"Are you happy?" I called home last weekend and my mom asked me this question over the phone.
"Are you happy with your life over there?" My aunt showing her concern when I talked to her few days ago.
"You're always smiling. Are you feeling happy?" Someone posted this remark to me at work.
Am I happy? Em.........
I am still alive and healthy up to this very moment.
I have a family who loves and cares about me though they are distantly away from me.
I have dear friends though not too many, to be there to listen to me.
I have the opportunity to learn in allowing me to attempt to build my dream career though the journey may be rocky.
I have the freedom in experiencing new things and meeting new people.
I can still look up and admire the beautiful sceneries surrounding me.
I am still able to inhale, feeling myself stepping on the earth and able to touch any object in front of me.
Now shouldn’t I feel blissful about what I own?
Like everyone, I have piles and tonnes of problems too, both solvable and unsolvable. I do have a number of issues I have to deal with. Why are all my wishes not granted? Why can’t I just get what I wish for? At times I do feel a little helpless and forlorn. But when I have some silent moments, sit down, look around at others and gather some thoughts . Countless of real life experiences occurring every moment and in every place have given me great inspirations.
Just have a fleeting glimpse at the news headlines today, just today!
Devastation left by Hurricane Katrina – rescuers and residents struggle to cope
Encephalitis has killed upwards of 300 people in India.
Powerful Typhoon Talim lashed Taiwan on Wednesday, sparking worries of flash floods and landslides and forcing offices and schools to close.
841 dead in Baghdad stampede.
I look at myself now. I’m still sitting here peacefully alive and thinking of my own disheartening issues! Shouldn’t I be glad that I’m still here and have the chance to cherish this very moment of life?
I work in the hospital campus. Everyday, I walk pass the hospital entrance at least 2 times. I can easily spot many patients with the suffering look because of their debilitating diseases. They are struggling hard to combat for their own lives! And then I look at myself; shouldn’t I feel blessed that I can still jump up and down and be able to do things actively as I want?
We all have our problems/issues to deal with. I’m not saying these problems are not serious. But when compared to life and death issues, they seem to be nothing. Just imagine standing on top of a hill and look down, everything beneath seems so tiny, like a small particle of sand. If we try to perceive our problems in a different perspective, the problems may not resume as that major anymore.
There are also times I feel frustrated that I can’t get things I long for or I have to settle my dramas in life, which seem to keep coming up. But if I take a different perception towards my problems, I may find it’s not worth of being so embittered/disappointed/fretful. Why can’t I perceive it this way? At least I still have this chance of going through all these down moments in my life, which will later on train me to be stronger and make me grow? Even though some problems are not solvable, at least I get to have a chance to choose, to choose to let go and move on and be at peace in my mind.
Life is very precious and of course it’s also unpredictable and fragile. Anything can happen the next second. Anyone can be vulnerable to the power of nature. Anyone is prone to any sort of accident. It’s completely worthless to engross ourselves just in our problems and take other things we have for granted. I can’t have everything I want. It’s already a great blessing for me to have what I’m having now. It's already a bonus for me to own them. It’s better for me to look at the happy side than magnifying the problems in my life.
Life is too short. I better live my life with blitheness and enjoy this moment.
Are you happy? Yes, I’m happy and I hope you feel the same too! :)
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