Human life is complex, and living
is complicated, especially when you are a parent. In order to truly understand
what life is all about, you must distill life to one simple but difficult
question: “Am I happy?”
This is a simple question, but the
answer may not be as simple and straightforward as you may think. This simple
question is about life, which is never simple; living for life may, indeed, be
very complicated, especially for those who are always unhappy.
If your life is getting more
complicated, you may have problems with life and living. If, on the other hand,
you never have problems with feelings of anger, fear, frustration, or
you never have felt that life is meaningless, you are probably not
human.
Generally speaking, the purpose of living is two-fold: to enjoy
life, and to expand happiness.
But how can one enjoy life
if one is not happy by nature, or how can one expand happiness if one
has no idea what happiness is all about? Indeed, living for life begins with
that simple question: “Am I happy?”
You may want to ask another
poignant question: “Why would one even bother to ask or answer that question if
one is already unhappy with life?”
So, if you wish to be happy, you
must ask yourself on a regular basis that one simple question: “Am I happy?”
The desire to live
well is as old as age. Everybody desires a life that is happy and well lived.
To live well, however,
one must ask questions about life; after all, life is about asking questions
and finding intelligent answers to the questions asked. Living for life is
never easy because it requires wisdom, which is essentially finding answers to
questions about life and living. In the Bible, Jesus said: “Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find . . .” (Matthew 7:7) In real
life, we must ask ourselves questions at all times.
Now is as good a times a parent—as
any to live your life on your own terms, instead of someone else's terms. Now
is the time not just to think out of the box, but to create your own box. THEBOOK OF LIFE AND LIVING was written just for that specific purpose to inspire
you with the wisdom in living, based on conventional wisdom, ancient wisdom,
and spiritual wisdom.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen
Lau
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