Chinese New Year Eve - the message

I had a reunion dinner with my family and my sisters and brother's family members in our ancestal home last night. The food was specially cooked by my Sister and as usual, everybody sit together and had a feast. After that, the younger members gather together to chat and play games while some members had a few rounds of mahjong and I was quietly sitting together with my 2nd sister, Chee and we watch a new year Astro movie " I Love HOng KOng". She was tired after cooking the feast. Both of us agreed that time flies.

We talk about our experience eating out last year for the reunion dinner. It was much easier for her and the food was not so bad but it was abit pricey. Most fo the time, we co-relate price and the quantity and quality of the food. The price is s pychological factor. Since then, it was a year and the occasion for the eating was as happy as ever. The main purpose was to gather and it had been done for umpteen years and it sill carries on after the passing of my Parents.

The magnet to pull all the members to gather is my 2nd Sister. Her effort to keep the family too gather was admirable. NOt only she sacrifice her time and money her strong effort to ensure there is enough good food on the table for everyone. In a big family, there are always those people who do more than the others in such occasion including the contribution of money as the attitude and financial abilities of those members varies. Some is stingy, some is calculative and some is always giving. We have to over look all these imperfection in order to have a happy time together.

Like my boss have written in his message, we have to forgive and move on. During the year, there could be unhappy instances or experience, we have to throw out such bad experiences and look forward to something better in the New Year. This behaviour is the wishes of every parents and it is for this occasion to forgive and forget.

One thing, I noticed is that the young kids are growing up every fast and they are changing. The kids that has been running around and playful have turned into someone useful and they start to help in arranging the occasion and serving the elders. It was really enlightening and a welcoming change.

Home Sweet Home. A home is not a home if there is no love. Good food and money are concern factors but a true love for life and living beings is the main factor to ensure a happy occasion. Live and lets live and in the meantime make every single moment a truly happy and peaceful step forward. There could be anger in your heart or misgiving among the members,let there be tolerance and self discipline to reduce the mountain into a mole hill and further, reduce the mole hill to a flat land. This attitude should be our guiding principles in life.

A Happy and Healthy Chinese New Year. Long live everyone.

Namaste.