Thursday, February 22, 2007
HeyHey.
I guess getting your very own first Pay Check is pretty memorable. I didn't get a check with my name printed on it for my first official part-time job. The very first check that I have gotten with my name on it was when I won some civics award back in secondary school. The second was winning an adventure racing competition. For my first temp job, I received popular vouchers. This time, I had the money banked into my account.
Well, EARNED MONEY. This is the first time I actually put in some effort to be exchanged for money. I can't say that I really put effort to win that civics award- the award was some surprise. As for the money from the adventure race, I didn't even really train super hard to win the race.
Hmm... this is the money I earned and i do what I like with it. Even if it means that I don't get to use any of it to buy myself a new jacket which I am really in need of, so long as it makes me happy, i think it is perfectly fine. So now, the money is more or less used up on non-material things which makes me happy. Maybe money can't buy happiness, but money can sometimes be exchanged to make you happy momentarily.
Momentary happiness is better than none. So why do we forget to treasure these short-lived momentary happiness to pursue for a hard-to-get eternal bliss? I think it is not wrong to seek eternal bliss but why overlook the momentary happiness? I want to treasure every bit :)
I guess getting your very own first Pay Check is pretty memorable. I didn't get a check with my name printed on it for my first official part-time job. The very first check that I have gotten with my name on it was when I won some civics award back in secondary school. The second was winning an adventure racing competition. For my first temp job, I received popular vouchers. This time, I had the money banked into my account.
Well, EARNED MONEY. This is the first time I actually put in some effort to be exchanged for money. I can't say that I really put effort to win that civics award- the award was some surprise. As for the money from the adventure race, I didn't even really train super hard to win the race.
Hmm... this is the money I earned and i do what I like with it. Even if it means that I don't get to use any of it to buy myself a new jacket which I am really in need of, so long as it makes me happy, i think it is perfectly fine. So now, the money is more or less used up on non-material things which makes me happy. Maybe money can't buy happiness, but money can sometimes be exchanged to make you happy momentarily.
Momentary happiness is better than none. So why do we forget to treasure these short-lived momentary happiness to pursue for a hard-to-get eternal bliss? I think it is not wrong to seek eternal bliss but why overlook the momentary happiness? I want to treasure every bit :)
what we could have been, 8:48 PM.
