Zaila
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Strange-r
Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are. -- Malcolm Forbes
Last year, in a company contest, I won a tiny book filled with notes that will open up one's heart and mind. 'Lift Me Up' by Ron Kaufman. I have never gotten myself to flip the pages as I was filled with disinterest and thought that it was merely pages of quotes which I could just gather from the web.
What got me to pick up this book thats been lying on my work-desk for the past year was a comment made by a guest on my blog tagboard. She was an anonymous wife/mother who said that I should not be feeling down and out as I have described. With a wholesome family and an adorable son with me, she felt that I should be consoled and contented. She, a stranger was trying me feel better. And at that moment, I tried looking at things in prospective.
My life might not be filled with riches. I do have moments where I felt that more is always better. And how i yearn to get a new Coach, etc - not that there's anything wrong with the existing one though. Khalil and I do have our differences. His ideals and mine cause us to bicker at times but at the end of the day, we are working towards the same goal - all for the good of Haziq.
So, thank you, Ms Guest. =) Whoever you are, you have opened up my initially half-shut eyes and now I believe, my glass is finally half full.
Last year, in a company contest, I won a tiny book filled with notes that will open up one's heart and mind. 'Lift Me Up' by Ron Kaufman. I have never gotten myself to flip the pages as I was filled with disinterest and thought that it was merely pages of quotes which I could just gather from the web.
What got me to pick up this book thats been lying on my work-desk for the past year was a comment made by a guest on my blog tagboard. She was an anonymous wife/mother who said that I should not be feeling down and out as I have described. With a wholesome family and an adorable son with me, she felt that I should be consoled and contented. She, a stranger was trying me feel better. And at that moment, I tried looking at things in prospective.
My life might not be filled with riches. I do have moments where I felt that more is always better. And how i yearn to get a new Coach, etc - not that there's anything wrong with the existing one though. Khalil and I do have our differences. His ideals and mine cause us to bicker at times but at the end of the day, we are working towards the same goal - all for the good of Haziq.
So, thank you, Ms Guest. =) Whoever you are, you have opened up my initially half-shut eyes and now I believe, my glass is finally half full.