Honouring Each Day

by Eugene Loh (taken from Lifewise, Issue 19)

Going by the way some of us live our lives, we don't really think our days are all that important. We rush blindly through them, not savouring the experience, fall into bed exhausted, then wake up the following morning only to repeat the routine. We make mechanical and dutiful contact with our loved ones, saturate our bodies with caffeine, junk food and alcohol, and generally make chains of meaningless moments.

Meaningful moments, when we do try, are few and far between. We blame it on our hectic work schedules, or tenaciously hold on to the notion that there'll always be time for loved ones. Too many people are caught in the trap of "busyness" - that never-ending need to work, to play, to do everything else except the things that truly make life wonderful and meaningful.

When was the last time you truly honoured the day? I mean, really accorded it the respect and significance it deserves? Because the future is an illusion - we all think we have more time, but that isn't true at all. Our lives could end at any time. The only time we really have is the present - it's where we are now. If we can't be happy with who we are, what we have and where we are now, then we're just wasting our time. We might as well be sleepwalking through our days.

Too many of us are waking up in cold sweat thinking,"Where has all the time gone? What have I been doing with my life? Why am I not spending more time showing my wife how much I care about her? Why am I not showing my loved ones more love? How much time do I really have left?"

We're not waking up thinking about jobs, our bosses, getting a fancy haircut, buying a new car, a new bag, and a new anything; these things just don't fulfill our needs!

What we really need is connection. We need to connect more with other human beings; to connect more with nature, to connect more with who we are inside and reflect that on the outside. We need to honour all that the day gives us - the sun, the wind, the hot breakfast, the taxi ride, the smiles, the friendly invitations, our partner's touch, a joke, a laugh, a kiss.

Honouring the day means choosing to make each moment count.

Drunken Stupor

It all came out.
I don't remember the last time I cried so badly.
Lasik scheduled to be next Wednesday.
Pris dearest is the sweetest friend ever. She's accompanying me and escorting me home after that! Gotta love that babe.
I'm getting my pupils cut open, shot by some laser and then I'm gonna kiss goodbye to glasses and contact lenses for a long long time! :D

But I'm so dreading NLP... It better be fun.

Gone are the days

Somehow, it always comes to a point where you no longer have the ability to make your loved one smile.

Something that once seemed to take no effort at all has become an impossible task.

What happened?

Things change.

Thank goodness I went to KTV yesterday instead of today.

I would have emo-ed myself to death.

Nap in the evening, Two cups of tea & the Housewives...

is the reason I'm up at this hour, after 45 minutes of trying to fall asleep. Okay, just ONE episide, I'm telling myself.

Yes, I've recently started watching Desperate Housewives all over again and it truly is addictive.
Eva is gorgeous.

Have you ever been so sucked into a show that you imagine the narrator telling your story with the same kind of humour injected in every line?

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Oh I think I'm possibly on my way to become a real fat ass!
I've been eating so much lately.

And I think I'm on my way to lasik :D