The American Poet

Oliver Wendell Holmes once said; Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live…Before they know it…time runs out.

I said it before, in my friendster blog, and i'm gonna say it again:

Live life to the fullest..don't live in the past..if it's time to move on..do so before time beats u at it. Life's too short, don't waste it. Your whole future is still ahead of u, if u keep on staying in the past, how on earth are u gonna grow? How on earth are u gonna know what's in store for u? How on earth will u know what u might have missed out on, all this while not moving on. Mistakes are made. Ever so often u regret making that mistake - any mistake for that matter. And so u learn from your mistakes. I may not be the brightest or the wisest, but i do know that making mistakes is a good thing, cos it is through these mistakes that u discover the path to righteousness. So don't be afraid of making mistakes, else how would u learn?

***For those of u who don't know, Oliver Wendell Holmes is a famous American poet. Born in 1809, he shares the same birthdate as me - August the 29th***

Change

Have u ever felt like chopping off ur legs cos they hurt too much? I stood for so long today, my feet are aching! I wish i had a foot spa or something, but i dont. *sigh* It was one of those saturday nites at work today, very very busy, and i only reached home at almost 1am! I haven't been that late in a long time!

Anyways, jumping to another topic altogether, i know a lot of people who are goin thru a rough time in their life. On one hand, i symphatize for them, but on the other hand, life's never a smooth ride, it always has its ups and downs. I believe it's hard to tell someone to do something, when u yourself is not the one experiencing the situation. It's easier said than done. But watever it is, i also believe that u should always have faith in your self, n be strong! If u have even the slightest ray of hope, hold on to that hope, n don't ever let it go. If u give up now, u never know what might have happened.

However, everything around u is bound to change at one point or another. You can never live ur life in that one particular way forever. Things change. People change. Feelings change. Having said that, it comes a time when u have to eventually move on. Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

I'm rich~!! are you?

i know..i know..i haven't been blogging..but i have valid reasons!! heaps of assignments, late nites at work, lack of sleep. Can u believe, i've actually had quite a few nites, where i only slept like 2 or 3 hours, then no sleep/rest during the day..its totally insane! but i had no choice. Exam's round the corner, so its time to buck up in studies! not intending to flunk anything *crossing fingers*

was watching something on tv the other nite, n the guy was talking about being rich. how do u qualify someone or urself to be rich? most of the people would say that riches are measured by the amount of money u have, or the property u own and so forth. But this guy said that he isn't rich because of any of those things. He was rich because he had such a great family - they loved one another, stuck with each other despite their ridiculous behaviours/actions, and they grew closer every single day. A family is without a doubt the most valuable asset in ur life. Don't ever leave ur family, they are the one thing u should keep close to ur heart, cos everyone else might hate u in this world, but no one else would stick by u like ur family would.

Friends

Friends. A simple word isn't it? It's uttered everyday to almost every person imaginable. Who are your friends? I used to think that friends were the people that you could laugh and talk to.

Now I know that friends aren't that, they're the people that touch ur heart. You could spend hours with them doing nothing at all and it can be the best time of your life, just becuase it was with them. They're the people you can share your secrets with, cry with, laugh with, and just have fun with. They don't judge you or make you change. They accept you exactly as you are. They look at you and they see a great person, one they love spending time with. We all share something in common and are tied together by memories, tears, laughs and smiles. We're tied together by love for the other.

Friendship is the strangest but greatest thing in the world. I find my time with my friends, the best times of my life. My friends are my heart, my soul, my fun, my laughter, tears, love and my life.

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Choose life.

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself.

Choose your future.

Choose life.

*John Hodge*

I want to...

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks. I want to think M&Ms are better than money, because you can eat them. I want to return to a time when life was simple, when all you knew were colours, addition tables and simple nursery rhymes. But that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. When all you knew was to be happy because you didn't know all the things that should make you worried and upset. I want to think that the world is fair. That everyone in it is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible. Somewhere in my youth...I matured and I learned too much. I learned of nuclear weapons, war, prejudice, starvation and abused children. I learned of lies, unhappy marriages, illness, pain and death. I learned of a world where children knew how to kill...and did. I want to be oblivious to the complexity of life and be overly excited by little things once again. I want to return to the days when reading was fun and music was clean, when television was used to report the news or for family entertainment and not to promote sex, violence and deceit. I remember being naive and thinking that everyone was happy because I was. I would walk on the beach and think of the sand between my toes and the prettiest seashell I could find. I would spend my afternoon climbing trees and riding my bike. I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness and loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind and making angels in the snow.
I want to be 6 again.