I forget exactly what the quote was, but basically it said that there are two biggest challenges in life:
1. To find out about who you really are
2. To be happy about it
There are so many people growing up, and even growing old, without ever knowing what is their role in this world; how they can make even tiniest contribution by utilizing their strength and passion; what is their calling, basically.
And somehow it's not all their fault. It's the fault of the whole system of society--including schools and family as institutions--that doesn't encourage critical thinking, doesn't encourage self-reflection, doesn't teach people to ask and keep asking, of what they can best do to maximize the utilization of their existence on Earth.
But with the emerging movement of "finding your passion/calling" from so-called motivators and spiritual coaches all over the world, challenge no. 1 above may soon be solved. With the resources available everywhere, our generation--Millennials--most likely will be thinking more often about finding who they're really meant to be.
But now, here comes challenge no. 2. If you've found out who you really are, will you be happy about it?
If you're like me, who have spent the first 20 years of her life figuring out herself and then finally found that to write and to speak ideas to the world is her calling, will you be happy about it? Will you be happy that to write means to have low-paying job, when your friends go to management trainee of management consulting companies and they get 5 times higher pay with the same long hours?
Will you be happy when you know the thing you're meant to do requires you to have a high-level of ignorance of how society perceives you?
"Crappy job."
"You can do better."
"Just quit and work with me."
And this is what happens to many people in the world, who have found, that their calling is not something commonly well-received by society's ideal standards. And lucky me, because 1) I have no money issue, I can do things I'm passionate about without really thinking about making a living, and 2) I am capable of envisioning and (hopefully) executing a life roadmap that will take me to a higher life from time to time, without losing my calling.
But not all people are as lucky as I am. There are those who need to make a living. There are who have no vision, those who think that a whole view of their future is projected by what they're doing now (in other words, if now you have low-paying job, then you will, forever). That is why people tend to take the easiest way in present time. Because even though both the easy and hard way do not guarantee a better future, the present time can be controlled (and choosing a higher paid job for present time seems reasonable, most of the time).
How do you feel when you've found the essence of your life, but you're incapable of crafting a life of essence?
Whose to blame, then?
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