I’m thinking about my life; my life direction to be exact. A half-time review for the balance 10 or so more of my productive working years.
As I took stock of my commitments, my ‘want to dos’ and my ‘wish to haves’, I lament at the lack of time and resources. When the rubber hits the road, I recall countless occasions of being a juggernaut trying to keep all the balls in the air (and praying I don’t have to drop any!).
A typical economics problem, as I recall my econs 101 in JC days. Multiple wants versus limited resources, of which time is always the chief of limitations. How many of these wants/wishes can I really accomplish – practically?
I chanced upon a movie where the lead actor said “it is sufficient if (a person) can accomplish one thing well in his whole life” [一生做好一件事就够了!]
There is a great amount of truth I think in this. In the face of so many bottom lines of life, isn’t it better to do one thing and do it well?
It stuck me that I don’t just want to complete the journey ahead of me but I want to do it well, extraordinarily well. I want my life to be a life worth living.
a life xtraordinary 