This post was written as a contribution to the Life Lessons Series, a project for personal development bloggers to share their life experiences with readers. I feel honored to have been invited to be a part of such a wonderful project.
We often think that we know what is best for us and for everyone around us. Actually, we even think we know how people we haven’t met, such as celebrities, should lead their lives and what they’re doing wrong. We think we know what is best for the environment and for the world as a whole.
If we knew what was best for our lives and the world, wouldn’t we all be living a happy life in a happy world?
Notice how many times during the day you are caught giving advice to people on what they should do. We also tell ourselves in subtle ways what we should be doing later – say, the next day and the next month — like we already how our lives should turn out.
We think we know what is best for us, but as the old saying goes “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans”. In truth, most of the time we actually don’t know what is best for ourselves or anyone else.
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