Pathfinders

During pre-school and kindergarten we had to adapt to new surroundings and make new friends.

After that we go to primary school to adapt to new surroundings and make new friends.

Then we go to secondary school to to adapt to new surroundings and make new friends.

And so on and forth to the various JCs, Polys and Unis. You get the picture I'm trying to paint.

Lastly for the vast majority of us who come from non-affluent backgrounds, we have to forge our own paths into various careers. We wish we could have our dearest friends together with us, working at the same place. Who better to rely on? Sadly, life isn't so accomodating with regards to such wishes. That's where grudgingly, we have to learn to carve out our own paths. Some may find it exciting, but for others, a tiring laborous journey repeats itself again. When will this cycle end, if ever?

I guess that's the way life works. Throwing us a mandatory challenge every 5 years or so. Occasional family disaster or otherwise.

Maybe it's all a game. You win in one challenge you progress to the next level. You lose, you use up a 'credit'. The stronger the willpower the more 'credits' of course. When you think about it this way, it's perhaps easier to sympthatise with those that give up totally.

P.S. Being cynical is not a crime. This post was after all a random point of view.