The search for answers

I see the extremes in people looking for help and/or answers all the time. On one side are people who constantly look for help, answers, etc. and they don't bring anything from their own life and experiences to contribute. On the other extreme are people who think they are the latest self-hype gurus; they are always there to give answers, they think they have solved all the enigmas in life, they have it all figured out. I propose that most of us are in the middle; there are subjects we all can learn from, both from "experts" and each other.

Perhaps, the answer lies in our search for it. Perhaps there are questions that will remain that way... No one among us has the answer that is beyond the reach of all of us. Almost any theistic religion makes for a good case study; for reasons that I don't comprehend, there are high priests who seem to know the answer beyond our immediate experience and they claim to know what happens to us when we die. What makes them so special? Can we group them among psychics and other charlatans? Just because they are state-sanctioned doesn't mean they are beyond reproach.

If we extend the same reasoning, what makes some of these self-hype gurus any more knowledgeable than us? That's the problem I had previously when I threw out my own knowledge and experience just so I can learn from these seduction gurus. The reality is that they are no better than any average Joe. The secret lies with their ability to market themselves and to cross-promote each other. The secret to meeting people is to keep meeting people. Some we will get along and some we won't.

There aren't that many secrets to making money either. We simply have to work hard at our respective jobs and get along with our colleagues. Another is to keep trying out different ways to make money... The buzzword is about being entrepreneurial.

If we want to be healthy, we have exercise and eat right, just like what most of us learned from our parents. As for other unanswerable questions, we just have to learn to live with some mysteries in life. We should not keep looking for answers as if there's a void within us that only others can fulfill. We don't need gurus or some whatever coaches come along to teach us. Instead, we are better off looking within, accepting ourselves, improving what we can, and be happy with who we are. This is something I or a guest blogger will continue.