Life is Short

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Life is short, so say some people, to rationalise their need to engage in dangerous acts.  Sometimes, I would jokingly respond "Yes, life is short, why make it shorter?"

Wanting to do more during our short life time is good thinking.  However, I consider going for extreme sports or trying dangerous food as personal ambitions.  I would propose also spending this short life time to value-add to our life, so as to use our passions and skills to better contribute positively back to the world, on top of achieving our personal goals.  I feel this is a more meaningful approach to our life.

Knowledge is Power.  

With knowledge, we think and analyse, and hopefully understand.  When we understand, we are better at making informed decisions.  We can read anything fictions, non-fictions, humour, self improvement, long novels, short stories etc, as long as there is no promotion of negative stuffs.  We can watch documentaries on how things work, or even histories and cultures of nations. 

Avoid fake news, and do not spread any news before they are verified.

We can travel.

Travel to broaden our horizon, understand different cultures, understand humanity. Besides the taking photos and uploading to social media, the shopping and the feasting, we can also take time to observe people, the way they talk, their body language, what they say, what they eat, how they think. 

It makes our life easier when we understand others, and when we learn to tolerate differences (just like in any marriage).

Contribute.

Life is short.  Make it count.  Don't spend unnecessary time doing things that don't matter, because life is short!  Examples of stuffs that don't matter : quarrelling, getting angry, envying others, doing stuffs that we don't enjoy. 

Even if we do not know how we can contribute back to the society, we can spend our time with our friends and loved ones, make at least one person smile each day, use less single-use plastics, and so on.  Be appreciative.  Be happy with what we have.  Spread the love.  Help someone.

 


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