1 What is that you aspire in life?
Ans: I want to have a good lifestyle.
2. What do you mean by good lifestyle?
Ans. Aaammm... Good life style means.... better life style... something good.. really good.
3. Right now you don't feel that you have such life style?
Ans. No.. that is why I aspire for that.. (looking proud for his clarity of mind)
3. When will you know that you are having such good/better/really good lifestyle?
Ans: See.. we live in a rented house now.. It's a medium size house. So I wish to have a big kerala style bungalow. (kerala is famous for celestial houses)
4. So Good lifestyle means having a big kerala type bungalow?
Ans: No No No.. not like that. But I should have a big car also.
5. Okay.. A big house and car will be called as good life style?
Ans: No...to maintain all that...I need income also.
6. Hence good life style means big car, house and good income... that's all?
Ans: No...we need other things also. Like good furniture... other things.. good bank balance.. (then smiles)
7. So good life style means. apart from house and car, it is furniture, other things, bank balance correct?
Ans: (thinks for long time)... Not only that but should have good name in the society and company also. smiles again
8. So.. apart from all these material things you need recognition also. Then it is called good lifestyle?
Ans: (Thinks for one minute before he replied) YES that's it.
9. Do you know anyone who is having all the above that you aspire for in your close circle?
Ans: Yes three to four of them ultra rich. They have more than these.
10. Are all of them very happy in their life?
Ans: Mmmmmmm. Can't say so. They have their own tensions. Some of them even don't be in town for most of the time also.
11. So you too wish to have same life style?
Ans: No.... but having all those is good na..
12. You seem to be in doubt. Tell me what gives you real happiness in life? is it just that house, furniture and bank balance?
Ans: See.. we can't say that all those people with all those are happy. But I want to have a good lifestyle.
13. So. Can I say that rather than aspiring for all these things which give you happiness, it would be better to aspire to be happy?
Ans: Looks completely confused... then says. whatever it is, I should be happy sir.....
:)
The things that we accumulate can't be aspirartion. They may be vehicles that deliver us the packets of happiness .
