Friday, August 26, 2011

20110826: Out of Space

Are we getting Out of Space?

Went back to the old house we used to live. Almost everything has changed, the neighbor got married and had a new born baby and the other neighbor has moved also, replaced by young unfamiliar faces.

A mixed feeling, a tinge of sadness and rejoice creeps up at the back of my mind and all of a sudden that feeling of away from home surfaced again, my parents, siblings, nephews & friends. Even the scent of newly cut grass after the rain smells different here.

Home is where we grew up in, surrounded by family, friends and things that we are familiar with. A place where we could go back again and again in the hope of finding nothing has changed & in our mind, will remain the same for our remembrance until eternity.

Although the landscape has changed a bit, the trademark row of trees are still standing green. Not sure for how long though. I heard some have been relocated to make way for transportation needs.

In pursuit of happiness and needful things, our life should be getting better & better. But these days, for the sake of development, in the name of modernization and capitalism, seems that what once was valued are replaced by mere investment tools, slapped on with a price tag, mark with a dollar sign & traded for making profit.

Get on the band wagon or be left behind is the mentality I felt going on these days. This message pours over to the younger generations of Haves and Have-Nots, whether they understand it, want to accept it or not. Thus creating a void which seems may only be filled by newer material things & the latest shiny gadgets. Hence a new generation of Your Rich Dad & My Poor Dad youth is born. Comparing amongst themselves who has got the shinier new toy.

As a Chinese saying goes, 旧的不去,新的不来 If the old dont go, the new cannot come. But what if we can appreciate and preserve the old way, and figure out another discreet direction to arrive in a new way.

Getting from here to there, theres always a way so that no one has to suffer. Some may say & some might already have thought or say but it is elusive and getting there may not be a happy journey & it might not even yield as much money as would have preferred; which is now advertised as the purpose of our life.

Some be asking where is this so called WAY?, and expecting a simple answer in a short 12 words sentence. Luckily, life doesnt count as short as twelve. General advice would be to buy lottery & if you strike it, youve got the A N S. The thing is, there is no one perfect available answer about how to get there, thats what people should realized when they finished those reading all those How I made f##king Billions? book.

Like the ladys who sure all the glitter is gold, or that room at the top of the stairs, there is sure a way to climb up the stairway to heaven. Each one of us has to chart our own journey in order to arrive there in life, & it is measured by definition of self. As long as were breathing and our eyes can see ahead, mark that path and make way for the new WE.