Happy Quest

Hey! It’s been long!

The last time I posted was in November. Anong petsa na?! You must have thought that the quest has been abandoned!:D

Well, not really. I guess if you are in a quest like mine, you don’t set a quota or deadlines for things you must find. I’m taking a stroll through life and enjoying the scenery. Speaking of enjoying the scenery, that’s what I want to talk about right now.

I can categorize in to three types of travellers all the people that I meet each day. As usual, you are free to add another category as you please.

The first category belongs to the "lightspeed people." That’s because they travel at practically the speed of light. They are strong-willed individuals who are hungry for success and determined to accomplish what they can in this lifetime. They are the no-nonsense type. They look at things that do not contribute to their goals as  hurdles and obstacles, hence they leap, dodge, and work their way around these in order to reach their goals. I talk about friends, families even personal enjoyment. To them these are small price to pay for the sake of good old success. I don’t want to judge, so let me just say that maybe this is what they want and this is what makes them happy. Let me also just say that this kind of life is not for me.

Let’s call the second traveller, the "mapless traveller." It is easy to mistake a mapless traveller into the lightspeed or the one I’m going to talk about later because they travel at varying speeds. Some demonstrate a great deal of speed in their daily journey, while others just chug along. One obvious similarity among them is that they go around in circles, not really getting anywhere because they know where they want to go. I would say that there are a lot of them. People who just exist with no sense of purpose. They are caught in a daily grind like a mouse in a rat-race. I do not want to judge them either. maybe this is what they want.

The third kind of traveller is what I really want to become. I’d like to call them the "happy travellers." they are strong-willed and determined like our lightspeed traveller, but they go at manageable speed. willing to stop to enjoy the scenery. They believe that the journey is half the fun. They go to a full halt whenever there is a need to help someone in trouble along the road, or slow down, to appreciate the next fellow in the journey. they also go fast  at times to catch up with competitions but they never compromise relationships for the sake of winning.

Isn’t it nice to be able to be able to run a certain path towards a goal that you wish to achieve and yet, move at a phase that allows you to enjoy the journey. I guess this is what they call work-life balance