realised i've been neglecting this website for a while. not that i was really into blogging anyway. just treat this as a spare-time hobby. ;p
life's been full of ups and down lately. some of my closer friends are going through ups and downs, both in their work and love life.
guess poeple are struggling to find meaning in their work. I myself faces that problem. what's the point of spending 1/3 to 1/2 your waking hours in a job, for the sake of money? of course, not everyone born with a silver ( or platinium) spoon in his or hers mouth, so not everyone can be an "ah sia kia". (translated from Hokkein dialect, means "rich man's child") for me, i also fall into the money trap thingie. thinks that more money will make me be a happier person...
but the past few months, the LORD has shown me stuff about myself at work. I've come to realise that money is not EVERYTHING (as cliche as that might sounds). it's more important to find meaning in what you do. if you can even derive a pleasure and satisfaction from the meanest and lowliest of jobs, then you will be a much happier person than one who earns millions with a gruding and dispirited heart.
on the matter of the heart, I can't say i'm qualified to give my friends advice. never had a single relationship in my life. My friends find that amazing. queer even. some of them ask me whether i'm gay or not. to which i just shrug it off. yes, i do get urges and temptations of teh flesh, blah blah blah. but that dun mean i have to go hook up wid gers just to show dat i'm "normal" what. I guess like wat some of my friends say, my standards are too high la. still, i'm seriously think i am not ready for a relationship of any sort, until i learn to like myself better, and to love God better.
ok, my lunch almost digested through. time to go for my relaxing swim.
Hi jack :
ReplyDeleteSame to me also. I came to realized that I'd apply for this mail and just today i came to know its existence as in i totally forgot abt it. i mean in terms of mailing. cos i used this just to upload photos, not exactly to reply mail but after reading some of yr mails, ya .. i find this mail is better .. in the sense that not much of junk mail. (correct me if i am wrong) i am newbie to this mail web by. :-)
ya i totally agreed to wat u had said. Just 3 years ago , i had this salesman job selling "high class vacuum cleaners. Money is good, provided u get more clients to buy this stuff. As the days goes by as a salesman , while I had to set a certain target for myself in order to earn a substantial money for myself in order to survive on that month. Its so tiring. and after a few weeks , i came to realize hey, why do i have to everyday craving for more money . this could be no end to it. and that job almost left me in the hospital for malnutrition due to work until late hours w/o any meals in btw. So i decided to quit that job.
Money isn't everything ! I can have all the money but no happiness , i simply lived in a emptied soul walking towards that pit. Happiness come from joy. and joy is in God ! :)