find your lighthouse

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why you do the things you do?

survival? that's natural instinct.

the things you do or guiding your principles (if you have any) must be something far greater than the prospects of money or fame.

because if you only thrive on this two subjects in the equation of life, then let it be known that you will be running out of oil soon enough. 

you will be tired of it and won't want anything to do with it. because nothing will ever be enough. no amount of money and no fame in the world will be enough for you.

for as long as i can remember, i've always been a lover of seas and oceans. not the sandy beaches, but the deep blue. as much as im afraid what lies beneath the great blue, ive always been in awe of it. 

if fate had been altered, i could've been working on a naval vessel far out at sea. or so i'd like to think i'd be, for that has always been a quiet dream of mine. for years, that dream was my lighthouse, guiding me in what i did. it was the reason why I did what I did.

but Qadr had been written long before i was born, so here i am instead. far from the ocean, deep within the hot mess of concrete jungles. i have obligations to be fulfilled and being at sea would take me away.

fast-forward, i tried finding a different calling and underlying the tumultuous search, another reason has replaced the former to push on another day.

i might not be at sea at this moment, but the lighthouse within me showed that there are other ways for life to work. i might be less excited than i was back then, but hey, that's life. it do be like that sometimes.

until now, i still can feel the taste of ocean at the tip of my tongue. dramatic as it sounds, it is undeniably true.

anyway, what's the take away from this post? 

find your inner lighthouse. 

your destinations will vary from moment to moment, however, your inner lighthouse will guide you and filter your decisions. be it personally or even in professional settings.

even when you feel lost and out of touch with this world, it will never betray you. 

i found out that those without a lighthouse guiding from within are those most easily manipulated by money and fame. attracted to it like moths to a flame, as they say. 

money should be the result, not the driving force behind what you do. or else you'll be just a living empty shell, devoid of what makes you human.

yes, i agree money can bring happiness if only you knew how to channel it. indeed. 

but spending money so recklessly isn't all that fulfilling isn't it?


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