The day went by slowly today. Which was a good thing, because I wanted to slow down. A chance to recollect my thoughts, organize things and PLAN.
I feel kinda bad yesterday. I was focusing on the negative energies around me that I missed the other significant things. I have missed the bigger picture.
But not for long.
Yes, I am truly blessed; whenever I changed into this pessimistic state, God has always (in His unique ways) awaken me from my miserable thoughts.
For instance; today, God has showed me something that no one else has showed me before.
I travel by train to the campus everyday. Like yesterday and the day before, I took the early afternoon train. So there I was; sitting comfortably in the train, alone. After a while I dozed off. I almost fell off the chair, woke up and quickly grabbed the edge of the seat, trying to balance myself, blinked my sleepy eyes a couple of times.
That’s when I saw this girl staring at me. I thought to myself; “What the heck is wrong with this girl, doesn’t she know it’s rude to stare at people? Typical Malaysian!”
She was slouching and she had this serious face; as if the burdens of the world was on her shoulders.
After a few seconds, I realized that I was actually staring at the reflection of myself on the window of the moving train. Yes, I was really sleepy. And yes, I looked awful!
I felt embarrassed. There was no one else there, yet I felt truly ashamed.
It must have been awful to see faces like that around. People should not be passing all these sadness/negativity/pessimism around. If this is a disease, a lot of people would have suffered.
I may not be happy all the time. But I have learned a valuable lesson; whenever I can, I’ll smile.
The world needs more smiley faces, don’t you think?
I feel kinda bad yesterday. I was focusing on the negative energies around me that I missed the other significant things. I have missed the bigger picture.
But not for long.
Yes, I am truly blessed; whenever I changed into this pessimistic state, God has always (in His unique ways) awaken me from my miserable thoughts.
For instance; today, God has showed me something that no one else has showed me before.
I travel by train to the campus everyday. Like yesterday and the day before, I took the early afternoon train. So there I was; sitting comfortably in the train, alone. After a while I dozed off. I almost fell off the chair, woke up and quickly grabbed the edge of the seat, trying to balance myself, blinked my sleepy eyes a couple of times.
That’s when I saw this girl staring at me. I thought to myself; “What the heck is wrong with this girl, doesn’t she know it’s rude to stare at people? Typical Malaysian!”
She was slouching and she had this serious face; as if the burdens of the world was on her shoulders.
After a few seconds, I realized that I was actually staring at the reflection of myself on the window of the moving train. Yes, I was really sleepy. And yes, I looked awful!
I felt embarrassed. There was no one else there, yet I felt truly ashamed.
It must have been awful to see faces like that around. People should not be passing all these sadness/negativity/pessimism around. If this is a disease, a lot of people would have suffered.
I may not be happy all the time. But I have learned a valuable lesson; whenever I can, I’ll smile.
The world needs more smiley faces, don’t you think?
