Friday, February 27, 2009!
HandWritten on; 4:46 AM
Long time sinced I last blog. Why? Yes you guessed it. The most common and forever right reason. BUSY. Well just couldn't get myself down to blogging. So many things I wanted to blog. Like how the government could abolish ERP and yet have smooth roads, the true meaning in life...... Well I guess I'll save those to another time. Here's some thoughts:
Guess as you get older, you go to visit the hospital more often and also see more of your loved ones passing on. That makes you realise that life is fragile and unpredictable. Like someone said, Change is the Only Constant in Life. You never know what will happen to anyone next.
Over the chinese new year, I got to visit my granduncle, which was diagnosed with the Kennedy's Disease (the same disease as Chew Chow Meng) Though the disease was incurable, it is not life threatening. That visit was like few weeks back and I could clearly remember the words that he said to us. But yesterday I was shocked to hear from my mum that he has passed on.
Life is short. In fact, life is just about a moment compared to eternity. Many say that life is a classroom where you learn and prepare for eternity. Life is precious, life is fragile. I thought of some keys we can hold on to live life to the fullest.
1) Live your Dream
I always say that live your life by living your dream. Was reading a book by Mr Peter Tan, a successful Singaporean entrepreneur, he said that " Fulfill your dreams while you are yet young." Would you rather start fulfilling your dreams now or allow your dreams to continue to remain as dreams when you are in old age? Life's fragile and unpredictable. Live your dream while you can still do it.
2) Take good care of yourself
Health is probably the most precious asset that you have. By taking good care of yourself you are preserving your life. Though life is unpredictable, you can cut down the odds against yourself by taking good care of yourself to improve your physical condition. Take good care of yourself by controlling the things you eat and having regular exercise. Besides preserving life, it also makes financially sense to take good care of yourself. As I have found out myself, even simple things like brushing your teeth properly or taking regular meals could save you a big sum of medical bills.
3) Treasure the people around you
Friends, parents, relatives and even enemies, people you meet, does not come into your life just by chance. They are supposed to make you a better person. Treasure and tell the people around you how much you appreciate them while you still can. Well, imperfections of people does exist thats why we might find it harder for us to love some people than others. For example, its not that easy to love and obey the instructions of a mum that contantly nags at you or love your neighbour that keeps stepping on your toe. Well, I tell myself that there's not too much chance left for me to obey my parents already. Let me just do it for them. :) I will give without expecting reward. Perhaps through the things I do for them they might be touched by my love and be changed.
These are some thoughts that came to my mind when I heard of my granduncle's death. Though I am not that close to him, there will always be a place in my heart for him.
