going unnoticed

it seems to me that we never notice the smaller things in life we are always noticeing the things that make the most noise just like how we always notice the massive tree that falls but we never notice the hundreds of leaves the hit the ground every day. we are always told to strive for the best you can be rather than strive for happiness, isnt that what it is about we are so consumed of our work we end up being swallowed up by work comitments. i know i dont know  a lot about the world yet as im only seventeen but i am well aware of the dangers of being consumed by work as im looking for an apprenticeship and facing whether i should go to school or whether i should take an apprenticeship but in the end its where ever i feel most happy and i believe that this applies all the way through your life and i hope i make the right choices to save my self from the perile of working a dead end 9-5 job and i hope you make the choice so you can reach your nirvana.