What I was told...

Recently, I met one of my friends who have been working already.
She had been picking up activities such as pool, badminton, rollerblading, dancing, piano lessons etc.
And I am quite shock to hear that. Of course, envious too.

So I asked her what ignited her to do all these...
and she replied," I feel that my life is too "horizontal", too flat,..."
"I don't want to look back after I am older and realise that I should have tried so many stuffs when I was young."

Not hard to understand at all, i guess "horizontal" describes the life that is safe and smooth, no tides and turns, and to a certain extent, no life- to her.
Personally, I also feel my life being too horizontal, if that is the meaning to it.
But I don't find thrills risking my life, I feel that life is the most important "requisite" to be on earth. Well stating the obvious, but it's true. Though it sounds like a game, life certainly seems to be a game.

Seen those first person view games such as Counter strike, Star Wars Jedi Academy etc?
Yes, it is like what everyone has been looking out from his/her eyes. Moving around, looking at things, sceneries, and yes, you and me. Sometimes, I just tried to imagine looking out from another person's position of view, it is quite hard to imagine, as mainly our whole life we seem to be the only one "feeling", who can "see", who can "hear", who can "smell", who can "taste".

Who is that person sitting opposite of you? What is he/she looking at? Is he/she feeling happy?
Is he/she sure of what he's/she's speaking? All these questions... remained "understooded" as some of you might said, but it is not confirmed.

When you watched the news showing someone at the other side of the world in pain and agony such as having his leg blown off by an explosion, do you actually try to "feel" the type of pain that man was going through? Or simply watch, and "feel sad" for the person, change channel, and watch some other variety shows.

I think life is more than getting and bringing in excitement for yourself, it took about 5 years for one to start "knowing" that he is alive since borned, took a lifetime to understand what's life is all about. Even though human knowledge is so vast that no one would be able to acquire it in a lifetime, it is just a small tip of an ice berg.

Think more, feel more, there's more purposes in life.
zhaoru.