1:55 AM
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Food for Thought
A multitude of thoughts are running through my mind and I just couldn’t pen all of them down over here, although I would very much want to.
The past 2 months have been one of the most hectic and packed periods in my entire 21 years. Those days passed so quickly that I felt my existence no more. I had not much time to do things which I adore.
Yet I felt awfully blessed.
For it was this long holiday that I got to test and train my mental as well as physical resilience;
for it was this long holiday that I got to learn and hone my soft-skills;
for it was this long holiday that I got to know and befriend with so many interesting and great people;
for it was this long holiday that I got to understand the importance and be appreciative towards many things/people. For instance, Time.
Aye, Time.
I always have this irreconcilable issue with Time: wanting more from it while it intends to skate past and leaving behind as little as possible.
Horrible time management is something which I must admit. The lack of discipline and sense of urgency erode my days away like Hydrochloride Acid.
However, when I was tasked with an overwhelming amount of workload and commitment, and when things were chasing after me like a tsunami, I had no choice but to roll up my sleeves and “just whack. Whack whack whack.”
Whenever I thought I would no longer keep my eyes opened and my mind alert, I could somehow squeeze a little bit more of energy out of my body.
Whenever I thought I would easily fall sick the following day, I could somehow be almighty again after a pathetic few hours of sleep.
Whenever I thought I would never complete my tasks within the time limit, I could somehow see myself touching the deadline at its tail’s end.
Somehow, it felt good to be chasing after Time. Race it, beat it. I will never want to idle and “nua” my life away and age in regret. Never.
However, I realised it’s a habit of the mind that we tend to let time slip past us without feeling very wrong about it.
Oh well, the only way to quit a habit is to develop another habit. =)
