the misson of life

Sim, i guess you are right on this one: when you are trouble-free and feeling positive, writing materials don't come that easy. Fine then, one day I'll quote from books I like, the next day I'll quote profound words spoken by wise friends.

Today's feature is my wise one, ML, from Singapore has once again, enlightened me with teachings from Buddhism, she said:

"...happiness lies within ourselves, and not dependent on someone, or something, outside of us. A lot of people in this world hope to find someone, or whatever, in order to be happy. Humans are of course, interdependent, but we should not seek happiness outside ourselves."

She then quoted the teaching from the movie [Runaway Bride]. The Julia Roberts' character was trying to get married but always end up backing out the last minute. At the end of the movie she herself found the reason.

Eggs benedict, remember?

Richard Gere was this reporter who interviewed all her ex-fiancées; there was one question he asked all of them: "How does she like her eggs?" and each one of them gave a different answer. Anyway, after THEY broke up, she took some time to figure out herself. Julia's character finally went to Gere and told him, that she actually like her eggs done that way: eggs benedict. It turned out that when she was with the other fiancés, she did not even know herself...so therefore unable to accept and love herself for who she is, and in turn, unable to love another person, know and accept..

Wow.

ML went on to say that many who went to watched the movie can't see pass that superficial morality issue, ie. running away from your own wedding and finally settling down. We believe a lot of people miss that profound thing in that movie (I probably did, I couldn't remember the thing she pointed out until she pointed it out)

ML: "In other words, whether or not you find a partner, or anything should not determine your happiness. You yourself must be happy, and then share this happiness with someone else. When you are happy, you will be able to share it with someone, be it friends, family, partner, etc..."

Another source of teaching on happiness n relationship in the form of a small picture story book: Craig Fong's [Jane Wants A Boyfriend]

OH YA, then we talked about THE topic: mission in life. Here it is: Our mission in life is to create values, in our society and among people in our lives.

So what your mission in life?

And how do you like your eggs done?