A hot cup of coffee and a teaspoon of philosophy

I was standing in the balcony and was enjoying a late evening coffee. I took the time to look at the twinkling stars of the evening sky. I had just read JK* and what else do you want to make your Sunday evening beautiful?
People worship success. Its what drives them happy everyday. Suddenly when they become void of success, there is a big vacuum. Success is like a black hole in the cosmos. It absorbs all the other feelings that surrounds it.
Have you ever looked at the women from village who carry pots on their head and walk towards the horizon..? Well, I met one of them last summer during my vacations. She was thin and pale and walks three kilometers for a pot of water. I asked her what success means to her. She gave me a sarcastic smile and told success means making her son a city-dweller.
I met her one more time last month and she was even more pale and was totally collapsed. Her son had become a drunkard. He was out of his own senses.
Now who is it to blame... The women..? Her son..? or the blind affection that manhood has towards success..?

Just because i am talking against 'success'.. Dont think that I say failure is fruitful.
My idea just to raise a few questions in the readers mind.

'Questions' makes one to feel happy. Especially asking a question which cannot be answered makes one feel even more happy. It triggers an inner quest then. The mind tries to find out the answer and hence explore. Have you noticed 'Question' has the word 'Quest' in it.

It is very important for one to come out of closed emotional quarters when asking questions. It is immaterial whether you are a Hindu or Christian or Muslim or a young man or a communist.. Any of these should not pose a constraint on you and your questions. Just keep asking the questions and the answers will start to come.
A Zen proverb says "When the student is ready, the teacher appears". Wat say?

Soon one can realize that happiness is not in success but in questions.

* - J Krishnamurthi, JK as he is fondly called by his readers is a philosopher. He is one of those philosophers who dont patronize religion. One can expect a rather serious narration style from him when compared to Osho, though at many places there is a unison between their philosophies. You can find his books in 1st floor in landmark under the section 'Eastern philosophy'.