Well, I was supposed to eat my way through my 1 week stay in Malacca but, I just didnt and somehow I couldnt. The need to eat everything I have missed is gone. I was quite happy to eat at home. Strange this onset of aging....hahaha.
I spent time with mum, so I guess that is good. I spent time with my old friends too. I also spent time in bed as I was down with vomiting and diarrhea one Tuesday nite. So my last 2 days in Malacca were spent eating oats and porridge.......sob! sob! and to think we were planning to have Thai food and Japanese. Anyway, better oats than no food at all.
After the sudden death of my brother in law at the age of 54, many of us woke up from our own self impose comatose state of living to realize that we have wasted a lot of precious time doing unimportant things. We put " worth " on little efforts of love,kindness, compassion and righteousness...that is when we have the time. When,in actual fact, it should have been the way of life and not just a " convenience " as and when.
We take all our loved ones for granted, we chase after monetary gains and attach ourselves to materialistic things...blame it on the herd instinct, blame it on DNA, blame it on glossy magazines, whatever . We cant afford to stop to smell the roses in fear that if we did we would have to eat plain porridge instead of scallops...if you get my drift.
Having said that, how do we stop earning, when most of us have hefty bills for our homes, education, health, cars etc etc . Are we to give up most of it and lead a simple life ? Are we to cut down our expenses and send the kids to the college down the road? How? Its scary !
How about if we try very hard to put God first, than family, friends, followed by
work and money. ( Money isnt evil, man is ) . As God doesnt want us to be poor either, than its ok to have $$$, but do use it to carry out God's work. Dont know if this will work but, hey, what have we got to lose? I am all game for it.
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