I have been asked this question umpteen number of times and I keep getting asked this question by many people, from many walks of life, at different points of time in life, at different places in geography.
So, I would like you to ask this question once again - "What do you want?", more importantly, "What do you really want?"
In many a situation, I did not have any time to think how to answer, what to answer and what really I need or I want.
The answer to the question was given by me:
1. In the spur of the moment,
2. In the heat of the most active disturbing thing at that point in life
3. The most craving I had at that particular instant or time lapse
4. What people around me wanted "me" to have
The answers to this question were mostly "materialistic" - like from a TV, Car, a job, an iPhone, a girlfriend, etc.
But what did I "really", "really" want?? That was not realized by me in most situations and I am damn sure if one you my friends were asked this question to you in
1. Different times of the day
2. Different situations in your life
3. Different places in geography
all your answers would differ. And another most important fact to note is -
"Is our answer really the answer that we would be answering if asked to us by GOD himself?"
If you my friends were asked this same question, what would your answers be and how they would differ. The whole spectrum of materialistic things would be covered I am sure.
We are very stunted in our view and our vision is very myopic. This is where we need to change, this is where I need to change.
Listing our short, medium and long-term goals would probably be an analytical approach for practical thinkers - especially for engineers, managers and the scientific lot.
1. Do you want a place in the history pages as a great person?
2. Do you want happiness in your personal life?
3. Do you want professional achievements to be showcased on a world stage?
The answers may vary from person to person depending on what they want. Also, I recognize that small kids are asked this question very often - "what do you want?"
Their answers vary from a chocolate, candy, some favorite toy to more profound ones like
"I want my dad to be with me for christmas or my birthday?"
The level of maturity varies for all - from tiny tots to grey-haired seniors.
So, how do we go about working on the answer to this question?
1. Random thoughts need to be channelized
2. We should work on our shortcomings
3. Set definite small, mid, long-term goals
4. Focus on small term goals and start working on how to achieve them
So, I started thinking in not only materialistic terms and philosophical terms and started to think more about how to answer this question when my next GOD appeared.
Once my GOD appears one last time, I want to be prepared with the answer.
My final answer being - "NOTHING"
I would ask all my friends to dwell on why I approached at this answer and how beautiful your small world will become when you stick to this answer.
