In the pursuit of Happiness

We have all chased after of still chasing some sort of goal. Get a good college, good job, nice bike, a good car and what not. What does that leave us in the end? What is that feeling when we have archived what we were desperately running after? That feeling is an accomplishment, a sense of relief, maybe a moment of pride- that brings a nice smile in our faces. Once that moment is gone all that we are left with is chase.

Everyone chases after something’s in their lives- those things are called goals as they are supposed to motivate people. We hear people asking- “Have you declared your goals for the year?” Apparently now goals come in templates! That’s the way to drive a bunch of people and make them do something productive. Life is not that different. From our childhood we see elder people who are doing well. We like that person and want feel as accomplished as that person. Slowly that person becomes our hero. That person becomes the template that drives us and we desperately try to model ourselves around that. After years of effort what are we? Imperfect copies of our heroes? That sounds hilarious doesn't it? Wise ones will counter that imperfections make us unique.

So why is that- after so much time and effort we still don’t find ourselves happy? That childhood alter ego keeps questioning from the back of our head- Are you really doing okay? Do you really want to do this? So to stop that tireless ranting and keep ourselves focused, we make another goal and run after it. In the end however do we really find happiness? Looks like to find out- we have to wait till the end!