I don't know what is wrong with my attitude or perseverance or strength. I was unhappy due to certain instances which were actually very minimal. Just the thought of me being so easily affected is so disappointing. At that time, I suddenly felt like I needed to see a friendly face. So, I went over to a friend's apartment. Then, I dunno if it's by chance or just my stupid imagination, I actually stumbled upon this quote on her wall. haha. It says:
"There are two eternities that can really break you down. Yesterday and tomorrow. One is gone, and the other doesn't exist... So live today."
Then it really hit me. I was so easily affected because most of the time, I am always living the 'yesterdays' or the 'tomorrows'. Very rarely, I enjoy the exact moment now. I think what I'm trying to learn is we can't undo the past nor can we plan what will happen in the future. The most important thing is to just live in the present and enjoy the moment whether it is good or bad.
EOB block 1 is actually this coming thursday and I can honestly say I'm barely 50% prepared. The thought of it just now almost made me crazy but then, I remembered a piano story a wise person told me a year ago. What is the story about? haha. To summarize, the moral of the story is just to tell us despite what little time or resources we have left, as long as we proceed and never stop, it will be a warm sunshine in winter. =)
Of course, I am reminded of how lucky we are to have really helpful seniors that readily explained any of our bombarded questions. One of them can be seen giving "lecture" most of the time. haha.
Good luck and jia you my friends! =)
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Happiness
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. -James Barrie
I want to convey how beautiful it is to close your eyes and dream. And then to open them and make that dream a reality. -Sean Combs (Puff Daddy)
You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. "I cannot," never accomplished anything; "I will try," has wrought wonders. -J. Hawes
Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
To be truly happy is a question of how we begin and not of how we end, of what we want and not of what we have
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
Somewhere there must be one made for this soul, to move it.
Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.
There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go.
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.
Let no one who loves be unhappy... even love unreturned has its rainbow.
Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
The best things in life aren’t things.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.
When we keep looking on the other side of the fence, we step on the flowers on our side.
All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. . . . Remember, it is always later than you think.
And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow
The saddest thing in the world, is loving someone who used to love you.
You never lose by loving. You always lost by holding back.
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
I want to convey how beautiful it is to close your eyes and dream. And then to open them and make that dream a reality. -Sean Combs (Puff Daddy)
You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. "I cannot," never accomplished anything; "I will try," has wrought wonders. -J. Hawes
Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
To be truly happy is a question of how we begin and not of how we end, of what we want and not of what we have
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
Somewhere there must be one made for this soul, to move it.
Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.
There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go.
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.
Let no one who loves be unhappy... even love unreturned has its rainbow.
Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
The best things in life aren’t things.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.
When we keep looking on the other side of the fence, we step on the flowers on our side.
All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. . . . Remember, it is always later than you think.
And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow
The saddest thing in the world, is loving someone who used to love you.
You never lose by loving. You always lost by holding back.
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Dreams reality?
When I was small, I used to confuse between dreams and reality. Often, I mistook dreams for reality. I think this inability of mine to distingush between these 2 elements caused me to be delusional every now and then.
Sometimes, we will find that we are deviating from our real purpose and get lost in the process. ( or maybe it's just me. kakaka ) When that happens, the harsh truth will always be better than a white lie in the pretense of a noble act in order to not hurt our feelings. The truth no matter how cruel it is will stop us from getting further lost. It will help to bring us back to the right tracks and our original goals. Then from there, we can reflect and try to improve.
I had been sleeping for quite some time. It is time to wake up. The slap on the face really helps. I really needed that. Thank you very much.
So now back in reality, it is time to be productive! =)
Sometimes, we will find that we are deviating from our real purpose and get lost in the process. ( or maybe it's just me. kakaka ) When that happens, the harsh truth will always be better than a white lie in the pretense of a noble act in order to not hurt our feelings. The truth no matter how cruel it is will stop us from getting further lost. It will help to bring us back to the right tracks and our original goals. Then from there, we can reflect and try to improve.
I had been sleeping for quite some time. It is time to wake up. The slap on the face really helps. I really needed that. Thank you very much.
So now back in reality, it is time to be productive! =)
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