The most part of our lives we keep searching for things. We keep trying to know more, see more, learn more maybe even do more. But the most fundamental thing that we fail to see is that it is not so many things we feel. There are just 5 basic questions that we keep trying to answer. It is these 5 questions that we try to answer.
"Who"
The first most basic question that we try to answer is who. Be it who we really are, who we want to be, who want around us. There are many such questions which arise from who which we try to use to define ourselves. Take for example a teenager. He/she has just begun the most important part of our lives. A teenager just starts to feel their way in this world. And the first thing that they try to do is build a personality for themselves. They try to define how they want the world to see them
They try to build a world for themselves around themselves. It is here that they keep asking the question Who. Who they want to be. Like their parents, like their peers, like their idols, like maybe anyone they would have seen just at a party/on the road. It could be anyone, anything, anywhere, anytime. But all this comes from the question Who. Who they love, who they want them to love, who they think would define them the best.
"Why"
The second question that we try to answer is Why. Why is the question that defines our basic existence. It is the question that tells us guides us motivates us to the destiny we want we have percieved. Take for example an average salaried person's life. He keeps asking this question to himself day in and day out. Why this why that. Why should I opt for a car if even a bike serves the purpose. Why invest in a 5 bhk house when even a 2 bhk will be enough.
"When"
The 3rd basic question that we try to answer is when. When should i do this that it would be the best. We always seek the best time for anything in life. When would it be most suited to have a baby is a question every newly wed seeks to answer. Take for example the average businessman. He will always try to see when is it best to invest to grow his business. When will it be most apt to buy that new machinery that would give a boost to his business. When would the best time be to launch his new product that could lead him to the big league.
"What"
What is the next fundamental question that we keep repeating. What would have happened if i would have this and not that. What if i would have said it then i would not be facing this situation now. 'What to do what not to do' is the oft repeated line we use in our lives. What is a question which many people may even associate their current pains in life. What if I would have proposed then, what if I would have studied at the right time. What if I would have and have not. We keep repeating these questions to ourselves. Take the example of an artist. A painter will keep asking himsef what if this color and not that color. What if people do not like my painting. A singer what if I loose that touch in my voice. What if my next song/album is not a hit. A musician what if my music is no more liked. What if this tune of mine people would feel is stolen from someone else's work. What if I do not get a good singer to put voice to my tunes.
"Where"
This is the last of the basic questions that we keep running after in our lives. Running after because everyone wants peace in life and everyone looks for that one place which will give it to him. Where is a question which be it the poor one or the one who was born with a golden spoon all ask. It is only that the magnitude the motive might be different. Our likes and dislikes can be attributed to this question. This is not where i wanted to come or this is the place these are the people this is the job that I have been waiting for all my life. Here I will not take any examples for each and every being associates this with them all their life.
In the end all i would say is "who defines us, why gives us choice, when gives us perspective and time, what gives us a motive and where leads us in life"
Gud one :)
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