A messenger in disguise again
It was a completely busy weekend last week. First i was off to KL and then for two days, i was helping out at the shop and only managed 3 hours of sleep per day. I was so exhausted when i returned back to work until some of collegues asked if i was sick.
Now that everything has quiten down, when i was getting ready to work yesterday, i was filled with a tiny little painful dread that my life is going to go back to it's normal old routine again.
When i came home from KL, i started crying the moment i reached home. There was a huge longing in my heart to go back to the place i want to be. Lucky for me, dad understood, came me advices, kissed me on the cheek and told me to be happy.
I was again filled with sadness today when i was getting ready to work, part of it, out of sheer exhaustion. that was when,i was reminded of certain things that i failed to intergrate in my daily thoughts each day.
How easy it is to keep complaining each day without actually noticing how lucky i am compared to so many people out there..i was reminded today of this old blind man who was at the shop on thaipusam day on Tuesday last week. he was selling hair clips and came for lunch in the shop. while i was serving him, i spoke to him and he told me he's going back to KL from Penang after thaipusam is over. i asked him how are u going to find your way and he said, no matter where u leave me in Malaysia, i can find my way back.
He had his lunch and dinner at our shop, paid although no one asked him for money and walked away, greeting anyone within his touch,asking them to buy his hair clips. then again, he said business was not so good this time. he took his huge bag and walked away, twice bumping into a table, until i held his hands and guided him out of the shop and he walked again, straight into a man who was standing nearby, knocking him out, and then that man guided him, and he walked away slowly with his walking stick, faded clothes and a huge bag on his back, dissapearing into the crowds, filling my heart with sharp stab.
I sometimes wonder why god makes some people suffer and some people enjoy life in luxury. but i guess it all comes back to one point, count your blessings and you will be happy in life.
Now that everything has quiten down, when i was getting ready to work yesterday, i was filled with a tiny little painful dread that my life is going to go back to it's normal old routine again.
When i came home from KL, i started crying the moment i reached home. There was a huge longing in my heart to go back to the place i want to be. Lucky for me, dad understood, came me advices, kissed me on the cheek and told me to be happy.
I was again filled with sadness today when i was getting ready to work, part of it, out of sheer exhaustion. that was when,i was reminded of certain things that i failed to intergrate in my daily thoughts each day.
How easy it is to keep complaining each day without actually noticing how lucky i am compared to so many people out there..i was reminded today of this old blind man who was at the shop on thaipusam day on Tuesday last week. he was selling hair clips and came for lunch in the shop. while i was serving him, i spoke to him and he told me he's going back to KL from Penang after thaipusam is over. i asked him how are u going to find your way and he said, no matter where u leave me in Malaysia, i can find my way back.
He had his lunch and dinner at our shop, paid although no one asked him for money and walked away, greeting anyone within his touch,asking them to buy his hair clips. then again, he said business was not so good this time. he took his huge bag and walked away, twice bumping into a table, until i held his hands and guided him out of the shop and he walked again, straight into a man who was standing nearby, knocking him out, and then that man guided him, and he walked away slowly with his walking stick, faded clothes and a huge bag on his back, dissapearing into the crowds, filling my heart with sharp stab.
I sometimes wonder why god makes some people suffer and some people enjoy life in luxury. but i guess it all comes back to one point, count your blessings and you will be happy in life.
posted by BluePixie @ 9:06 PM
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