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The way some books are making their way to the big screens are discouraging me to read.
The way some books are making their way to the big screens are encouraging me to write.

Writing and reading are just like exporting and importing.

When you write, people pay you for what you wrote, they benefit from what they've learnt from you.
When you read, you pay people for what they wrote, you benefit from what you've learnt from them.

When you export, people pay you for the goods which will benefit them.
When you import, you pay people for the goods which will benefit you.

To earn in terms of monetary value, you have to export more than import.
Therefore, you have to write more than you read to get rich.

Having said that, why not just write and not read at all, and get even richer.

Humans are like countries, they shouldn't be self-sufficient and have to rely on others for their "imports" or knowledge. When people write and not read, they will become ignorant. It's almost the same as someone who is rich and put their head high up in the air, not knowing what the surrounding is happening. Very often when someone becomes wealthy they stop reading, thinking that they know everything, they become proud and not listen to others. Gradually, people will start to dislike you and begin to distant from you. It's the same as a country which only does export and not import, soon other countries will start to boycott it and approach other countries.

One should never stop reading, never stop learning, and stay humble. (:

'Well you built up a world of magic,
Because your real life is tragic.
Yeah you built up a world of magic.
If it's not real,
You can't see it with your eyes.
You can't feel it with your heart.
And I won't believe it.
But if it's true,
You can see it with your eyes.
Oh even in the dark.
And that's where I want to be.

What will you do if you were me?

'Control yourself, take only what you need from it.

"Learn how to die, and you learn how to live." You will only act or live differently when you accept the fact that you can die at any time. While someone can be busy working from maybe age 23 to 30, hoping to gain some social status at some stage of life and retire early to enjoy the later stage of life, only to find himself dead in some car accident by the age of 29. That's the problem with human beings, not knowing what lies ahead. If he knew that he would be dead by age 25, he would have lead his life differently. Appreciating the beauties of life instead of working so hard and missing out so much in life. Attain what you want or die trying, I would say.

So how do people die happily without achieving goals in life? The answer is Love.

Take for example, people in rural areas might not have the luxury to do things that we can easily do, things like watching television or using a computer or travel or even having education. Despite all these, they often hang out with their families and friends in the village, playing whatever they have and running around, eating together, having fun together, singing songs and dancing to tribe rhythms. It's the love they get from one another, which keeps them happy, or maybe it's the togetherness (inspired by HM). That's their ultimate aim. That's the way they are contented with their life. They have achieved everything they want in their life.

One can argue that it's because they are not exposed to the life of rich and famous, otherwise they wouldn't be happy or contented enough with what they have, like what we experienced, always wanting to buy something and thinking "if only I'm richer...". Well, that's their culture, ultimate aim in life is to live happily together, loving one another.

Our culture is shaped in a way that majority of the population's ultimate aim is to get rich. In a more general terms, people of our culture are aiming for something higher, other than getting rich, some people want to help other people who are not as privileged, some might want to help all the abused animals in the world, some people want world peace, some people want to save the environment, etcetera. So what happens when that goal isn't reached? We die unsatisfied, or at least some are more consoled that they actually tried. But it's different to those who died after experiencing all the love there is from family and friends.

[I'm excluding aims or ambitions, like being a teacher or musician, etcetera; because those are aims that people should achieve in their 20s or 30s and they should all live towards bigger aims which should eventually lead to something similar to what I've stated. That's what I believe.]

So what's your ultimate aim in life? And what if you know that you are going to die in six months or a year's time, how would you live your life? It's rhetorical, but I would be glad if you can share. (:

Try living your life in a way that every time you have made certain decisions, think again, would you have made the same decisions if you or someone involved is going to die soon, like really soon.

The way some books are making their way to the big screens are discouraging me to read.
The way some books are making their way to the big screens are encouraging me to write.

Writing and reading are just like exporting and importing.

When you write, people pay you for what you wrote, they benefit from what they've learnt from you.
When you read, you pay people for what they wrote, you benefit from what you've learnt from them.

When you export, people pay you for the goods which will benefit them.
When you import, you pay people for the goods which will benefit you.

To earn in terms of monetary value, you have to export more than import.
Therefore, you have to write more than you read to get rich.

Having said that, why not just write and not read at all, and get even richer.

Humans are like countries, they shouldn't be self-sufficient and have to rely on others for their "imports" or knowledge. When people write and not read, they will become ignorant. It's almost the same as someone who is rich and put their head high up in the air, not knowing what the surrounding is happening. Very often when someone becomes wealthy they stop reading, thinking that they know everything, they become proud and not listen to others. Gradually, people will start to dislike you and begin to distant from you. It's the same as a country which only does export and not import, soon other countries will start to boycott it and approach other countries.

One should never stop reading, never stop learning, and stay humble. (:

'Well you built up a world of magic,
Because your real life is tragic.
Yeah you built up a world of magic.
If it's not real,
You can't see it with your eyes.
You can't feel it with your heart.
And I won't believe it.
But if it's true,
You can see it with your eyes.
Oh even in the dark.
And that's where I want to be.

What will you do if you were me?

'Control yourself, take only what you need from it.

"Learn how to die, and you learn how to live." You will only act or live differently when you accept the fact that you can die at any time. While someone can be busy working from maybe age 23 to 30, hoping to gain some social status at some stage of life and retire early to enjoy the later stage of life, only to find himself dead in some car accident by the age of 29. That's the problem with human beings, not knowing what lies ahead. If he knew that he would be dead by age 25, he would have lead his life differently. Appreciating the beauties of life instead of working so hard and missing out so much in life. Attain what you want or die trying, I would say.

So how do people die happily without achieving goals in life? The answer is Love.

Take for example, people in rural areas might not have the luxury to do things that we can easily do, things like watching television or using a computer or travel or even having education. Despite all these, they often hang out with their families and friends in the village, playing whatever they have and running around, eating together, having fun together, singing songs and dancing to tribe rhythms. It's the love they get from one another, which keeps them happy, or maybe it's the togetherness (inspired by HM). That's their ultimate aim. That's the way they are contented with their life. They have achieved everything they want in their life.

One can argue that it's because they are not exposed to the life of rich and famous, otherwise they wouldn't be happy or contented enough with what they have, like what we experienced, always wanting to buy something and thinking "if only I'm richer...". Well, that's their culture, ultimate aim in life is to live happily together, loving one another.

Our culture is shaped in a way that majority of the population's ultimate aim is to get rich. In a more general terms, people of our culture are aiming for something higher, other than getting rich, some people want to help other people who are not as privileged, some might want to help all the abused animals in the world, some people want world peace, some people want to save the environment, etcetera. So what happens when that goal isn't reached? We die unsatisfied, or at least some are more consoled that they actually tried. But it's different to those who died after experiencing all the love there is from family and friends.

[I'm excluding aims or ambitions, like being a teacher or musician, etcetera; because those are aims that people should achieve in their 20s or 30s and they should all live towards bigger aims which should eventually lead to something similar to what I've stated. That's what I believe.]

So what's your ultimate aim in life? And what if you know that you are going to die in six months or a year's time, how would you live your life? It's rhetorical, but I would be glad if you can share. (:

Try living your life in a way that every time you have made certain decisions, think again, would you have made the same decisions if you or someone involved is going to die soon, like really soon.