I remember days where soccer everyday was the norm after school. I look forward to meeting friends in school every single day. I look forward to going for the National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) because after all the marching and pretending to do important things, we will get to play soccer.
As we grow older, we tend to wish for the arrival of certain days, especially when we n we feel that we are facing difficulties during certain periods of our lives. I remember in army where I wished to pass the weekdays away, looking forward to 2 day weekends which burn away as fast as they come. This common belief amongst the full time national servicemen is synonymous with the army song "X more days and we'll be through!".
After a while, we realise that the sands of time have fallen fast beyond our grasps. We wonder where our lives are heading for, expressing regret for not having enough time to enjoy. In truth, we never did give ourselves much time to be happy. We chase small snippets of euphoria, and retreat back into our mundane selves for the main part of our lives. We perform work that makes us unhappy, and slowly lose track of our original purposes in lives.
Perhaps its time to stop leapfrogging onto these lily pads of brief euphoria, and find meaning and purpose in existing in whatever we do 99% of the time. To enjoy and immerse yourself in the process and perhaps we can be happier with our lot in life. Pursue your goals, but appreciate and reflect on the effort and time you took to achieve them. If you achieve different goals, appreciate the alternatives, identify your strengths, and move on with your head held high.
Stop
Stop many many times
to smell those darn roses.
Sniff
This is a didactic to myself
One of the best posts I have read.
Posted by: Shidah | 11/05/2010 at 04:22 PM
You should probably put pictures of "roses" that you wish to smell to enhance the depth of the post.
Posted by: Shidah | 11/05/2010 at 04:23 PM
this picture was a view from the cab when I was attending to one of them "crisis" cases
Posted by: Shidah | 11/13/2010 at 04:36 PM
А! Saya sudah dimaksudkan untuk posting tentang sesuatu seperti ini di halaman web saya dan anda memberi saya ide. Cheers.
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One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a boy throwing starfish from the beach into the sea.
The guy asked "Good morning unknown boy! May I ask what it is that you are doing?"
The boy said "Throwing starfish into the ocean. The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them in, they'll die."
Upon hearing this, the guy said, "Eh, there are zillions of starfish on the beach. You can't possibly make a difference!"
At this, the boy bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the ocean. As it met the water, he said, "It made a difference for that one."
"It made a difference for that one" The boy repeated, as if anticipating a reaction from the guy.
Both looked at each other for an awkward minute.
"Hmm"... Said the guy, eyebrows furrowed.
"What?!" Said the boy.
"Well, if you look there, the starfish you just threw earlier has washed up on the shore again. and most likely most of them will wind up here anyway tomorrow or the next day. But of course, I'm sure you're just happy that you made a difference to them today...kekekkeke"
The boy stopped still in his tracks and stared widemouthed at the guy.
"So you're telling me I've wasted my time throwing starfish here the whole day?!?!??!"
"Well..." the guy started, "I guess you probably made some starfish happy, and you're extremely pleased with that of course. But, I'll tell you what we could do. Maybe we can set up a net or something that would reduce the number of starfish that wash up the shore. We probably need to get some friends of yours to come down to help with this set up"
"Hmm that sounds like a great idea!" the boy said, "but its a big beach, and I'm too lazy to get my friends down and do so much work. Anyway it's late and its time for me to go back... BYE!!!!"
"Nice...." Muttered the guy as he continued his leisurely stroll on the beach.
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