Today

Today just happened to be one of those days that just was... I did enough, yet I achieved nothing. I'm not in the mood to take the initiative, though I do feel like preparing and doing the interviewing part of this semester's projects.

It sucks, because I really need to be doing more of the boring stuff right now. This very moment, I am supposed to be studying, and not blogging... Help me God!...

Perspective

If everybody's problems were actually as bad as they seemed to them, the World would be a very sad place. And so, I thank nature for perspective.

In my perspective, when I see somebody else whine about their tragic life, I realize how much luckier I am. I still whine, but I would like to think I am mostly grateful and happy, yet humble enough to admit I am mean. Though, in all honesty, there are very few instances in my life when I've hurt someone while meaning to. I would not be able to live with myself otherwise...

Lucky

People complain way too much! Everyone has a good life in comparison with someone else's, then why is it that everybody looks at their own life and think they have the worst problems? I used to be one of these "normal" people, until I got a chance to peek at myself for a little bit...

I have been very lucky throughout my life. When I was 6 years old, I fell on my face and people (who cared about me) were devastated. It was crazy - they were discussing my need for drastic treatments and maybe even plastic surgery! The whole fuss was pointless because it really didn't matter to me. I was only a child, not a very good-looking one, and the fall just made me uglier, but I didn't care. At least, I don't think I did (but then again, I do have a short-term memory). The result of this terrible accident was that I didn't need braces when I grew up.

And then, in my early teens, I was fat. There was no other polite way to put it. I was one of the fattest kids I knew. Yet, I was still a kid (a good kid, I hope) - kinda stupid and obviously very childish. A couple years later, I grew tall (to my current height), and I filled out well. If I had remained a skinny kid, I fear to think what I would look like today... (shudder!)

The point of this is that no matter where you are in life right now, something good will come out of it. Trust this stupid kid who learnt everything the hard way :)

Humour...

Throughout time, everyone has questioned themselves about what might be the most important quality in a friend, partner, family member, etc... And in spite of the large variety of answers ranging from patience to sensitivity and so on, I think the most important quality is a good, decent sense of humour.

A sense of humour says a lot about a person - their temperament, intelligence and their sensitivity to certain issues. In fact, having a good sense of humour is as important as having a soul. Now, this is not to say that people without a sense of humour are the devil's own. It's just that everybody has a sense of humour. They only need to tap into themselves to find it. For example, I have been lucky to grow up with a good-humoured mother, whose sense of humour is intact in spite of life.

Nobody is perfect

And as long as we can accept that, we can live a better life - for ourselves atleast...