活着是为了工作吗?改变了态度,就能泯灭心里面的梦想与渴望吗?
夜幕低垂,星光灿烂。美丽的夜晚,本来应该是在享用丰盛的晚餐,和家人或朋友联络感情的美好时光。可是在S城这个竞争激烈的弹丸小岛上,灯火通明的不是组屋区的万家灯火,而是商业区的高楼大厦。
那天,在报章上读到一篇有关S城人民冗长的工作时间的报道,心里面难免觉得有些悲哀。许多人起初本来无法适应这冗长的工作时间,可是久而久之,不知不觉,为了使自己快乐,唯有改变自己的想法,自己的态度,才能把自己的时间,自己的生命献给“冷酷无情”的工作。想不到没有任何“感情”的工作,竟然能够取代有血有肉有感情的亲人与朋友。
我不禁想起R曾经跟我说过的一句话,那是她搬进“冷宫”之后的领悟。她说为了使自己快乐,你必须先改变自己的态度与想法。从她的改变中,我深深领悟到“高处不胜寒”的道理。“皇宫”真的不是我们普通人能够居住的地方。若要成为皇帝或皇母娘娘宠爱的妃子,你必须不择手段,必须戴上面具,也必须付出许多不值得的代价。那又何必呢?每个人都在为这个国家做事啊!每个人都在做自己认为值得的事啊!所以我觉得我们可说是“道不同不相为谋”。
我的心里面还是有热忱,有梦想,有渴望的。我不要因为环境,因为周围的人而改变自己的态度与想法。我不要为了工作而活着,也不要活着去工作。我要为自己,为我深爱的人而活着。我要和人类建立感情,不要和工作建立无谓的感情。
After being in this profession for 9 years, I've been considering other options & opportunities recently. My passion is actually in language & literature, & I'm strongest in Mandarin, although I'm also quite proficient in written English too. Hence I've been consideiring doing both translation work & teaching Mandarin to foreigners. What better way to improve my English Language than to read & write more in English Language. Hence, for every blog entry that I write in the future, I will also write a short entry in English.
Life is not only about your work, your profession right. But living in S city, a person works on average 10 hours per day, adding to a total work week of 50-70 hours. Can work really replace those people around you whom you love? I wonder. For some people, as they can't change their job & their environment, they have to change their attitude & mindset in order for them to be happy whilst doing their job. But as time goes by, they slowly lose their goals, direction, dream & passion. I don't know whether all these are worthwhile.
As for me, I'm not very outstanding in my career, & do not want to climb up the corporate ladder. I don't crave for people's recognition & praise & doesn't bother about the emperor's opinion of me. He has too many concubines whom he can spend time with. But at least, I still have time to rest, relax, pursue my hobbies & spend quality time with my friends & family. This is the choice that I have made, & I don't regret it. As for those people making other different choices, good luck to all of them......;)
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