We are blinded

When we were young, we look at success at a different angle. We define it based on society's expectations and norms. Success for most of us is all about fortune, fame, and power.  We push our limits  to be ahead in our career. We devote most of our time working to earn money and end up sacrificing our time for ourselves and our family. We motivate ourselves to accumulate money and associate savings as security for our retirement and buffer for our children's future. We are successful in the eyes of others if we can afford luxury and comfort but the price that we have to pay for such is our exhausted physical bodies. In return of these material pleasures, we have no more time to pause and enjoy the air that we breath and we have no more energy to admire the beauty of every rays of the sunlight. We are already tired to embrace the cold evening breeze and our eyes are already weary to be mesmerized by the twinkling charms of the evening skies. Because of our addiction to success, we forget to live our life, to live our moment. And when time comes when we are already old and about to die, we will surely regret the small things that we have taken for granted because of our desire to become successful. 

To fully understand what I mean, I would like to share with you the last words of the famous and successful Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs’ Last Words:

I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world.

In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.

However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.

At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death.

In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds, I can feel the breath of God of death drawing closer…

Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are unrelated to wealth…

Should be something that is more important:

Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from younger days ...

Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me.

God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth.

The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me.

What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love.

That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on.

Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It is all in your heart and in your hands.

What is the most expensive bed in the world? - "Sick bed" …

You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you.

Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – "Life".

When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading – "Book of Healthy Life".

Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down.

Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends...

Treat yourself well. Cherish others.