Met up with 2 girlfriends earlier today for lunch. Both are highly successful women, Ph.Ds, working in the financial sector. (Yes, still holding firmly to their jobs even with the financial crisis.) To me, they are in a league way above me. They know all about investing, about how the financial world functions, and their salaries are way above the combined income of most American families. Yet, they manage to find time to better themselves with all kinds of activities – taking financial exams, music classes, volunteering at musuems, brewing beer etc. etc.
Met up with another friend, a guy, for dinner. He commented that highly educated people don’t find happiness easily. Jobs don’t always satisfy, and we’re always looking for ways to make ourselves feel better. On the other hand, many people in poorer, rural areas, are happy if they could put food on the table for their familes.
I see great sense in the lives of my dear girlfriends. I also see sense in what that guy friend said. I envy my girlfriends, and I know there are things in their lives that I want for myself that will make me happier. I also know that happiness can come from simple, staple needs being met, it need not be anything lofty. I am reminded that I should be more proactive in my life to get closer to my goals.
September 21, 2008 at 3:31 am |
That´s the way it is! To reach happiness you have to set some short-term goals and achivements! so th sum of all of them will be your great goal!
Good luck!