The complexity of life makes it difficult for us to understand what life exactly means. We see all kind of people in our daily lives, and all types of people too. People with good attitudes and bad attitudes, people who are evil and people who are nice. But who decides that they are good or bad? We all have our own way of perceiving the world. I had to come through hard time with people around me because like everyone else I need approval too, from people. I know it's ain't easy, but the fact is people are nice everywhere, and on the other hand there people who are bad everywhere too.
Human lives in this small planet called Earth is so complex, fragile and vulnerable. We do not know when shit happens! Life is devastatingly short! Just like what happened to my fellow brother Yew Ghim Chnieh when he died drowning at the Batu Berangkai Waterfall on November 1, 2009. I met him 2 days before he died and had some chats together for a moment. We all complain so much about how boring and miserable our lives are and we would want to put an end to our lives for small issues which we can't deal with but in fact I'm pretty sure 100% that Ghim Chnieh would have prayed to God for a second or two shortly after he was pulled into the water that he wanted to Survive the tragedy... :(
We feel pain, happy, sad etc because we live as ordinary human beings and experience such events just to learn how to cope up with life. We grow and grow as we get older. Knowledge is Power. We can never say no to learning. We learn till the day we die. Life is just like salt, sour, bitter, and sweet. We can't take in bitter wholly, just like drinking coffee without sugar. It tastes gross! But when you add sugar in it, it's Heaven... :)
So, it is only when we are alive we Feel. When we are dead, we are Dead! Appreciate life more, love yourself more because when at the end of the day no matter what or who you lose, you have Yourself with you. You need to trust yourself more than trusting others.
'What kind of Peace do we seek? I'm talking about genuine Peace. The kind of Peace that makes life on earth worth living. The kind that enables men and nation to grow and to hope and to build a better lives for their children. Not merely Peace in our time, but Peace in all time. Our problems are man made, therefore they can be solved by men. For in the final analysis, our most basic common link. Here is that we all in habit in this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal'
-- John F. Kennedy (June 10, 1963)
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