Miracles

Had this hanging question in the mind when I was confronted by students about this notion some time ago:

"Why are we not doing this when the rest of the school/people doing it anyway?"

To which I replied:

"It does not mean that it is the right thing when a majority of the people are doing it! The problem is, you should be doing the right thing!"

But still it hangs in the mind.

Today an answer seems ready.

According to Professor Yu Dan, who made studies on the philosophy of Confucius, modern affluent people seems to be less happy once their general need for a physical life has already been met when the choices seemed to grow more and more.

At the end of the day, it seems that we have too many choices that we become confused and lost, and we no longer know what it is that we have to do that will make life more meaningful.

So what makes life happy?

If we manage our own definition of life without the restrictions of materialistic gains nor comparisons, life will definitely be happier. If we have conviction without influence from others, we will make miracles.

So the better answer to the question of why we should not be doing things when others are doing, it is because we want meaningful lives to ourselves, and we want to make miracles.