IN PURSUIT OF WHAT?


It’s been a long haul and a long ride but over time I have come to realise that everyone in life is in a race or at least most people are. However the question is what do we really want out of life? Career-wise, Family-wise, Emotional wise and Spiritual wise? These are questions begging for answers. Having done quite a number of research, I discovered that it’s all about fulfilment and happiness. A large percentage of us want to be happy but we all have different yardsticks for what amounts to  happiness. For some its graduating, getting a great job, having kids, acquiring properties, lending a helping hand, having the latest gadgets and gizmos etc. and when people are yet to get/have these things, they are not truly or fully happy and so they keep yearning and longing for that state.

This prompted me to  ask a wise King recently what he could really say about life and our constant pursuits and he said to me “my comely daughter, this is the conclusion; eat to your satisfaction, live a life of contentment, take time out to help the needy and be a blessing to those near and far. Everything else is grasping of the wind”.

In addition to these wise words I would also like to say that you should always live in the moment, be attentive to the needs around you, smile, laugh, dance and don’t stop reading affairsofdheart.blogspot.com.


It’s a new beginning!




Comments

  1. Adedayo AdefioyeJune 21, 2018 at 12:08 PM

    Been 4 years and 20days...
    Good to read from you again Fadake.
    "Everything else is grasping of the wind”....#deep

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  2. Fadeke AlabiJune 21, 2018 at 9:21 PM

    Than you dayo. Time does fly! Hugs and kisses.

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