Analects

For this Reading blog I’ve decided to choose 4.12: The Master said, "If in your affairs you abandon yourself to the pursuit of profit, you will arouse much resentment."  I feel that the analects is trying to ay that you should never do something based on the fact that it gives you a big salary.  The real reason you should choose your career, job, or even sport you play is because you love it and have fun doing it.  You have to feel a certain passion not just a fear that if you don´t choose it you might go broke, or your grandfather played it so you must also.  Even tough of course I agree with it mostly I do feel that in the world we live in it is almost necessary that you get a big salary.  I believe that because you’re always going to want to have a “safe” future.  Not have to worry too much, and being able to support your family.  I personally feel that I would be very happy if I can give my kids a comfortable life where they can be happy.

It reminds me to the movie “Pursuit of Happiness” where will Smith´s motivation is giving his son the best life possible, and that is the same motivation that every parent has.  Of course you can´t choose a job based on the salary, because if you don’t love it you’ll be miserable and probably do a bad job.  However I still feel you just can´t ignore the fact of how much money you earn when you choose a career, but then again that is just my opinion.