheme life and die happy in your minimalist apartment with nothing to worry about.
Face it, what ever is your ideal life or state of mind, your asking for perfection. If you think about it, even Zen is perfection. Its too extreme, too minimal. Zen is when you want nothing, feel nothing and have nothing to think of. And, NOTHING is perfect.
Even so called laid back people who don't care about these arguements care. They care so much that they say "Like, who cares?". The only reason you make that statement is coz you care. If you didn't you wouldn't even voice it out in your blog, your conversations or your songs.
But is being flawed a good thing. Imagine the world if everyone was number one on the charts while they had an IQ of infinity. It won't be normal anymore. It won't be a challenge. It won't be satisfying to live and compete anymore coz its just too easy.
I guess thats why we are not living a perfect life. Coz struggling for a perfect one is a challenge that we want. Without that challenge, what else would we do?
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