Two policies to live a purposeful life:

                                                           Eudemonia and arête

Before you grasp these two Greek terms containing Eudemonia and arête, I want to push readers into great confusion and later I will have to jerk them towards understanding because odd philosophers had themselves brought these notions in complexity; therefore, I faced hardships understanding them as well. Eudemonia a Greek term was translated into English which means happiness, but some thinkers remark that this term refers to the achievement of a goal that does not give the meaning of a feeling of contentment rather people struggle hard to approach the goal. On the other hand, the second most discussed word was arête which was meant as excellence. It was also translated into English that refers to different qualities inside human beings where there may be a skillful singer who sings very well and who has lots of experiences in the field of music.

            The most challenging question circulating in our mind is how to spend our life. I think the term eudemonia is beyond the meaning of the so-called happiness which is just called a feeling or maybe a satisfaction that can be impermanent. This word expresses the true picture of life, which is telling all of us that everyone must have an aim in our life that needs our full potential in achieving the goal we have chosen. Our objective must be based on one direction because different directions matter which can easily shatter anyone. Moreover, life without an aim is too dark, said Napoleon Hill.

            Adding that arête was also a misleading term written by some scholars. Its actual meaning was not excellence or skill, but both courage and generosity one's moral character must have, said Aristotle. Everyone should follow one path or direction if one wants to accomplish one's goal. Ali Baba was an instance for all over the world because he was the one who was very curious to obtain his motive. He was the one who learned motivation from rejections, but today he is the owner of Ali Baba company which is online serving everyone very conveniently around the globe. To succeed in one's life of course needs both courage and generosity with an unbreakable aim.

            Life is had only for one time let's do something that our character will be remembered forever because action represents the character. Let's choose a career that pursues one direction to seek our destination more nearly. The above-given words are not only words for us, but also two manners for us how to spend our life both correctly and purposefully.

            In conclusion, people of this generation always want a fulfilled life which means they will enjoy it by earning money, reputation, and position. Carrying all these does not prolong; they are temporary because money is not the ultimate goal of life rather we should struggle to have a worthwhile life that doesn't take place because of money and so forth.  We should also learn the lessons and history of great personalities who contributed something to this planet. Finally, we should brighten our life by having both policies and not confusion.


By: Sajid Ahmed

The writer is a teacher at Lead English Language Center Soro Mand.

Kech Balochistan