Is this really our destiny?

Times has passed and generations has come and go. Yet, we still seem to be stuck in the same formula when it comes to how we carry out our lives. Since ancients times, our forefathers have honed their children with skills such as hunting, fishing, trading, and all other nonsense for survival purposes in society, so to say make a living and to be fit enough as a contributing member of society. Just like how blacksmiths hones their swords with hot coal and hammers to be fit enough for war. Nothing much has changed since then really, these days the only difference is we require extensive knowledge and communication skills as opposed to brute strength back in the days.

But what really is the difference? Since young we are all trained in different ways to prepare ourselves for seemingly bright future the say. Its a set formula, we learn, we apply it to survive, then die and we ask ourselves what really is the purpose of all this? Is our lives really designed to be that way? Is there a meaning to all this?

Of course some may say, to strive for excellence and to live a life of comfort would be the ultimate meaning but at the end of it all what difference does it make? Most seek excellence just for the sake of pride, just to be able to gleefully say with authority "HAH! I'm a much better person than you are". When it comes down to it, is it really worth all that hassle? When you take a second look back and think, do you really want to strive for the better because you simply want better or is it because you just wanna prove a point? Do we really have to go to such extends, surely a simple life would suffice but definitely not as glorious.

But we all feel a certain void, whether its dormant in us or if its constantly pestering us. A void that asks us questions we're never capable to answer. Why are we doing this, why? We're constantly seeking for answers. Answers to four important questions of life

".. Who are we?"

".. Where are we?"

".. Where are we going?"

".. Whats the purpose of going there?"

..and we constantly drown ourselves with a load full of work to nullify these questions that we never seem to be able to answer and if you've already found it then, well good for you. Well of course the questions I've mentioned above are not meant in a literal form as in

".. I'm Vincent, I'm at home. I think I'm going to sleep because because im tired."

..No dont be an idiot, don't spoil the mood I'm trying to sound deep here. Perhaps we all work hard to achieve something in hopes that maybe, just maybe it'd answer answer our questions but again we'd be filled with void because it is common when we finally obtain something that we've long for. We'd realize its not as sweet as the chase. Truly, deep down none of us really want to work for anything. We just want to lie down and have things handed to us. Don't deny have those thoughts I'm sure you have but that wont happen, would it?

So we all resort to getting jobs, because we have no choice. No, that's definitely not it because in my opinion we're entitled to a choice to everything its just that starving on the street or eating grass to live is not much of a choice compared to slaving our asses off to corporations. Its really not like someone pointed a gun to our head and forced us to work. Then again, even if that really happened we're still entitled to the choice of death. Just that most of us rather life. Especially me, I'm a coward.

..But I'm still awesome. Right? Exactly.

At the end of it all, one would think, surely there's a better way than this; but after all this world runs on a system, a very delicate one, in fact. One where, all the gears run in immaculate synchrony. If the gears were to stop running everything would be thrown to utter chaos and destruction.

..and more importantly one would ask,

"Is this really, our destiny?"

(on a totally unrelated note)

Inside joke alert.

I was doing some inventory upstairs in the office, when my co-worker James, and the boss decided in and out and leave the keys to me making me constantly run up and down to open the door for them. After the 5th time, they decided to head out for lunch and 15 minutes later decided to knock on the door and make me run down again. Frustrated, I asked James

" So, have you taken yet? "

" Yes, yes I have. Lunch was great "

".. But I have not given."

".. HUH? What ?"

" HAHAH! nothing."

I proceeded to laughing myself silly. I think I think only a handful of people will get this.