Most of us dream of having better jobs, better lives, bigger houses and a great future for our children. But is always money = happiness? Money is needed to satisfy many of our needs and desires, but do you look at your kids smile and then think $'s? I was brought up in a middle class family where importance of saving money was embedded in me deeply since my childhood.
Every stage of life, we have different needs and desires. How do you achieve your goals with the limited resources?
Thanks to the Indian culture, everyone is here to save! we save everything from tiny bits of paper to trash, in the event that we can use that at some later point in life. money is only a number which can be used to satisfy some of the needs and desires. So what do you do when you don't have the numbers(MONEY). Some how I realized that not using a credit card was one way to keep the numbers from fading away. Till date, thanks to my parents last 27 years of my life I never needed or never wanted a credit card.
Back to after life. What do you plan to achieve in your life span? what do you want to contribute to humanity and how can you create a mark on this planet? are the most important questions to be answered if you are thinking about after life. Its like how children from a small age are asked what do you want to become when you grow up? Parents in general look at a career for their children in the various fields today.
Knowing about after life is like cracking the universe mysteries. I wish, something like this can happen you finish your time on this planet and then launch on another planet! sounds good. But Most of us need to ask ourselves this question, do we spend enough time with out parents when we grow up? I haven't done that. I plan to do that whenever time permits.
So lets plan to make life a better place to live in.
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