Is The Time Right?

Everyone says that "the right time is NOW." But I’m still in turmoil about this mind-bending question. Partly because I have my doubts about trusting it and partly I doubt myself that I will be able to take it seriously. It’s true that living life isn’t simple - if you let it become difficult at first. The problem is you won’t exactly know which one of your moves will make it difficult. I mean you won’t exactly know when something is wrong unless it has been proven to be wrong. "Every grown man whom we think have everything is unhappy inside" - this is the assumed universal truth. All the rich people we see are poor from inside in one way or the other. Every King has got the issue of the size of his entire nation to take care of before he could rest in peace. But think about the person who doesn’t have anything. Doesn't he/she still have to take responsibility to get through with the present day in order to continue surviving till very next day? Believe me it’s as tough as a job of CEO trying to handle a trillion dollar corporation (besides CEO will get plenty of assistance). And children, whom we consider to be true to their heart and carefree most of the time are still unhappy because of apparently small problems in adult’s eyes being humongous for them to handle on their own.

So you might be wondering where in the world is happiness? Well, to be honest, I’m also not sure of its whereabouts. I can tell you one thing about it though. That it is some sort of instantaneous moment (something as quick as a spark) within ourselves that gives us motivation to strive for and work harder regardless of facing sorrows in our daily life. It’s the ideal state in which we all will temporarily forget how unhappy we really are and see this world in a completely different light. While we are there - the same annoying object we see everyday might become something worth appreciating. The same situation that might potentially bring us to emotional breakdown will be seen as a road leading to happiness. When we are happy we’d rather be thinking that it’s better that we didn’t have something we wanted dearly but couldn’t have, because of all the positive outcomes that are made possible by its absence.

Well isn’t happiness something to die for? The answer has to be true, but it isn’t for most of us. Why? Because it could only be achieved in long run and some of us might even label it as self fulfilling prophecy. This leaves it less desirable than its false alternative, "pleasure". It is basically short term phenomenon and people are able to get the taste of it quickly without having to incubate it within oneself. Another attribute of pleasure is that it is marketable. By exploiting this attribute we can see that others have created many fancy gears that basically stimulate this feeling by making people enjoying them pay only a little price (be it their money or part of their life). But the downside of it is nomatter how easily you might get instant gratification, it won’t be able to supply you with the aboundand energy which will keep you going during the time of adversity. Although I can’t question its importance particularly keeping those in mind that are enslaved by its divinity in his/her lifetime and have ended up believing that it is the perfect alternative to happiness, which it isn't. But addressing to those who still do believe in the power of happiness, I’d suggest them to gather as much experience in the lifetime as possible, not fussing about whether it will be applicable to them or not, because only experience will make you realize the truth. We can read all about almost anything and get knowledgeable but in the end only experience will make us wiser.

Saying all these I’d like to let one of my secrets out. When I’ve lived my life till the very end - I'd want to die happily. Maybe it's one of your secret desires too...