Riches or a rich life?

One cannot say enough of how important the journey is than the goal. I know that when we get to the grind of daily life, the goal seems to be the only justification for the journeys we take, for the hardships we put ourselves through just to make ends meet.

Having said that, we really ought to fight society, fight ourselves and each fibre that tells us otherwise. After all, when you really sit down to thinking about it, everything that we put ourselves through does not justify our end.

Yes, I know that there has to be some measure of justification in going through suffering in order to have a better future, or a better end.

Then again, it’s such a sad and sordid affair of being when at the end of it all, we either run out of time or out of enthusiasm even when we’ve achieved a certain amount of wealth by then. I’ve seen countless times how people become rich in material wealth, only to have lost their soul and hell, don’t even know how to enjoy a single ounce of the wealth that they’ve accumulated.

Yes, it all does sound like a gamble when we try and live for the moment, almost to the measure of “forsaking” our future. Now, this may sound somewhat strange to western thoughts, but it is rather a matter of life and death for many Orientals that place prime importance on the accumulation of wealth above all, yes, even above their own lives.

But you know what? I believe the westerners have it right time around.

See, while those in the west would prefer to rent properties and use the savings they have on holidays and such, we in the east give up our lives just to accumulate properties, hoping to make more money in doing so when property prices rise. But if you seriously think about it, the amount you pay for rental as opposed to having to repay bank loans... even that out over time and you’ll find that those in the west have much better quality of lives than those in the east.

After all, really... how much can we hope to bring with us to our graves? Not a single cent would matter then. So, why give up the precious commodity of living a life that’s full with one that has nothing to look forward to except the “end”? So, we really have to reset out thinking and figure out whether we want to value our lives more than money or the other way around.