Gangri Langtso (The college journal) 2017 [Men-Tsee-Khang-སྨན་རྩིས་ཁང་།]

Book excerpt: Editor’s Note Aren't we missing something deep down? Last time I met one of my class mates from my former school. We had a long chat to catch up with each other and other school mates. He had graduated from a high esteemed college and got a job in a good company. And from him I also came to know that many of our classmates were doing great with their personal lives in their own respective fields. He told me that with good jobs his life and some other mate's life are fully settled or safe by now in this competitive world. I was happy for them. Then we parted our ways. When I was walking through the crowed after a while, there was some kind of heaviness within deep down in my heart that bothered me to wonder. Aren't we missing something deep down? Something that transcends our personal daily life and some jobs that pays our bills. As I recollect some comments from the people I had encountered, they would always end up appreciating the career I am pursuing. They would say “oh good! then you will sure to get job as doctor right after graduating, these days there are many jobless youngsters with bachelor and master degrees. You are lucky that you don't have to worry about your life afterward”. It was little comforting for me for sometimes. But, is getting a job is the sole purpose of our study? We are too much concerned about paying the day to day bills and in mid we forget our greater purpose of life, I mean life in exile. So here I would like to urge all my fellow readers to remember the purpose of your every deed; your purpose of going to work today, your purpose of studying today, your purpose of staying in an alien country bearing the pain of missing our home land etc. Because, when we are too much caught up with the little things that happen before our eyes we fail to see beyond to achieve our purposes. These little things that matters less may seem quite tempting and pleasurable at the moment but it will consume most of our precious time and energy that can be used to enrich our qualities to achieve greater purposes. I am not saying to give no time to have fun, but rather reminding you that wavering often from path of our goal for petty things would be a barrier to achieve our ultimate goal. Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher was right to say “he who has a ‘WHY’ to live for can bear almost any how”. To my fellow brothers and sisters in common cause, yes...we should spend time to have fun and opt for comfort and success in personal life. But it shouldn't be an excuse to lose the sight of our greater common goal in everyday life. When I see many of us are limiting our goals to individual comfort and secure job to pay the bill, I am afraid that the will of our martyrs gone in flame may get diluted or remain as just memories of unfulfilled voices. So here I am just reminding us all to never forget the wills of our martyrs and purpose of us being refugees while dealing with our daily life. Let's always think, aren't we missing something deep down?