A Peaceful Life
A Peaceful Life
I believe many problems and stresses I face every day, and that other people experience also, are mostly influenced by our modern lives. The constant, never ending roar of car engines blocks the soft sounds made by rain drops rolling off leaves onto the ground. The music exploding from our stereos drowns the chirp of the crickets. It is unfortunate that when I go outside, I cannot hear the leaves being tossed to and fro by the gentle night winds.
Our lives... the desire to constantly make money, the belief that our happiness is found in the things we buy, the places we go, the people we meet, are all roads leading to empty places. If happiness is something that must be obtained and possessed, then I say it can never be found. Happiness must be discovered, it cannot be bought and I fear that the sounds of our searching for it: the cars, the music, the parties, they are all killing the very thing we are all desperately searching for.
Is it any wonder that I feel truly alive when I am in the middle of a forest, completely away from cars and pavement, when I am away from cruel society which tells me who I should be and what I need to buy to be happy. I feel so bad that people, including myself often believe the message. This is one of the other reasons why I know I must devote my life to study and teaching. People must realize where reality is: it is buried, like a treasure underneath the large garbage pile of modern society.
I desire to hear raindrops, to watch wild life, to live a simple life free from the crazy headache of the city life.
I believe many problems and stresses I face every day, and that other people experience also, are mostly influenced by our modern lives. The constant, never ending roar of car engines blocks the soft sounds made by rain drops rolling off leaves onto the ground. The music exploding from our stereos drowns the chirp of the crickets. It is unfortunate that when I go outside, I cannot hear the leaves being tossed to and fro by the gentle night winds.
Our lives... the desire to constantly make money, the belief that our happiness is found in the things we buy, the places we go, the people we meet, are all roads leading to empty places. If happiness is something that must be obtained and possessed, then I say it can never be found. Happiness must be discovered, it cannot be bought and I fear that the sounds of our searching for it: the cars, the music, the parties, they are all killing the very thing we are all desperately searching for.
Is it any wonder that I feel truly alive when I am in the middle of a forest, completely away from cars and pavement, when I am away from cruel society which tells me who I should be and what I need to buy to be happy. I feel so bad that people, including myself often believe the message. This is one of the other reasons why I know I must devote my life to study and teaching. People must realize where reality is: it is buried, like a treasure underneath the large garbage pile of modern society.
I desire to hear raindrops, to watch wild life, to live a simple life free from the crazy headache of the city life.
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