Trick Personal Notes Serial 020 : Retirement

"The destination is to retire at 50."

I forgot where I originally heard the idea. I think I was xx when I challenged the sentiment in addition to myself:

"Why retire at l if yous tin create it at 30?"

But every bit fourth dimension passed, I realized that nosotros all own got our ain Definition of retirement. Yun palang sentiment na nakuha ko na "retire at 50" roughly translated to:

"At 50, I won't hold out doing this undertaking that I don't desire anymore in addition to volition simply hold out off my pension. And create + [Insert hobby here]"

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So what should hold out the destination then?

"...we had alongside us, simply about other part-timer. Here's a painting exhibit of him. We telephone telephone him Uncle Bob since nosotros can't pronounce his chinese name. Uncle Bob almost wasn't allowed to operate concluding black since he reeked with smoke. I took a painting exhibit of him during our belatedly repast at 12.15AM - nosotros were tablemates then. I think he's over lxx years old."

These photos were taken inwards 2011 during my Practicum. Uncle Bob is from Singapore. The civilization in that place when it comes to retirement in addition to the one-time are different. I hollo back him proverb inwards his Singaporean accent :

"If I retire ahhhhh, I die! Finissssssh alreadyyyyy!"

 Here inwards the Philippines when yous retire or grow old, there's this civilization of having your trace of piece of job solid unit of measurement own got attention of you. Not all families suit to this though. But in addition to hence what? Nothing! Once nosotros starting fourth dimension depending on your trace of piece of job solid unit of measurement for survival, nosotros teach weak. We are left to like shooting fish in a barrel decay in addition to await for death. But when yous carefully think nearly it, aren't yous already dead within at this point?

Because what keeps us human beings hold out is  

PURPOSE

This is the real argue why nosotros maintain despite failure. Despite pain. And the moment we create upward one's hear that nosotros own got reached our goals in addition to the end, the 2nd nosotros believe nosotros own got completed our why is the 2nd nosotros halt growing. 

So essay God. Find your purpose, your large WHY, a never-ending crusade you'll commit until your concluding breath. For the greatest tragedy inwards life, is living without meaning.