Lao Voices

You hear all the time that people would tell you to go into a profession that will make you happy, if that’s the case, what if you love to eat and sleep; if you can convince yourself that’s a profession, then more power to you and good luck, but to be honest with you, I don’t think it’s a profession.

I came across an article in a Thai Magazine, listing of professions that would make you happy, after finished reading it; I think it might have some truth in it. When I was little, I remember that most of my friends want to be a doctor, lawyer, or Indian chief, and I do have one Chinese friend that is a lawyer living in NYC, I visited her last year but I do have to say that she is one of the most unhappiest person I knew; success doesn’t always come with happiness. I guess being an attorney is somewhat stressful, having to deal with lawsuits, divorce cases, bankruptcy cases, and much more but all problem related cases. I’ve never wanted to be a lawyer, so I’m not sure what attracted her to this profession to begin with, she is a CPA (still has active license I believe) prior to going to law school and was very unhappy with that profession as well, made me think, maybe she is just an unhappy person.

I think many of us will agree or disagree with the two professions below, mainly because we think that we’re happy or unhappy with what we’re doing, every professions have its own reward, and the happiness varies from person to person, it’s all how you look at it, what you make of it.

The number one profession that gives the greatest joy is a photographer. You can boss people around, even be able to tell them to smile, I think people look beautiful when they smile, but I don’t know why most don’t do it as often. You can tell them as to where to place their hands, turn left or right and after finishing bossing them around, they still manage to give you one of the most beautiful smiles, and if you don’t like it, you can tell them to do it all over again. What joy would that be, to be able to boss people around and see beautiful smiles all the time. I love looking at photo blog, and one of my favorites is Miss Phom Photography, she captures beautiful moment, she is capturing life, one frame at a time…see a photo below of Monique post,

“There’s something naturally beautiful about this young lady!!!”

Then there’s a writer, or songwriter, especially if you’re gifted. For some, it might take them a few hours to write a song, but what it does for people varies, for some music can balance their emotions or can drive them to the extreme of their feelings, music can make us smile or cry and it’s definitely soothing to our soul, we all need music in our lives. The people that go into this profession are artist, they love freedom, I can’t even imagine them working from a 9-5 job, or dress in a business attire, why should they when they have the freedom to dress anyway they want. Their songs are an inspiration to many of us, and some of the classic ones have been around for many, many years.

These are just the two professions that I admire and happen to be the professions that bring happiness, but life is what you make of it, if we’re happy with what we’re doing, then it shouldn’t matter what others think. Many people think my profession sucks, and that might have some truth in it, and to some, they might want to get out, but to me, I just need to find a hobby that would make me happy, and I think I found one.