someone please help

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Robert

That’s how insignificant ourselves if we’re living for ourselves only. We are no longer a dash if we choose to live a legacy.
Robin Sharma said “When I was born, I was crying while the world laughs. I want to live my life in such a way, so that when I died, the world cry while I laugh!”

@Jean,
Thanks for sharing that thoughts, that’s exactly what is needed when we are to consumed with our own ambition. Enjoying who we are today, enjoying our everyday lives… I think we need to balance those two.

@Jesica,
I never knew that you’re reading my blog! =) Thanks for sharing your opinion. I think authentic live is more about living according to your priority and value. Determine your call, your value, and live it out (some kind of purpose-driven life). And we need to learn that we can’t be everyone, and we can’t please everyone. Your call doesn’t have to be all about yourself, in fact, it should not, it should be about God and His work.

Robert

This is a dilemma for westerners too – believe me!

I don’t think Chinese/Asians are less authentic. They just find different ways of accommodating it – eg the Japanese have a category ‘crazy guy’. For Westerners it’s probably more peer pressure and for Asians family pressure but the same pressure. In the Asian cultures it is often processed through religions – the Buddhas or holy one’s renunciation.

But believe me Westerners, probably even Americans, feel this dilemma (I’m a white Australian).

Evan

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I have read few books regarding this. I felt that as Asians, we live with tradition and culture attached. Means, that parents and families have a big contribution in our lives. And sometimes, becoming what we really want or in this terms living an authentic life, is nearly impossible. It’s an idealist point of view or perhaps more relevant for Westerners where freedom is the rights of everyone.

Asian people will be attached with parents and family expectations. We can’t live a life that we really want, because our decission will have impact for people surround us. I mean, I know that it is our own life and we have the right to decide what we want with our lives, but you know, we have to take into consideration that other people (families) still be impacted for our decision. So the decission we made is not for us only, but also for our loved ones. I want to be what I want to be but I also don’t want to dissapoint people whom I love and had supported me this far.

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Robert,
Thanks!
I’ve always had trouble with the concept of “maximizing my potential”, partly because we have all sorts of potentials and can’t maximize them all and partly because it focuses too much on the ego. One of my Traits for Stress-Hardy, Resilient People is “Even though they are dedicated to doing things well, they don’t take themselves too seriously.” I value having a sense of humor and lightness of touch. Mostly life seems to give me plenty of chances to learn and grow, so I don’t have to worry about it too much.

Jean Browman–Cheerful Monks last blog post..Randy Pausch—A Life Well-Lived

William Shakespeare.

I live my life as it comes, one day at a time, and on some stressful days, one hour or minute at a time. What will I be? A dash – on my tombstone the dash between the year of my birth and the year of my death. No more no less.