Being an 'Achiever'?

My late father was a great person. He was friends with the late Hamka, Ibu Zain, and many other luminaries. Legends in their own right. I'm really just me, trying to survive this life. I hope God is happy with me, and that my late father would be reasonably proud of me.

How I wished I could talk to him. I would ask: How did he plan his life? Did he always know that he wanted to work for the government? How is his stance on current policies? How did he and Umi meet? How had he felt when we were born? [Elated, I believe, based on what Umi told me]. What were his experiences taking care of all of us? What was his childhood like- who was his best friend, and what games do they play? What's the next thing? May I pick your brain- what are you thinking about?

Actually there are a lot of things I wanted to ask him. He left us too soon. Maybe one day in heaven we will have those conversations. I will show him his 5 grandchildren, and we will all have a happy time together travelling the world. [Well I don't know what heaven will be like, but I totally believe that it would have many3 more awesome places to visit].

It's probably just the world, which currently has too may people in it, or too many great achievements in one lifetime, OR it could just be that the media is better. We get to know about other people a lot easier, and they normally post their best lives, for obvious reasons, so that the rest of us feel like losers. WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT, our own lives are completely blessed in more ways than one.

So, what is my resolution: consume less (or no) news and social media. Let's see what happens in the next 3-6 months of blissful ignorance. "Do not envy people- you do not know of their journey", this was a quote I've seen before (I paraphrase). Let's do that. Let's embrace life as it is, and flourish.