Number Game
Actually I have made a similar previous post: http://comprehend-me.blogspot.com/2005/10/comparing-height.html
I have decided to make this post because the number involved is not only "height" but more issues.
Life is just like a number game, since the first day you are born. We compete for height, weight. In school, we compare results, value of possessions, ranking. At work, we strive for higher salary, more sales, results. In gaming, we compare for higher level and better equipment value. Almost everything seems to be: the larger the value, the better (unless ranking).
Sometimes, I wonder if this number game is a good thing or a bad thing. On the good side is that we will have better result while striving to achieve higher. On the bad side is that we might lose the basic care of mankind. We no longer care for others, especially our rival, since we think that the fall of our rival will bring us easy success.
I don't know. To me, I don't like all these. Not that I'm not up to the standard to join in the competition. It's just that I feel that all this number game will makes me empty. So what if you win the game? Do you stand to gain anything? It might just end up as a shame.
Recently, I read a gaming forum about someone buying 44 pre-paid cards and another person buy 10+ pre-paid cards. (People just like to show off and compare.) Each cards cost $10.50 including 5% GST. Considering if someone can spend about $105 (for 10 cards) or $462 (for 44 cards) just for some pixel on the computer screen which they can't even possess. If this money, or part of it, is donated to the charity or help to buy those stuff the beggars are selling outside the MRT station, it would mean differently.
Too much of anything will cause harm. If one day people start comparing about how much they donate to the charity every month, it will be meaningless. People will start thinking that money is everything. Actually people need warmth and love too. This world will be so dark and dull if there's no love.
If you are those type of people which spend money on useless stuff. Please start thinking again. I ought to start reflecting on my spending too.
I have decided to make this post because the number involved is not only "height" but more issues.
Life is just like a number game, since the first day you are born. We compete for height, weight. In school, we compare results, value of possessions, ranking. At work, we strive for higher salary, more sales, results. In gaming, we compare for higher level and better equipment value. Almost everything seems to be: the larger the value, the better (unless ranking).
Sometimes, I wonder if this number game is a good thing or a bad thing. On the good side is that we will have better result while striving to achieve higher. On the bad side is that we might lose the basic care of mankind. We no longer care for others, especially our rival, since we think that the fall of our rival will bring us easy success.
I don't know. To me, I don't like all these. Not that I'm not up to the standard to join in the competition. It's just that I feel that all this number game will makes me empty. So what if you win the game? Do you stand to gain anything? It might just end up as a shame.
Recently, I read a gaming forum about someone buying 44 pre-paid cards and another person buy 10+ pre-paid cards. (People just like to show off and compare.) Each cards cost $10.50 including 5% GST. Considering if someone can spend about $105 (for 10 cards) or $462 (for 44 cards) just for some pixel on the computer screen which they can't even possess. If this money, or part of it, is donated to the charity or help to buy those stuff the beggars are selling outside the MRT station, it would mean differently.
Too much of anything will cause harm. If one day people start comparing about how much they donate to the charity every month, it will be meaningless. People will start thinking that money is everything. Actually people need warmth and love too. This world will be so dark and dull if there's no love.
If you are those type of people which spend money on useless stuff. Please start thinking again. I ought to start reflecting on my spending too.
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