Centre for Transformation and Development

Gain and pain are so closely knitted together. They are many things in life that we see the gain so we do it. But we did not see the pain that it can bring. On the other hand, there are also many things that we see the pain in doing them, but we do not see the gain. Some times, it is even worst, we spend a lot of time in doing certain things, but we did not gain anything out of them. We bear a double cost in this case. I think we should really see things more carefully, and think more carefully to know what exactly they are. Or else we may have eyes, but do not see, have ears but do not hear, have brains but do not think, have hearts but do not feel. There is surely more to life…

I was reminded of a title of a book, “Make a life not just a living.” I guess many of us are just making a living. We work for work, we work to have fun, we work to provide better living standard, but there is no end to all these. We just have to slog our whole life. Furthermore, things just get more and more. From school to work to family, our responsibilities increases, workload increases, pressure and stress increases. But we are all so willing to be enslaved to work. Nowadays, no one ask “why are working so hard?”, “why am I here for?” Some say these are questions of the past. This is a postmodern world. Just enjoy life. Can we really enjoy life without having answers to these questions? Can we just numb ourselves by burying ourselves with more work? Who are those we would really bother to pause and think “how to make a life?”