The Price of Wisdom - 高山雪 Snow Hill

I've recently got hold of a voice clip by Alain de Botton, a popular British philosopher, specialising in answering questions about human nature such as love, relationship, happy and fulfilling life; and he is a founder of School of Life. This time the topic was " What's Wrong With Living an Ordinary Life? ". What he said about simple ordinary life really resonates with me, I can't agree more. The voice clip on YouTube is worth listening. I have quoted some words from Alain de Botton in the lower part of the article. ********************************** I write this article because: Many university/school students across the world had chosen to end their lives after or around exams or graduation time, even some old people/ the needy/ the caregivers had chosen to kill themselves because of the feeling of loss of value, long-term tiredness/ hopelessness, long-term emotional and physical torture etc , which saddened me. My soul was disturbed. More and more of them had

I've been reading a book, Smart Choices . Here I just want to jot down a quick note of some valuable ideas of what I have underlined in the book. I have completed a couple of chapters, and find it very relevant to what I had been searching out for, and it is useful and applicable.    Quotes from the book: " A decision is a means to an end ."  "Ask yourself what you most want to accomplish and which of your interests, values, concerns, fears, and aspirations are most relevant to achieving your goal. Thinking through your objectives will give directions to your decision making "  "... a good decision doesn't necessarily guarantee a good result, just as a bad decision doesn't necessarily guarantee a bad result . The careless can hit it lucky, the careful can be shot down. But a good decision does increase the odds of success and at the same time satisfies our very human desire to control the forces that affect our lives." "Always focus yo