Right or Wrong Direction?

Have you ever asked yourself if you are heading towards the right direction?

Source: http://choegraphy.blogspot.com/2013/12/road-users.html

I find this question very interesting as we always thought we are doing the right thing in our life and working hard crafting our future. However, if we really reflect on our past decisions or what we are doing now, we might find that our choices of decision may not be as good as we thought. Even if we find our choices are good enough, but try to look around and we may find that many people actually don't agree with us.

Sometime, our thought, stand or approach might be different; we might have chosen for different path...but our purpose could be the same...'to reach at the destination safely'. As long as we don't create problem to others, hurting people along the way, everybody should respect each other and where they want to go. Of course, we may find that some people could be heading to the wrong direction; but again, how to justify if it is right or wrong to the person if this individual (like us) have decided on the direction. Like the cow, can we tell the cow 'hey buddy, you are on the wrong side of the road...this is not the right direction"!!!

In family, at work or in any aspect of our life, we should stop for awhile and reflect on our direction; to see if we know where we are heading to; how are we moving forward and most importantly, are we causing any trouble to others? The cow can head towards its direction as long as our friend know how to use the correct lane or use the walk way.

So, nothing wrong with your direction or the path you want to take, as long as you know where you are heading to...the place you want to be. Once you know where is the destination, don't just keep thinking of reaching the place but to enjoy the scenery along the way. We might miss out something valuable if we passes it while we are heading towards our goal in high speed...

As such, it is difficult to determine if the direction is correct or not, we still need to move on. As long as our concious is clear, we should not simply change our course but to reflect along our journey. Lastly, we should just enjoy the process of life.

A Life Perspective

A very interesting perspective of life adopted from a recent TVB drama series Karma Rider (師父‧明白了)
What if someone you love is leaving you forever?

The one who lives on in this world will be very sad and suffers...

The one who lives on feel sad and suffers not because of the lost of someone, but...

The sadness and suffering are because of the failure to let go of someone; or the life that we used to own

Welcome to Choe 'say' - a simply talk blog site!

While having my normal routine in the morning, having a nice cup of hot coffee and reading the newspaper, I came across an article about the perception of Gen-Y in job hopping attitude.

The article trying to clarify that it is a norm for Gen-Y to move from 1 job to another in less than 2-3 years. Some of the main reasons, Gen-Y is looking for faster way to earn more money, retire as early as possible, enjoy a work-life balanced and a healthy lifestyle. Because of these, many people may thought that they are job hoppers, very demanding and having too big head in expectation.

Being a Pisces, I always like to see simple thing from 2 different perspectives. First, lets look at how the older generations may look at the Gen-Y.

If you are the Gen-X or Baby Boomers in the middle or higher level of management, would you like to enjoy something like what the Gen-X wanted? Perhaps you may already have a secured senior management position with a good paycheck, some good assets and sufficient savings in your Retirement Funds (which for sure everyone thinks it is insufficient). Yet, you may still unable to enjoy what the Gen-Y wanted to achieve because, you already trapped yourself in the hunger for power, the 'not-enough' mindset for self-esteem/actualization needs and escalating commitments of family. Hence, you may say to the youngster: "do you think it is so SIMPLE to reach my level, earning what I am earning now and being so capable after years of work experiences?"

Now, try to imagine yourself as the Gen-Y living in this century, experiencing the global emerging competitive environment today. Will you want to move up the corporate ladders like how you have done it before? Take for example, if you get a second chance to become young again and start all over for your life...do you think your way of life that brings you all the way up there will work again now? So, to Gen-Y, they can only listen to your success story like a fairy tale. How many young entrepreneur we have today if it is not because of their simple mindset of not wanting to follow the footstep of the elder one. This simple mindset is about how we change and adapt.

Moving from one job to another is about changing. Looking for ways to earning more money in a shorter time is about changing the norm of typical workers attitude. Trying to achieve a balanced work-life is also changing the society and creating better future for a more simple life. Being loyal to a company is good but time shouldn't be used to justify loyalty. A person who works for many years in a company doesn't prove that he/she is loyal, if the person is not productive.

To me, a simple life is about being happiness. Gen-Y really know how to be happy, and that is why they are different from other generations. Sometime, we just worry too much and make things complicated. Why not be simple and open up our mind to start changing for good!

Anyway, I just simply talk...you don't have to agree with me. Cheers!