Let’s write about something nice.

Remember back years ago when we were so young and we thought we could conquer the whole world by our wood sword? Do you remember those days? Yeah, when we were young, about 5 till 8 year old.

My mom used to tell her friends that her son one day would become a millionaire. At that moment, the word ‘jutawan’ meant nothing to me as I held no comprehension whatsoever about its literal meaning. When I grew up, I slowly picked up that word here and there. Reading from books and listening from people’s conversation. Once I had understood its definition, the meaning didn’t spark a flame in me. I had no interest at all to be millionaire. That word has hollow meaning to me, as far as I concerned at that moment.

Time passed so fast and I have grown up to be a man of who I am today. I went through high school, got a degree from an oversea prestigious (really?) university and ended up doing differently than what I thought I would be doing. Through this journey I picked up a few lessons in life. Some of them were quite painful and some of them were awesomely good.

Now the word millionaire keeps ringing in my ears. Somehow deep down in my heart I start to feel that what my mom had said years ago was correct. It starts to make sense to me. My mind feels relax to accept the word, “millionaire”. I start to become aware of this. Robin Sharma keeps saying in his book that awareness precedes choices. Awareness makes us realize where we are now and then see the options available on the table. Awareness allows us to make the choice wisely and then the result will follow.

My so called mentor in my profession now, a person who I solidly respect, asked me the other day about my achievement. What is my achievement so far? It is a bitter question. However, it put me into the right perspective. In the next one month I will be 28 and what is exactly my achievement? What legacy I want to leave to people behind me? Who will cry for me when I die?

The book called, “The Last Lecture” written by Pausch, a Computer Science lecturer in Carnegie Mellon University wrote about his childhood dream and living the life the way he desires it. He is a terminal cancer patient who has only few months to live, shared his views about ‘living’. That again me put me in perspective. What have I achieved for the last few years? Anything significant? Anything meaningful?

So now I understand the word millionaire cannot be justified by the magnitude of cash we have in the bank account. It encompasses everything that we hold high in our life. Love, relationship, character, understanding, wealth etc. To be millionaire, it would only be right if I claim my millionaire status in creating wealth in values that are true to me. Values like I mentioned previously.

I received a card from someone I barely knew last year. He is husband to my friend in LP. He wrote,” F@rid, someone told me that to succeed in life you don’t need a big bank account. What more important is, a BIG HEART. I think you have all that.” I barely know him but I certainly hope that I have touched his heart just the way I like other people to leave a fine print on mine.

So, am I becoming to be millionaire? So far, I guess on the right track. Keep on loving, keep on touching people’s heart, keep on making a difference in life and keep on making bucks to my best ability. Being a millionaire is not a burden. It is a privilege to do more good to people.

Thank you mummy for keep on praying me to be millionaire since I was baby.