18 February 2007

Meaning vs Process

As the year goes by, I starting to realise that I am losing the meaning. What’s the meaning? The meaning of doing something. Remember the time when we will young, celebrating Chinese New Year is a great things for us. Kids will love to have “Ang Bao”, but now… we are no longer kids… “Ang Bao” became the process of CNY instead. We no longer sees the meaning of it. For reunion dinner, it’s another process that need to be done. Do we really feel like reunion or just a process? Nobody knows better than you.

Normally, we will have a farewell party on the last day for the person who resigned. We will have drinks and talking sessions as if we will never meet again, but maybe we really won’t meet again. How many of you really have the truth feeling of farewell? Where is the meaning? These are just some living examples. Throughout the years, I think that “process” is slowly taking over the “meaning” subconsciously. Maybe it's because that we are now in the digital age, we can use email, sms, msm instead of meeting. Although it may bring friends who stay further nearer, but may just end up bringing the friends who are staying nearer further. If you are not careful, you may be losing the meaning of life.

Happy Lunar New Year! It’s not a process, sincerely from me.

“The meaning of life is to give life meaning” - Ken Hudgins

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