Lessons from Life...for Life

In this Economics lecture last week, I saw how a subject like Economics is so integrally integrated with the philosophy of life. The professor defined Utility as "The capacity of a commodity to satisfy human want." The terms may be a little technical but seemed equally practical. Everything around us that is wanted by us, is wanted because it has a "Utility". Its consumption provides us with "Utility". The professor further explained the difference between Utility and Satisfaction. He said, "Consumption of a commodity may give you Utility but not necessarily Satisfaction". I wondered how many of us actually saw the difference in everyday life. In this fast paced world, we are consuming so much every minute. We seem to be consuming a lot of things today because they give us a Utility. By consumption I mean our acceptance of all that is around us. We accept a lot of things in life everyday because it serves a temporary purpose. Whether we like it or not. Whether we approve of it or not. What about Satisfaction? After all that we try so hard to achieve, Satisfaction still remains to be achieved. Everytime Utility is achieved...Satisfaction still seems a mile away. So when we talk about economic development or any development for that matter, we always base our opinions on the end result. We compare the end result to the next end result, utility served to the next utility served. We seek satisfaction at every end and it always seems to be at the other end. But I think where we are going wrong are these very jumps between two results or two utilities. What we are failing to enjoy is the process between the results. I think the process is always more satisfying than the end result. Its possible that we may be deemed slow or regressive if we take this route. Lesser jumps...slower trails. But the experience, the satisfaction gathered in the process will be worth it. After all True Success lies in Satisfaction. I think so...What say?

Note: For all those who think this post is heavily philosophical - philosophy is not all that BAD. Everyone has it. Few express it.

To start with ...

Hi People! My first venture into blogging I wondered what I could do with my opinions/ideas/feelings about matters that matter to me, you and everyone. Not that my opinions are of any high regard/importance to anyone of you. But be it Governance, Politics, Films, Art or just Life in general. We are sooo.. full of ideas all the time. We have so many dimensions to ourselves. My idea of writing this blog is not to pass judgements about what I think is right or wrong. I just feel by expressing what we feel we can perceive better, with more clarity. With more clarity in our mind we always do things the right way. You may agree, you may disagree. But let me know what you think about what I think. It may help me have another perspective. We always seek like-minded people to chat about things we believe in. So this is also an effort to move out of that comfort zone and be open to disagreements or counter ideas. If nothing at all, I’ll be in practice of writing, which I love to do.

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Love,
Santosh.