At the end of the day only if you are happy matters

At the end of the day, what matters - a moment of joy. We just want to live peacefully, we are all looking for the same thing and that is joy. We are all so tired in the hustle and bustle of life that we do not have that freshness in our lives, that is not joy, and that is why we are all moaning a lot. Your life didn't end today. You survived. You still have time to fulfill your dreams. You can spend more time with your beloved ones. You can finish your incomplete tasks. You didn't die with regrets. You still have time to do things you're supposed to do and die peacefully.

Otherwise just in a blink of an eye, your life could have ended. Just like that. Sounds scary?Be grateful that you're alive. There is friend of mine who is earning 14LPA (he deserves it). The other day I was going out on a Sunday, I asked him to join me. He was too tired of working late last night and generally this is the scene most of the time. Now, one day he says, he is getting another interview call from a very renowned company which will pay him 20LPA and hence he might take the call and switch.

Now what matters the most is different for different people but can be divided into two parts as per my perception :- Financial Freedom:- Get a highly paid job, be financially strong and if you have materialistic dreams or goals then, go and achieve it! Find your happiness in that. Personal Freedom:- Settle for an Average choice out of all. Choose an occupation which doesn't give you much of financial freedom but doesn't exploit you either (Exploit your spirituality, your talent or your time). If you have goals for the self- traveling, being with the family or something more of a commoner (there is no harm in being a commoner),make sure you achieve that and keep yourself happy.

At the end what's most important is to stay happy. Money is happiness, practically (yes) but saying that money cannot buy happiness isn't wrong either. What matters the most is any 'individual's' priority. What matters to you the most ? Financial freedom or personal freedom? Because believe me in most cases both do not go hand in hand. Also, make sure if you chose Personal freedom as a priority then, nobody should have the right to exploit you or make you feel low at any time. Stay happy, stay excited because what matters the most are the little things we miss while in the game of achieving bigger things.

Michael Jackson wanted to live for 150 years. He appointed 12 doctors at home who would daily examine him from hair to toenails. His food was always tested in laboratory before serving. Another 15 people were appointed to look after his daily exercise and workout. His bed had the technology to regulate the oxygen level. Organ donors were kept ready so that whenever needed they could immediately donate their organ . The maintenance of these donors were taken care of by him. He was proceeding with a dream of living for 150 years. Alas ! He failed. On 25th June 2009, at the age of 50, his heart stopped functioning. The constant effort of those 12 doctors didn't work. Even, the combined efforts of doctors from Los Angeles and California too couldn't save him.

The person who would never put a step forward without the doctors suggestion for his last 25 years, couldn't fulfil his dream of living 150 years. Jackson's final journey was watched live by 2.5 million people which is the longest live telecast till date. On the day he died,i.e. 25th June '09 at 3.15 pm, Wikipedia, Twitter,AOL's instant messenger stopped working. About 8 lakh people together searched Michael Jackson on Google. Jackson tried to challenge death but death challenged him back. The materialistic life in this materialistic world embraces materialistic death instead of a normal one. This is the rule of life. Now let's think.

Are we earning for the builders,engineers,designers or decorators? Whom do we want to impress by showing expensive house,car and extravagant wedding? Do you remember the food items in the wedding reception which you had attended couple of days ago? Why are we working like an animal in life ? For the comfort of how many generations do we want to save? Most of us have one or two children. Have you ever thought how much do we need and how much do we want? Do we consider that our children won't be able to earn much and so its necessary to save some extra for them?

Do you spend some time with yourself, family or friends in the week? Do you spend 5% of your earning on yourself? Why don't we find happiness in life along with what we earn? If you think deeply, your heart might fail to work. You will suffer from slip disc, high cholesterol, insomnia etc. etc. Conclusion : Spend some time for yourself. We don't own any property,its only in some documents that our name is written temporarily. When we say “ this is my property ”, God passes a crooked smile. Don't create an impression on a person seeing his car or dress. Our great mathematicians and scientists used bicycle or scooter for commuting. Its not a sin to be rich, but to be rich only with money is a sin. Control life or else life will control you.

The above is based on the translation of a Facebook post. What I realised after reading it is that the things which really matter at the end of life is contentment, satisfaction and peace. Sadly, these cannot be bought. This was a reason to create a better understanding and not to disregard the great personality. I have borrowed the story from Facebook which I had already declared above. I don't claim the story to be genuine since the source was not mentioned in the original post. Dear reader, if you disagree my answer, you have all the right to criticize me but I request you not to insult those people who are supporting it by saying 'fools'. These people have understood what I wanted to convey in the answer. I don't want to disable the comment section as many comments are highly positive and informative. Cheers!