What is the best way
to go?
“The best way to
go is by doing what we love”.
I kinda subscribe to
that idea for so long. Because “life is so short so might as well
milk it for all it's worth”. So whenever I read in the news some
bikepacker lost his life in a road accident while cycling around the
world, or about an activist who got caught in a cross-fire and died
while in a humanity mission volunteering in a war-torn country, or an
alpinist died while summiting Everest; I can deal with the news. Yes
it's unfortunate, but the deceased were probably passionately living
life doing his/her vocation so that's a big consolation kan? Some might say it's reckless, but the
process must have given a lot of joy also I believe a lot of
thoughts must have been put through before the road is taken. All the
risk assessment, weighing down options, preparatory and precautionary
stuffs and what not.
But how about in
cases where what we love actually deteriorates our health? Is it a
wasteful illusion, a unworthy choice, poorly taken decision? Like
substance abuse/addiction, bad eating habit, or even toxic
relationships with a lover that seeps away peace of mind?
Some people that I
care about have health conditions related to unhealthy choices they
made when they were younger. Time and time again I try to suggest
corrective measures, persuade them to take action for their own good.
But that's the tricky part, changing lifestyle requires godly
determination- it's hard. And it's very personal, if I went too close
they got mad at me 'nagging'. Yes I want them to be happy, but if
their happiness is unhealthy choices- I wonder how far can I dispute.
I'm undecided. On
one hand it does feel like it's individual full right to pursue
personal happiness but is it really worth compromising something as
irreversible as health? Quality of life is subjected to both.
In this world
they're gonna be a lot of things other people do that we are not
gonna agree with. And we can't do shit to effectively change the
course of most of them, other than become stressed out disagreeing.
What we can change is ourselves as a functional unit of mankind, and
our choices to follow what we identify and agree with. In that sense life is very
individualistic, almost selfish.
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