Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Priorities in Life

The title of this post is one of the face book quiz that I took from a few weeks ago. This quiz has 10 options and I have to put the most priority option on the top. Those options are love, money, friendship, being single, being married, having a house, having a car, work, children, family. After taking the quiz I can invite my friends to take part of the quiz and see who is the highest percentage of matching with my choice.
I believe that priorities in life depends on the individual perspective based on their past experience, current situation , own philosophy and environment they are living. To my surprise, I found one of my friend has 95 % of likeness match with me. Let me list down the priorities in my life according to the quiz.
(1) Family__I came from very warm family and I will go for the another warm family. That make me choose family as my first priority.
(2) Children__ Although I am not married person, I would have to put children in second priority as this is part of the family life.
(3) Friendship__ My father used to scold me when I hang out with my friends for the whole day. He used to scold " Are they going to give you any food!!" "Are they going to give you any money!!" I always oppose my father and continue to hang out with friends. Because I truly believe that friendship without expectation is the most beautiful things in our social society.
(4) Love_ This is the most contradictory words I ever seen and I hate to say about it. But I feel that this word is playing the important role in our life partially as we can't run away from that word. Honestly I am one of them who can't run away from that words although I don't want to put this high priority in my life.
(5)Being married__While I put the family as first priority, it is too unwise if I don't put being married in my top 5 priorities list. One of renown Myanmar writer stress the single people as extraordinary people. However each has own destiny defined by God which mean God has already defined to be single if somebody is supposed to be single. To me, at the moment I don't seem to have that kind of destiny and I will have to marry one day that what I really want to do too.
(6) Work_ "Born, Study,work, Dead" If this would be the sequence of our life, we can't avoid this one also. But the question will be what I am working for? Is my career goal and my job exactly same or related? Do I really love my job? Am I being forced to work? Withing 24 hours a day, I am spending my 8 hours with my colleges and my job related people. I realize the index of work life balance which make the balance between my work and the other 5 top priorities in life. When I find no balancing, I will have to quit that job.
(7) Money_ $$$$$$$$$$$$..I am getting what I am supposed to get by God's will. I should not expect beyond the order of God. It can be considered as too weak ideology but that will be the way of making happiness on the other hand.
(8)(9)(10), being single, having a car, having a house_ I can put these in any order as these are low priority life and I never think that having a car and house is compulsory in life. Being single is very far from my first priority.

This quiz is just for fun but it can show about me what kind of person I am. I will probably be quite emotional guy by looking at the priority list.
However the thing I am thinking now is if I can put those priorities into my real life? Can some situation change the order of priority?If Yes, what will be that situation? Nevertheless, I am glad to know that there are some people who has same sense with me about the priority life.

4 comments:

meengelay said...

I am really glad to know your first priority, my brother.
We we lived toghether, you didn't stay at home all day long except sleeping time and eating time. So, I thought that you are not a person who gives care to family and you prefer your friends than family members.
I have a host family in Japan. That is very nice program for the students who are away from their family. If we have a family, we are encouraged and supported not only physically but also mentally.

Unknown said...

Hey, one more terrific topics.How interesting! After knowing about your quiz, I considered to prepare my priority order by myself, which one should be first, which one is second, third and so on. But, the arrangement you've made first to tenth priorities are orderly, systematic and reasonable. In fact, I gave it up to prepare on my own. Actually, everyone should have own priority depend on their feelings like you. By putting those priorities into our heart, our life will be meaningful and I'm sure that we will never be lost our way to get to our goal in life. I wish, May you get straight shoot to your target of priorities in actual life!

ayenyeinthu said...

brother ,,,
born ,study ,work ,dead,
eat ,work, sleep,
annoy to stay in daily life...
second world (nateban) is far from ours.
it has been seeing some where.
how can we arrive soon the deadline of priorities in life!

Unknown said...

hey brother
how about let me reveal my priorities in life. :P
1.Family 2.Work 3.Friendship 4.love 5.Being single 6.Children 7.Money 8.having a car 9.having a house 10.being married.

I list down those simply depends on my current mood. This is why we got 83% match in facebook.