...and Yesterday was not a terrible experience. Chances are I would get laughed at if I say that the beggar is not poorer than the richman. Maybe you'd think that I am looney but imagine that if all the beggars unite and overthrow the government we will have a reversed situation. I dare you to venture into this dimension of abyss. Where everything is filthy, smelly, unkempt and stench of human urine replaces the sprinkles of branded perfumes.
This is indeed a nightmare but will soon be a norm once we adapt to it. The early upheavals will subside when obedience takes over. It may take months, years, decades and perhaps even centuries.
Of course this is taking things to the extreme or you might say I am so sick that I ought to be kept in prison. But fear not. I am as sane as the guy who eats fast food everyday. But then again what happens in our lives are not entirely within our control.
The Tsunami tragedy will force some changes in the way we view the world and hopefully begin to reshape our experiences of being alive. For those who lived by the sea they thought they knew the sea but were dead wrong. For those who were certain that their habitat was earthquake-free - but what do you know? Never say never again.
What do all these mean? I personally believe that these are signs of our arrogance and ignorance. Look at our lifestyle. We drift along in the pretext that we are above the universe and nature. We can do anything and everything we want to improve our life in the future. We desire a promotion, a new car, a big house, to be a millionaire and to hop onto one Progress or another. Work for the future, live for tomorrow because there is where the better days would be. My question is: when is Tomorrow? The next sunrise, the next year, when you turned 60? But what about Today? Now? This very moment?
I can hear some faint screams pushing out "I don't like today. I am unhappy. I don't have money. I have not purchased my house yet. I am still young and inexperieneced so I am constantly bullied."
But as far as the Theory of Time goes, there won't be tomorrow without today. How can we expect Tomorrow to be completely blissful suddenly when today we believe that we are soaking in shit? It is as though as "puff" a miracle happens and we are pulled to safety from above. Looking at how we develop there won't be a "better tomorrow" because we can never stop complaining that today sucks. Remember that today is the tomorrow of yesterday.
Maybe we should appreciate what we have now. Think that's all you need. You don't have to own 5 houses and employ 10 maids.
[Hei you! You are teaching us to be lazy!]
Excuse me! But I am not telling you to be unproductive. I am merely saying that you should know when to stop. Enough is enough. I am not saying don't participate but I am advocating that each choice you make should come from you and not what the society orders. What you do is not a compliance with social duties. You need to have the prudence to make wise decisions.
[What are you talking about? I need food to survive.]
The problem is that we don't really know what we want. So we imitate. We take advantage of the misfortune of others. U.N fears that gangs may traffic young Tsunami orphans to commit crimes. This is what I mean by following the hierachy of money rules it all. We are not listening to ourselves but to what others dictate. External pressure of power, money and sex overrule the inner voice.
[Well, I drive my Mercedes - you chat with your inner voice.]
God gives me the serenity to accept things I cannot change
The courage to change things I can; and
the WISDOM to tell them apart.
