BY: IZAL MAHAT

It is very hard for a human being to rest content for long, in fact it is impossible and the quest for self-improvement is actually lifelong, and bearing this in mind, it is important to keep going and to develop, mature and grow to completion.

It is only when a person dies does the quest come to an end and the prosaic reality is that in the course of a lifetime they would be striving and endeavoring to excel in everything they put their hand on in order to achieve success.

But self-improvement comes to us even without us thinking, for since time immemorial, humankind has been evolving, changing and re-inventing themselves to become a higher, better form of life on this earth.

Self-improvement includes having a real education, creating wealth and ensuring that, from what a person was in the past, the person has become stronger and better and is able to live The Good Life.

In a day, in each waking moment, effort must be put in to improve oneself and to keep going day by day until there is the satisfaction and knowledge of moving up the scale of the ladder of life and to not look back into the past.

Grow step-by-step by improving, developing and setting our sights on striving for perfection, and while perfection is unattainable, the point is to press on to be perfect and be the best person possible in this life.

-THE MALAYSIA VOICE

** The views expressed on this opinion is of the writer and not the publisher