After all this is over...

After all this is over, when i look back at life... i want to have had the realisation of my gift and feel fulfilled for having spent it spontaneously to its fullest measure.

It is not about traveling the road less traveled it is about following the calling of the heart.

Today i heard a radio program which set me reflecting... It says that every generation is preoccupied with the pursuit of a certain holy grail. The people who are perceived to have the access to goal become the role models. The pursuit before independence was freedom... the role models then were the patriotic leaders.
Our generations preoccupation seems to the pursuit of wealth. Just look at our role models today and you will know.

The pursuers seek any path that will lead to the goal. For instance, today at schools courses that are perceived to enable a person to make money quickly becomes the course of choice. Pursuit of knowledge for knowledge has clearly lost its relevance. However, history has also shown us that when a large number of people think that they have the access to the secret, the whole game changes... there is a revolution out of which emerges a new holy grail.

Makes me wonder with the recent crisis in the financial position of the world, if there is a subtle revolution underway. Will we give up our pursuit for wealth for a different purpose. I have my own theories on this... but i guess time will give a wiser answer.

Probably the words from Conan the Cimmerian would be apt to quote... "In any age, most men live passive, desperate lives, responding timorously to opportunity as well as misfortune. But a rare few men seize command of their lives and by so doing, achieve a mastery over circumstances that enables them to transcend their age..."

I pray for the wisdom to pursue the latter.