SATISFACTION

This Tuesday, we ended training early at 4.30pm. Since the first semester is drawing to a close, and with the recent avalanche of deadlines, the lot of us went to the neighbouring JP mall for a quick chill-out session.

PL, as usual, was the chauffeur of the day. Halfway through the journey, Segar commented on a certain musical which she caught recently over the weekends, and how it falls short of expectations despite of the hype it generated. "Or maybe, She added as an afterthought, with a whiff of regretful lamentation in her voice, "with the progression of age, human get increasingly harder to satisfy."



A forceful thought intruded my mind and before I knew it, the question was already tangling at the tip of my tongue. "And is it a bad thing?" I wanted to counter. However, instead of blurting it out, I pondered it over silently in my mind instead. For one, it's not a habit of mine to start a discussion on topics which I have yet to grasp a firm stand of.

The question burned in my mind for the rest of the journey. Till now, I have yet to get a concrete, clear stand. There's a gist of an idea, but it's still quite fuzzy up there.



Satisfaction.



It's true, as one progresses on in age and in life, we get exposed to more things. Unlike teenagers who are impressionable, adults are not quite so. Gradually, rising expectations come into play; and with rising expectations, comes satisfactory - or rather, the lack of it. But, is it a good or a bad thing?

With demand comes supply. High expectations directly increase the standard and quality of the work given. I've always believe that it's one thing to be happy at where we are, but it's absolutely another to be contented. For with contentment, comes complacency and stagnation.

On the other hand though, sometimes, the beautiful things in life are precisely the simplest things in life, isn't it so? The joyous melody of a baby's laughter. The innocent, cheeky grin of a child's. The heart-warming home-cooked dinner. The breathtaking awesomeness of sunrises. The night sky peppered with shimmering stars. The smell of rain. The caress of wind. The beauty of silence. Of worship.



Satisfaction?



The bottom line and the key word, I guess, is balance. A sound mind.



What says you?



P.S. This post shall end here! I'm supposed to be paying attention to fellow classmates' micro-teachings and be a good pseudo-student.