read this article by Geoff Tan in yesterday's My Paper, 我报. Words of a wise man
provided a hammer on my head or rather sounded the alarm in my head,
in our pursuit for excellence or when got too entrenched in the rat race or in the midst of all the roller coaster events around the world (F1, the economic tsunami, falling market indices, china's melamine-tainted milk scandal),
"we need to 'slow down' and take stock of the 'real' things in life - our family, our frends, our health and our faith. When we are caught up in the 'rat race' of life, it's very easy for us to neglect these priorities. Before we know it, our kids would have grown up, and we would regret not spending enough time with them." (From the article)
Then geoff shared this story,
"Jim, a young boy, interrupted his father and asked, 'Dad, how much do you earn per hour?' Taken aback by the somewhat-impertinent question, his father gruffly replied, '$50!'.
Two weeks later, Jim approached his dad apprehensively, and handed over a $50 note. He asked, 'Can I buy an hour of your time, please?' He had apparently skipped all his recess meals and saved up his allowance, to buy time with his father."
Like what he said, I hope this never happens to any one of us (who are parents) and definitely something that i do not wanna see in my life.
He shared several inspirational quotes, based on certain situations. I will share more of the quotes on some other days, maybe in my subsequent entries.
but this is something that i shld remember,
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things." - Robert Brault
live life, live dreams
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