How Are You Today?

What2Say2Day? It seems almost everyone I greet today has the same answer when asked, “How are you?” – “Tired.” It’s as though the energy is being taken away from us at a steady rate. I’m not just talking about physical energy either; mental and spiritual energy is being drained from us as well. When I ask them, “What’s going on, why so tired?” the usual reply is, “I’m so busy.” Many of my friends and colleagues these days work more than one job (out of necessity, mostly), have families with active children, are caretakers to their aging parents or doing all of the above in some form or another. Yesterday I decided to ask one of my colleagues, “Why do you do all of that?” The blank, puzzled look spoke louder than his answer (which I don’t remember). It’s a good question, isn’t it. Why do we do the things we do? I mean, we choose to do all those things, don’t we. Seriously, think about it. The things we do may seem they’re done out of necessity, but in the end we choose to do them. Nothing is “making” us do any of the things we do, right? So, again I ask the question, why do we do the things we do? Is it for personal gain or for the betterment of others? Is it to fill in the empty spaces of our days? Is it to teach our children responsibility or to give them a head start on life? I want to know – Why? We all know the story of the man who climbs the world’s highest mountain to seek wisdom from the great sage, only to be told the meaning of life is what he makes of it. And that is where I’ll leave us for today. Friends, find the meaning of your life and make it a worth while life to live. Have a purpose behind all the things we choose to do. Then maybe, just maybe, you won’t be so tired all the time.