Most Important Thing in Life

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I was asked: “What do you view as so important, that life without it would be meaningless?”

My answer: Joy of living, of course. If one has no joy living, naturally he/she will feel meaningless to continue living. Joy of living was born with everyone. Some people forgot about it; some lost it; some tried to look for it, oblivious of the fact that it is inside each and everyone of us, therefore it cannot be found elsewhere. Just like our hands are under our control, our brain is also under our control. You can be happy only if you choose to be happy; nobody and nothing can make you happy if you choose to be unhappy.

I know some people cannot see the point of life. They are suffering every second of the day trying to figure out why they cannot be happy or how to be happy. This kind of suffering is due to desire or wish for a different reality; i.e. refusal to accept reality. They want something; and sometime they don’t know what they want. The suffering will cease when one stop having desire. The first step is to see reality as it is, not what we wish it to be. The wise thing to do is to live life happily, regardless of what happens in the surrounding and the world.

Boon Kuan Chung’s answer to Is life pointless? If God exists, is He the only point to life, and can he give meaning to meaningless people?

Just live and help others. If you can help others in any way, even just to put a smile on your face or the faces of others, that mean you are already in the midst of abundance. Don’t think about getting anything. Stop thinking, and start living. Just give whatever you can give spontaneously, and you will get what you deserved to get. Don’t chase for success; let success come and chase you.

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Chung Boon Kuan (born November 22, 1967) is a professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. He holds an electrical engineering degree and a PhD specializes in Electromagnetic Theory and Applications. He has a passion in Chinese philosophies which include the works of Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi, Confucius, Sun Zi, etc.; and Chinese history from 1000 B.C. to the 20th century; the world history; and economics. He has read many books related to these topics for more than 20 years. He likes to think of himself as a global citizen more than a Malaysian. He wants a better world. He believes the world will be better if politicians stop assuming they are clever enough to meddle around in the lives of the people and the world for good reasons.

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