The very first moments when you were born, what language do you speak?
The universal wailing of a child spreads warm, anxiety, smile and all the many many emotions that could be evoke out without that cute little one even having to utter an eligible sound that have to make sense. We wolud then busied yourselves by trying to maybe feed milk, change diapers rock the child to sleep and just about anything to pacify the child. What is achieved? Communication.
Communication has already been reached, barriers of communications broken and bridged, by what? Ridiculous it may seems but by the wailing of a child who speak none of the words we speak when we sees each other everyday.
What does a mum who holds the child so dear in her hands speaks?
None but the love and passion that oozes out from those calming eyes and lovely hands of a mother could bring comfort to this little child. No matter what language you speak, which part of this world you belong to, what status in this stucture society you belonged, we all speaks the same way when we "talk" to an innocent baby. What language do we speak of ?
One of love, emotions and passion without having to utter an intelligible word to the cute little emperor as Willy calls it.
" All your troubles disappears when the baby just smiles while you are holding him takes away all my troubles... you just dont know what to say..." ( My LTA supervivor Kok Lum having his first child )
Communications between a baby and the world ( humans mostly ) begins by touch and feelings. Not the As, Bs and Cs that we speak and is typing out this very moment. The communication between Me and You can be just by being there for you without having to have a conversation. We may not have much to talk to our dad and mums sometimes but by just finishing the bowl of noodles or rice they have prepare or bought for us, they would already feel good about it... Thats all that matters to them...
We all experience the senarios whereby we have think of what to say to each other so as the make the situation less awkward. Sometimes the more we try to strike up a conversation we end up slapping ourselves hard in the face when we will realised that we run out of topic... I bet we all experience this type of strange feelings... Haha
Remember the lyrics of a famous chinese song " 一切尽在不言中..." aptly explains the essence of my postings above... Ai yah si bei tired liao... no more mood to write after muching a slice apple... i find it distrubing sometimes on why i have these thoughts... Guess my white hairs have some explaining to do.. So long guys...
nourish itself with the beauty nature provides... overcome adversities that earth put forth... shelters the tired souls with the careless whispers of melodious chimes this good earth provides...
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Reflections
How often do we talk to yourself and reflect upon our doings? Ask yourself if what we are doing all the while is worth the effort? Question the reasons behind every actions we take? Reflect upon what upon our inadequcies and think of ways to improve?
The above questions are seemingly daunting and numerous but to sum it all up, it is actually just a simple act of reflecting upon your lifes at all times. Tedious! It may seems to have to consider so much before plunging into things but to think of it this way is to miss the point. Since it is reflections, acts would have already taken place before you do the reflections. It's already spilled milk and reflections are just ways of clearing up the mess; some may leave behind stains, some could thoroughly erased all traces of the action.
What is desired is not to paint a perfect picture but a nice enough one even if it is flawed somewhere. We all want so much to be perfect, so much so that we have forgotten to even take time off, slam the brakes and take a few steps back to ponder the meaning of things and our actions. How often have we sometimes work so hard through the night to just fall asleep the very moment we touch our beds? Rushed the reports and presentations till the dead of the night? Give so much tuitions that we numded your own senses? Worse would be to neglect those around us that is always supportive of us but without us giving them any appreciations because we have taken them for granted.
We regret not because of mistakes that cause us to fail but because of our actions that may cause others espcially our close family and friends to get hurt or neglected. If that is happening to you now maybe take a little time off to treat those around you a little better. We alone can only do so much to make someone a little happier, we cannot give them the world, we cannot be able to constantly make them happy. But for the moment that they feel a little happier because we make the difference, that would suffice. The point here is: "Did we try to make the difference?"
To rush ahead all your life may seems to be making progress and to scale the success ladder to reach the greatest heights may be perceived as advancement...But
" Progress is not defined as a few steps forward when you are already standing at the edge of the cliff..." From a book.
Take a few steps back now and reflect the things thus far...you may find a different route or want to scale a different mountain or even jump off the cliff (hahaha!! that means no hope liao)... But the critical thing is
"Reflections of the past would chart the way to a different future..." Good or bad future i personnally do not dare speculate... Let's just hope it good... even if its bad, at least someone share the joy you shared!!
The above questions are seemingly daunting and numerous but to sum it all up, it is actually just a simple act of reflecting upon your lifes at all times. Tedious! It may seems to have to consider so much before plunging into things but to think of it this way is to miss the point. Since it is reflections, acts would have already taken place before you do the reflections. It's already spilled milk and reflections are just ways of clearing up the mess; some may leave behind stains, some could thoroughly erased all traces of the action.
What is desired is not to paint a perfect picture but a nice enough one even if it is flawed somewhere. We all want so much to be perfect, so much so that we have forgotten to even take time off, slam the brakes and take a few steps back to ponder the meaning of things and our actions. How often have we sometimes work so hard through the night to just fall asleep the very moment we touch our beds? Rushed the reports and presentations till the dead of the night? Give so much tuitions that we numded your own senses? Worse would be to neglect those around us that is always supportive of us but without us giving them any appreciations because we have taken them for granted.
We regret not because of mistakes that cause us to fail but because of our actions that may cause others espcially our close family and friends to get hurt or neglected. If that is happening to you now maybe take a little time off to treat those around you a little better. We alone can only do so much to make someone a little happier, we cannot give them the world, we cannot be able to constantly make them happy. But for the moment that they feel a little happier because we make the difference, that would suffice. The point here is: "Did we try to make the difference?"
To rush ahead all your life may seems to be making progress and to scale the success ladder to reach the greatest heights may be perceived as advancement...But
" Progress is not defined as a few steps forward when you are already standing at the edge of the cliff..." From a book.
Take a few steps back now and reflect the things thus far...you may find a different route or want to scale a different mountain or even jump off the cliff (hahaha!! that means no hope liao)... But the critical thing is
"Reflections of the past would chart the way to a different future..." Good or bad future i personnally do not dare speculate... Let's just hope it good... even if its bad, at least someone share the joy you shared!!