spent some time with the kids yesterday while waiting for dinner. was quite sleepy but as much as I’d rather be home sleeping, I actually enjoyed watching them have some play time at the lobby due to the rainy weather. kinda envy these kids at that age where their only worry is probably how to get out of trouble for being naughty. there isn’t any hard cold truths or dirty scheming people to face. life was so much simpler….
“…often, it’s not about moving on or figuring out a way to be happy about something. Not everything will be tailored to our liking, and just because it’s not, it doesn’t mean it’s going away. It’s not about getting over things, it’s about making room for them. It’s about painting the picture with contrast.
We never want to make room in our lives and hearts for things we don’t want there, but in all honesty, we can’t control most of what comes in and out anyway. And in our efforts to manhandle our existence, we hurt ourselves, because we get caught up in being upset over the failure of what we “thought should be.” Another thing that, of course, we never really know.
So maybe what we do when there’s nothing else to do is we make space in our hearts for the big, bad, ugly things we’re afraid of, and we learn to love them. We learn that these things are roadblocks that we aren’t supposed to knock down, because they serve us and show us that we need to go in another direction. We learn to love them for that, even though we don’t love them at all. We learn that they serve purpose, and it’s in going through this process a few times that we realize how what doesn’t work is usually far more important and poignant than what does.”
– Brianna Wiest (Extracted from ThoughtsCatalog)
the moment you won a self-bet with yourself and wished you didn’t. it just left me speechless. anyway, with the situation at hand, the phrase just seems to come back and it’s haunting me. I wonder if everything would be better if I never existed…
first day of 2014 was spent with my uni clique of friends (Recycle Bins) after breakfast with the folks. at brunch, I received my first birthday cake of the year, brought over from last year. made the same wish over and over again, believing it will come true soon.
so this year, we (the clique) decided to do away with setting resolution for the new year and coming out with end-of-year punishments for failing those resolutions together on a fancy piece of paper. but I happened to come across an interesting article posted by chu and I thought some of them serve as good self-reminders on certain issues I’ve always wanted to address.
I think I’ve slight OCD over some matters and I always want things done in certain way. for instance, all of my blog entries (if you notice) always starts with a red bold phrase in the middle, followed by a picture with rounded corners and my domain stamp. lol. but well, I guess for once, I can and I will do without it..
still pinning hopes.
attended the WSQ Follow Food & Beverage Safety and Hygiene Policies and Procedures course on the yester. though my Statement of Attainment will only arrive in December, at least I’m finally licensed to prepare food under the NEA policies.
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