The untimely demise of a recent family friend in a car crash reminds me again on how short life is and can be. I mean he had got everything - money, fame, family and all - yet he couldn't live long enough to enjoy it all. It gets me thinking that maybe we should start to appreciate everything that we have instead of whining over things we lack so that we will have no regrets when the time comes.
To be honest, I have everything that I have always dreamed of in my life. I'm happy and I feel blessed every day. I mean not every second of every day, but yes, every single fucking day. Everything is a little too perfect now by my standards. About that, I'm not sure whether my standards are low, I'm really optimistic, or things are just going great.
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| My siblings. =P |
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| How old do they think they are? >.< |
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| 4th of July trip with fam. =) |
Come to think of it, I do not have a billionaire family but I have a warm one. I do not have the model height or face but I am me. I do not have an angelic voice but I listen and sing to the songs that I love. I am not even close to being over-achieving or all-rounded but I reckon I could still graduate with decent grades. I have not many but enough bestest friends that I can call up any seconds I feel like it and no one makes me feel loved like you do. However, this does not mean that I don't have my fair share of problems and sadness but I prefer not to dwell on them and I try my best not to let them restrain me from enjoying my life as much as I can. And for all of these, I could thank no one but God.
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| Smurfies!! |
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| Brighter than any stars. |
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| High School buddies. =) |
There are just too many memories of every little precious moment that I hug dearly. The evening my family sit around the dining room table laughing for reasons that I have long forgotten. The apologising letter I have never got tired of reading. The last supper in Semenyih cooking Mee Sedaap without pots and gas. The smile and love on my parents' faces. The after-dinner stroll in a nearby park. Or the heart-to-heart talks until morning. These are the little things that I would not have missed for the world.
Life, with all its sorrow and limitations, is still a blessing. And I do not want to realise that only when I am dead. And yes, I have totally no idea how long this perfect life of mine will last. But I do know that I am going to cherish it until then. =)
Clarity ft. Foxes - Zedd