Monday, June 09, 2008
hahaha have read this article posted by Jo from her blog many many times and still like the story alot. so decided to post it here and share with u people.
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Don't adopt a 'pencil attitude'
by Bevlyn Khoo
After sending my father off at the airport the other night, some relatives and I decided to grab some food and drinks.
I did not know the way to the cafe and it had seemed to be such a long walk, just like life.
The journey always feels longer when you are on a path you have never taken before.
You take in all the unfamiliar scenery, perhaps concentrating a spilt second more.
You absorb as much as possible of whatever that comes your way because you're wary of the danger of getting lost, or simply because you fear what lies ahead.
However, the return journey seems shorter, and you may not even pay attention to the scenery.
This time round, you may pay attention to only the few landmarks or eye-catching items you had remembered to lead you back.
Life is such, isn't it?
At times, it seems so hard to move forward because we are so scaredof what lies ahead.
The journey to the unknown is often so much more difficult than a simple act of reflection.
Similarly, many of us rarely take roads that are less travelled anymore. We are so used to having the government set our paths for us (PSLE, O and A levels, and the stipulated exams in polytechics or universities.)
So much so that some of us feel lost when, suddenly, we have full control of what we can do with our lives.
When there are no more goals set by others to reach, or maps prepared by others to follow, some of us lose sight of what we want because we were simply not trained to think about what we really like to pursue in life.
Isn't it wonderful to be able to think, choose, and plan? So, why not indulge in this privilege?
We can choose to use the black, red, blue, yellow, etc., colours of crayon to paint our canvas of life with circles, dots, stripes, patterns or other unique designs.
We are the ones holding the crayons, and we can have colourful lives if we choose to.
We know it cannot be with the use of a pencil because actions are not erasable, but that is where it is interesting.
We all know the marks left behind by erased pencil markings are ugly, so don't adopt the "pencil attitude".
Don't have an eraser for "what ifs". If you like something, believe in it, choose it, plan for it, do it and make your portrait colourful.
Many years form now, when we have flashbacks on our lives, hopefully we will see streams and streaks of exciting colours to call our own.
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