Take a look at the above photo. It is the logo of a company. The slogan above says “The complete man“. This is how the company subconsciously told us that we are incomplete. There is something missing in us. Something, which can be fixed if we buy that shirt.
Right from our birth, we start running to achieve things. Parents, specially Asian parents, value their child only when they score good academically. A student scoring 99% is still not satisfied because his friend scored 99.5%. We are always chasing the next big thing and are in the hope that tommorow is the day, when my life will finally come together.
Does this incompleteness ever ends? Aren’t you the same person with the same incompleteness before and after the completion of your goal? Of course there is small a moment of satisfaction, but is it really long lasting? It does not take even a day or two to again start feeling that something is missing. Only a few people realize how this loop never ends.
Now what’s the solution to all this rat race? Surely it is not chasing and desiring more right? The root cause of our suffering is the believe which society has told us that something is incomplete in us. One needs to understand that this is a mere assumption and not a fact. We are complete, even if we score good or bad, it does not matter.
Does this means we should stop working? No. There are two types of work, first is when you do things to feel happy and other when you are already happy and are just joyfully playing. The latter is what makes life really worth living.
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