The Sun, The Sea, & The Garfish

It was less than 24 hours ago, but I already miss it. Waking up in the wee hours of the night to check on the fishing rods, gazing at the moon, waking a few hours later for the sunrise, having a lovely breakfast in the morning, lazing the day away. It was less than a day ago, but it was such a therapeutic  3 day 2 night at Blue Mountain Kelong at Batam. The comfort of sitting at the balcony, listening to the wind whispering its secrets, the waves singing their song, feeling the gentle breeze and the warm sun rays on your skin. I haven't even got to the smell of the salty sea wind there, the cooling feel of the wooden planks, sleeping in the view of a million stars and a full moon, the freshness of the seafood, the roaring performance by a thunderstorm, so many more things to talk about. And so many more things to experience.

It is in this times that I sit back and wonder what have I been doing with my life. Slogging hard day and night to gain utility, to achieve happiness. And finding it when I am stripped of all the daily rat race activities. Shouldn't happiness be achieved even through work? Shouldn't utility be gained while slogging it out? Instead we are adding burdens in our lives, putting many more responsibilities on our shoulders, that we are actually not happy about. Is this the way of life? Or is there more to it?