I caught A Beautiful Mind about a fortnight ago, and I still have not gotten over it. The passion which was portrayed in John Nash is inspiring and infectious. The passion for knowledge and truth has driven me for all the years since my first junior college days, where my tutor asked us to define the word educated. He said that educated people made up less than 1% of the world. I would agree, but I could not help but feel that the statement carries an elitist tinge. The other 99% would include those who have no access to proper education, the poor and the underprivileged. Yet those few hours changed my life, I realized that there is so much to know, so much to learn and so much to understand. And it was then when I made knowledge, the means and the ends of my life. And thus the Search began...

It is no wonder then when I felt so strongly for the character in A Beautiful Mind. And yes, I do like the idea that reason can conquer madness. It carries the Enlightenment spirit, but I have always said that I am a leftover relic from the Age of Reason. And of course, personally, I like madness.

For all those who are still looking for a reason to live, for a reason to carry on living, for a reason what to live for, I have and I would advise patience. You only live once but life is long, so take your time to figure out what you really want. And no one else should tell you what you want or force you to want something.