The 15 days of CNY celebration have gone and it is back to our normal life. During the 15 days of celebration, we have cite it as a reason to delay our work, our resolutions or our activities and we just want to stay in the CNY mood and just doing nothing serious. NOw, it is all in the past.
It is not a bad thing to stay in the mood as long as we are happy and we can afford it. LIfe in the rat race is very stressful and it is our way or our mind and body to stay away from the sress. The 15 days break could have cure us or give our body and mind the time to repair itself. Most importantly, it give us time to catch up with our close ones, our parents, relatives and friends. It is the most preciously moments out of the 365 days to let ourself free and liberated.
This year is special as the CNY fell on a Monday and it was a good 4 days break and followed by another 4 days because of the Thaipusam and an islam holiday. In total, we have a 10 days public holiday and it was an excellent period to rekindle ourselves with passion and love.
During the 15 days, I have done a few things which I do not do during my normal days, I learn to play mahjong again with my sister, brother and my wife and I know the joy of just playing the game with them. It is not the money or the bets but it is the time we sit down together and enjoy a a game of Mahjong. Now, I know why older people eant to pay mahjong, it is the thrill to inter-act or communicate among the players and to catch up with things which we do not have the time or opportunity to talk., It is a very meaningful passing game and it is meaningful as well on special occasions among close or love ones.
Another thing I did is to spend time around my house taking care of repairs and re-arrangig my flowers in my garden. These small things I have not managed to do during the weekends or the public holidays.It is very interesting that we busy our lives to do other thngs instead of the things close to our heart.
LIfe is like that. We spend 80 lpercent of our time doing our office work or things for others while we spend only 20 percent of the time for ourself than we blame that we do not have the time for ourself. How foolish can we be? Not realizing that time is most precious for ourself.
We worry about the affairs of others including our children and we want to ensure the best for them. We place their importance on top of our affair and for some people we consider our children as investments. Basciall, it is the mentality of the Asean people. Nowadays, we talk about balance life but it will take years to change this mind-set before we really put our affairs as the top priority. We should continue to promote ourself first and let our children or love ones to choose the thing that they want to do. Believe me, they are more than capable to live by themselves.
Namaste.
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