The Purpose?

What is the purpose of our life? No, I don't want to sound like an old revered sage, nor am I looking to enlighten any of you reading this. It's just something I was wondering about the other day.

Right from my childhood I have seen my relatives, distant relatives, not-related-at-all relatives, irrelatives, friends, foes, me, everyone, every single one of us and them grapple for space, for greatness, for wealth. We are exhorted to excel. Be one up on the other. Be the numero uno. What a bloody waste of our lives. Why, in heavens name, if I cant enjoy the wealth, the fame, the greatness, should I covet it so much?

We can't take the wealth with us. And if you ask Why, you'll be told that in this world you will be saluted only if you are something. You counter with a, "Man, I dont want to be 'salaam'-ed!". Which is countered with a, " Don't you want your kids to have a good comfortable life?". You tell them, " Why in hell should I give a damn about my kids who aren't even around right now? And why should I slog my hands to the bone for them anyways? They want a good comfortable life, let them slog once they arrive in this world!!".
(Ed-To be honest I dont want kids. But more about that later.)

Wouldn't you honestly like to live on the mountains, being the fat of the land, eating off the fat of the land? A li'l hard-work to get by and provide for the 2 room cottage. Two nice shady trees, a hammock, some music?

You try for a while. To live they want you to. It just doesn't cut it for you. So you try living the way you want to. This is when they start looking at you as a deviant. And maybe it is true. Maybe some of us are deviants. And I can bet a lot of money that there are millions out there who WANT to be deviants too. But the society, peer pressure, greed has caught up with them and maybe they are a little too late.

[This post really doesnt make any sense. And this not an indication or a precursor to the rest of my posts. Its just something I wanted to vent out. Frankly, I dont know if I am a deviant or not. Maybe I am simply a hypocrite.]