From my early years, people always motivated me to become successful by advising, “You should grow up and help others.” It is good to hear, but as I grew up, I realized that I am the one who needs help the most.

I am not saying we should not help others. In contrast, I am saying, why should we focus on getting bigger jobs or positions like doctor, scientist, or politician (CM, PM) to solve bigger problems? If you want to help patients in a hospital, you can become a nurse. If you want to teach about space and new discoveries, you can become a teacher and help your students discover with you. If you want to help people in general, you can become a lawyer to be the voice of the people, or a poet and filmmaker to inspire and inform.

The Biggest Mistake That Goes Unnoticed

The first question often asked to a child before or after entering school is, “What do you want to become?” or “What is your dream job?” You may ask, what is wrong with that question? The problem is that teachers believe asking such questions helps children choose a profession early, so they can start focusing on building a foundation for that job. This might seem smart, but children at an early age are not even exposed to the world. They do not know the various professions that exist to choose from. Asking this question early can mislead their career choices.

Career Destruction by Asking the Wrong Question

The question itself is wrong. The most sensible question to ask, even before going to school, is, “What problem do you want to solve in the future?” This question clearly motivates children to look into problems to solve and focus on solving those problems rather than glamorizing job positions. The answer to this question may even create new jobs for people.

This approach reduces the misconception that the only way to solve specific problems is by becoming a doctor, scientist, or politician, which can be very difficult and may lead to loss of hope. Asking the right question has a greater impact on our world and increases the number of problem solvers, which the world needs the most right now.

No Need for Bigger Positions to Solve Bigger Problems

We do not need to be in bigger positions to solve bigger problems. We can solve smaller problems, which helps in solving bigger problems.

There is No Desire for Greatness, Only for Love and Respect

If you think deeply, we all want to become great and successful to receive the most love and respect. As popularly said, “Love makes the world go round.”

The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see. You are the universe experiencing itself. Live this life with pleasure, not for pleasure. Experience the pleasure in every moment, even time. Realize that every moment that passes is moving you to the future; you are sitting in the past. You may not be able to do this throughout the day, but just take a moment and be grateful that you can feel the life source inside you.

The Desire for Material Things

The desire for cars, houses, gold, money, sex, and more controls our pleasure but stops us from experiencing the biggest pleasure, which is life itself. Absorb the purest happiness, joy, fear, relationships, connections, pain, and the process of overcoming pain. Learn from the pain, implement the lessons, and teach those lessons to others. Connect with people who have similar pain. Instead of seeing pain as bad, take it as a pleasure that makes you a better person.

In simple words, life is to be lived, not controlled. Stop trying to control those around you and focus on the present. Control things that are within your circle of influence.

The World as a Big Glass Prism

This world is a big glass prism. There are many versions of yourself that exist in other people’s minds. Some may see you as a reserved person who rarely speaks, while others might see you as someone who never stops talking. Some may view you as kind and caring, while others interpret you as cold and distant, like different colours seen from different angles of white light through a prism. The one who knows the true colour is you, the prism. You are just a reflection of your emotions that you experience from your surroundings. Listen to yourself, and you will understand that you are the observer. After all, the version of you is the one you create for yourself.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain, so obvious, and simple, yet everybody rushes around in great panic as if it is necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. The secret of life is to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. Instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

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