the unexamined life is not worth living. and here, is where i scrutinise mine with surfeited glee.
So I’ve been told, more than once, that life isn’t a bed of roses. Doesn’t take long to figure that out. What many might have failed to comprehend, myself included, is how we should not just remain resilient in the face of challenges, but actually learn to enjoy the process of working ourselves out of problems. As cliché as it sounds, problems are indeed challenges to be overcomed.
Let’s not let our problems paralyse us. Carpe Diem!
110/250
Everything happens for a reason. That is not to say that we should leave things to fate. On the contrary, learn from every single experience that comes by your way because you’ll never know if it will come in useful one day.
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I’m glad I chose not to embark on the Daily Post 2012 project because I am out of inspiration. But I do want to write something, so I’ve decided to just type and let the words flow without a single idea where this is leading me. For all we know, it could just end up being a bunch of malarkey.
Life is not complicated if we take things easy. The thing with me is, I always make things complicated for myself. And I get upset easily and feel constricted in the chest. I can’t let go because I don’t want to let go. Sometimes things are not as bad as I think it out to be, but I just want to hang on to things out of habit. Take for example, I lose a friend on Facebook and I don’t know who it is. No big deal, right? So I go to bed thinking who could possibly not want to be my friend on Facebook any longer. And I fall asleep with that thought.
The next morning, I wake up with a constriction in the chest. And I remember that I am supposed to be upset about something. I sit up in bed and think very hard, and finally remember it was about the person I ‘lost’ on Facebook. Of course, I’m not saying it is always about Facebook friends I lose, but it’s mostly trivial stuff of the same degree; things I could easily forget about after a night of restful sleep, yet I persist in recalling the next morning.
There is a Chinese saying – 天下本无事，庸人自扰之。It speaks of how the world is a peaceful place, but it is we the human beings who like to create problems for ourselves. I love this phrase that I learnt at the age of 13 because I think it is just so apt. To describe me, that is.
Sometimes, I think I am a little mad. No, make it many times; I often think that I am not of a sound mind. And for some reason, that bout of depression ailment has made me a weak person. And a useless one too. I’ve always known that I am not suited to be a housewife. Being an introverted, home-loving person translates to long periods of time at home with limited interaction with the outside world (the nightly walks with the fur kids don’t count, because I don’t talk to anyone), and that can only be detrimental to my health. Anyone’s mental health would suffer at this rate.
I’m not ready to return the workforce and become a useful person to the society. I will never be ready, just like I will never be contented to staying at home. People are just so strange (or perhaps it’s just me)… I will never be contented with what I have, and I’m always living in the past. And I will always have 1,001 things and little projects to complete. I don’t know how other people do it, but I’m always behind schedule and chasing deadlines set by myself. This is the result of accumulating too much clutter in my life.
31/250
Not everything that can be counted counts,
and not everthing that counts can be counted.
- Albert Einstein
Trust Einstein to come up with something so simple, yet so profound.
29/250
I found it very apt to share this meaningful quotation on Holy Night. It is a beautiful quote.
Similarly, I’d come across another beautiful quote by Mother Teresa. She once said:
Different words, same meaning. Well perhaps most of us cannot measure up to what Mother Teresa had done for the poor and destitute, for clearly, some amongst us are meant for bigger things.
On this blessed night, I would like to remind everyone, including myself, that there is no need to despair even when you are at the lowest point of your life for problems are challenges to be overcome. And if we persist to have faith, help in many ways will come along.
I am writing this post almost a month ahead of time. If all goes well during the trip, we should be in Salzburg on Christmas Eve.
Have a blessed Christmas!
I confess. I tend to be a little too judgemental at times. It is a shortcoming I am aware of, and am trying to correct.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone (John 8:7). Not I for sure.
Sometimes it’s so hard not to compare, especially when you are surrounded by friends who are such over-achievers in life. But we all exist for a reason, and I’ve had my fair share of glory.
I just need to concentrate on being the best that I can be.
True happiness is derived from within. It has nothing to do with the coveted promotion, that lusted-after sports car, or that humongous villa you could finally afford.
The Chinese have a saying – 人比人，气死人。 Succinctly translated, it’s just a life anecdote telling us not to compare or pit ourselves against others because there is no end to it.
It’s true. The hubby is always reminding me not to compare my life to others’ because I have absolutely no idea what they have gone through, or are going through. The grass always looks greener on the other side, but it’s all about perception, and what the other side wants you to see.
This is what I had been up to in Oct 2011. For about 2 weeks, home was Tokyo and I’d some really fun time venturing to many places alone. Places I wouldn’t have imagined I could survive being on my own, for example Tokyo Disney Resort on 12 Oct, Tsukiji Wholesale Fish Market on 13 Oct and Ginza on 15 Oct. But I did, and in a small way, I am rather proud of myself.
Photo365 has been acting wonky ever since I upgraded to iOS5. Even the trademark header of their brand has disappeared. I wonder if they are aware, and are working on it? I hope they fix it soon.
Time flies by in a flash, doesn’t it? We have now officially crossed over to the final two months of 2011, and Christmas is just around the corner. My favourite season of the year, made sweeter, because this year will finally be a White Christmas for me. I’d spent cold Christmases overseas, but never white. Excited!
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