I guess it's at times like this when you realise how truly hopeful life can be, and how miniscule and unimportant other things are. There are some things that cannot be said with words, nor written with the flair and beauty.
Sometimes we get too preoccupied with our lives and rush on like racecarts oblivious to the plants and the people and world, spinning on and hurtling on- nowhere really, we just like to feel ourselves ahead of others, to see the other stutter and lag behind. And after awhile, we lose sight of ourselves, and our purpose and the beauty that adorns the world with hope and love and faith that glimmer like diamonds against a setting sun.
And after awhile, we are simply set on autopilot, doing the things that we have been doing for the past years, because we felt we had to, because everyone else was, because if we did not we would not survive. We rush on, shrouded by the mist that engulfs us and clouds our view.
Sometimes we get too tainted and suaded by soceity and what it expects of us. Money, fame, a good degree from a top university, popularity, a high paying job, a house adorned with asturns of all sorts and paintings. The pressure is on, even when you're barely 6, there are expectations that drive us off course; that force us to be someone that we were not meant to be.
There are some things that we cannot dictate in our lives. We cannot say, for example, how lucky we will be during an exam, or how leniently our teachers will mark, or how nice our bosses will be, or how many bonuses will get.
We can dictate, however, how successful we will be in terms of work. There are those who go out of their way to please and brown nose those that stand on high pedestrials: the CEOs, the big bosses. They are the ones who win all the big salaries, who earn the high pay, who buy the big cars, who flaunt their wealth with their branded goods and glittering jewelry that hand off them like ornaments on a Christmas tree. They are also the ones who look like they have the most, but who have nothing. Because after awhile, no amount of money or materials can fill the void in your heart; because money does nothing. You buy a car, the pride of your life; you flaunt it around for awhile, but after sometime you realise that hey! other people have that car too, and after awhile, they get used to you having that sleek metal body.
Sometimes it's good if, in the midst of all the work, we just stop and try to love.
My friends who sent me this added a P.S:
Watch this if you have a spare moment...And if anyone asks, we started the Singapore "Free Hugs" movement in ACS International. :D
So worth the 3.39 mins: :D
Free Hugs Campaign. Inspiring Story! (music by sick puppies)
