'Peace' of your Joy

May Peace Be With You.

Recently,I have come to acknowledge how profound the need to have peace in ones life. You tend to neglect this crucial aspect of life as you join in with the chase of the world; in your pursuit for fame and fortune. How easily we overlook the littlest thing that makes our living worthwhile - like family and friends, like calm and peace.

Have you stopped to ask yourself if you are really HAPPY with your life? Are you proud of your achievements thus far? And if you had say "Yes" to either of the question, then answer this too ; Did you have to sacrifice your loved ones time or happiness along the journey of your quest? Think hard before you answer...cos I'm pretty sure, someone had to take a back-seat while you were focused on the front.

My entry today is not to condemn your need to succeed. Granted, for you to rise in this fast paced world, you need to stand out among the rest. However, I just want this entry to tap into your thoughts and shift it to your loved ones - parents, spouse,children, guardian, friends; i.e The ones who always have to be sacrificing their wish and wants in spending quality time with you -taking a stroll,going for a movie, having dinner or just talk- simply because they want you to strive for what you deemed, was important for you.

You see, I have constantly heard people saying that their loved ones are the main reason for them to be seeking wealth in the first place. But what good would a wealth do if you never get to spend it with your loved ones, while they are still here, breathing? If you go out before the sun rise and return home after the moon is out, where is the quality of your life? Of your family's lives, rather? Do you realize that by thinking you deserve to be given credit for the hard-work you been doing for your family,that you are refusing to acknowledge-if not belittle- the time your family member had to forego in solitude while waiting for you? Who's to say that a wife who is a home maker are having it easy? Try spending a whole day at home sitting and slouching, watching TV and cleaning the house from sun up to sun down and answer if that was 'easy'?

It saddens me to watch aging parents never catch a glimpse of their child anymore while they sit in fear counting the last day of their lives. It's heart wrenching to watch a child who was rewarded with a STAR from his teacher for his 'artistic' crayon smudge had to first share that news with the chauffeur who was designated to pick him up from nursery. It's torturing to watch a romantic love story when your other half was rarely in sight anymore. These are just some random cases of the sacrifices people are making silently while we go around making money in the name of our loved ones. Ironic, We are blinded to the suffering of the very same ones we thought we were caring for!

So I ask you today, to stop feeling victimized in not getting the right 'appreciation' and turn to appreciate the ones who deserve it no less than you too,instead. You can never fail to feel contend watching the spark in your parents eye while you hold their hand and take them for a walk, the pride in your childs eye when you pat them in delight for their 'gigantic' achievements and the tears in your wife's eye when you wrap your arms around her and say 'thank you' for all her effort in managing your home. Better yet, if you seal it with a kiss ;)

Go on, go try it. You could never go wrong when you make someone happy. The real success in life is when you strike a balance between LIFE and work ; not the other way around.

You'll understand what peace is when you know you brought joy to others.


May you Scintillate!