It's those random times like these that make me feel that life's actually worth living for once.
It doesn't matter that there's A levels. For once, the stress is gone, and in its place is the irrefutable fact that yes, I am happy. Truly happy.
Something that doesn't happen so very often.
Psychologists have long questioned the idea of happiness and chanted that one must 'live life to the fullest' in order to be happy, yet this proves itself more idealistic than anything else, doesn't it? Today's a rat race, a constant struggle for money, job opportunities and higher rankings in whichever organisation we're with- to the extent whereby we can really question if this is what makes us happy. Materialistic, no? Better still, Singaporean's 5Cs further enhance this materialistic mindset of ours- the supposed 'ideal' state of happiness whereby our lives as Singaporeans are complete. A couple of steps out of line, and we find ourselves facing the endless mount of societial disregard and animosity, ultimately resulting in heavy mental burden and ultimately a lack of happiness for life.
I could go about how society oppresses happiness to the extent that practicality trumps everything else, but I'm not going to go all gp-ish here. (Pardon me, GP exam is this friday). Fact of the matter is, hey, I am happy, and if things carry on as it is, I might have found what I really am happy with. It doesn't need to fulfill the 5Cs of a Singaporean mindset (even though I live in Singapore). Happiness is socially constructed, but that doesn't stop me from searching for happiness outside that of the realm of society.
I think it's something I've already found, actually. Or rather, in a strange, amusing yet interesting manner. What may happen in the future may not necessarily be considered anywhere near the 5Cs, yet who said that they encapsulated the mindset entirely, anyway? Along a continuum, I guess there'll be different degrees of what makes a person happy and how happy it makes a person, but at the end of the day, everyone's going to find happiness in their own way, I guess.
It's a pleasantly nice feeling how you make me happy a lot of the time with as something as simple as your presence. Sitting quietly, placidly amist the equally tranquil scenery- that's what makes me feel on top of the world. Just you being there, and knowing that I'm worth your time. And that's what this entire ramble was supposed to be about, anyway, how yes, something as simple as sitting quietly in the park with the cool breeze can make one feel so peacefully quiet, so peacefully happy.
That's what I live for, something I'll always strive for. Something that I'll always look forward to. It doesn't really matter if we don't fit into the ideal of what Singapore defines as happy (the 5Cs), because even if we did, would that mean true happiness and without it, would it mean we would never be happy?
Most certainly not:)
It doesn't matter that there's A levels. For once, the stress is gone, and in its place is the irrefutable fact that yes, I am happy. Truly happy.
Something that doesn't happen so very often.
Psychologists have long questioned the idea of happiness and chanted that one must 'live life to the fullest' in order to be happy, yet this proves itself more idealistic than anything else, doesn't it? Today's a rat race, a constant struggle for money, job opportunities and higher rankings in whichever organisation we're with- to the extent whereby we can really question if this is what makes us happy. Materialistic, no? Better still, Singaporean's 5Cs further enhance this materialistic mindset of ours- the supposed 'ideal' state of happiness whereby our lives as Singaporeans are complete. A couple of steps out of line, and we find ourselves facing the endless mount of societial disregard and animosity, ultimately resulting in heavy mental burden and ultimately a lack of happiness for life.
I could go about how society oppresses happiness to the extent that practicality trumps everything else, but I'm not going to go all gp-ish here. (Pardon me, GP exam is this friday). Fact of the matter is, hey, I am happy, and if things carry on as it is, I might have found what I really am happy with. It doesn't need to fulfill the 5Cs of a Singaporean mindset (even though I live in Singapore). Happiness is socially constructed, but that doesn't stop me from searching for happiness outside that of the realm of society.
I think it's something I've already found, actually. Or rather, in a strange, amusing yet interesting manner. What may happen in the future may not necessarily be considered anywhere near the 5Cs, yet who said that they encapsulated the mindset entirely, anyway? Along a continuum, I guess there'll be different degrees of what makes a person happy and how happy it makes a person, but at the end of the day, everyone's going to find happiness in their own way, I guess.
It's a pleasantly nice feeling how you make me happy a lot of the time with as something as simple as your presence. Sitting quietly, placidly amist the equally tranquil scenery- that's what makes me feel on top of the world. Just you being there, and knowing that I'm worth your time. And that's what this entire ramble was supposed to be about, anyway, how yes, something as simple as sitting quietly in the park with the cool breeze can make one feel so peacefully quiet, so peacefully happy.
That's what I live for, something I'll always strive for. Something that I'll always look forward to. It doesn't really matter if we don't fit into the ideal of what Singapore defines as happy (the 5Cs), because even if we did, would that mean true happiness and without it, would it mean we would never be happy?
Most certainly not:)
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