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51.8%ANMag Issue 22 Personal Maintenance
Money Vs Existing
By Iman Tabbara Alayli, Staff Writer
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – I believe that the human race has evolved dramatically in the past couple of centuries granting us unlimited options and means to utilize and optimize our existence.
If I were to describe all what we are offered in this life, I would visualize it as a circle with an undefined diameter. The common ground between all existences in this world is the center of these diameters which I consider to be the minimum requirement for surviving. The diameter of each circle varies according to what a society offers its citizens. Therefore, I expect that any given person living somewhere in Europe should be living in a bigger circle then that of one living in an Arab country.
For the sake of clarity I ask you to consider a multitude of circles having a common center and thus not intersecting at any point. One would foresee that I, having this conviction, would actually live in a broader circle in order to make use of what is out there. However, I find myself living in a society that is concise, closed and preconditioned to reject optimizing existence. Since I am aware of this situation as well as that of the chances I am missing, I am slowly driving myself into a cycle of confusion and frantic behavior.
During one of my very few lucid moments I try to view all my options, that I hope, will lift me from this spiral of self destruction.
What is the decision to be taken?
The only valid one is to move. Move to a bigger circle, the biggest if even possible. But I am faced with another dilemma: Where to? Will this new destination offer me the same economic benefits I have here in Saudi?
Unfortunately not!
This is the price we pay for money. We consume our time, our bodies, and our lives for a petty return. We miss out on all that we have been blessed with for a measly fund that would ensure a decent life for our children.
So here I am stuck between a rock and a hard place with no alternatives. My only hope is to have the strength to change what can be changed; to have the strength to accept what cannot be changed; and to have the wisdom to know the difference between them.