I like the resolutions stated by the Star writer, Soo Ewe Jin. I had done a few of it but not on a consistent basis. I have no resolutions and neither do I bother to make any resolutions. I just plod through whatever life entails. Neither do I plan or make plans. I think in that sense, I am quite complacent about life and just take it as it comes to me. I may fall but I try to rise again. I may be up in the sky but there will always be people to pull me back to reality. I may be forgetful but some others will remind me. I may be astray in my path yet there will some good samaritans who will lead me back to the right one. So, what is there to complain about life? Just this little predicament and discontent? "Maka nikmat Allah manakah yang kamu dustakan?"
"If you have nothing to say, don't say nothing at all" - meaning do say something else but nice. Or better still, just smile and try to get out of the situation. Sometimes what we say goes a long way to raise up the other person's self-esteem and make him/her felt good with himself/herself.
"Pay someone's bill" - whether it is someone known to us or unknown. I tried to do this whenever I was in a queue at a restaurant or market or shops where when I saw the person in front fumbling for small change or digging into their pockets to make up the amount. It made me feel good that I had done a good deed for the day. Life usually pays you back. Once I was having dinner out with Noor at a restaurant and I went to settle the bill. I saw my regular butcher at the market having dinner with his family at the next table. Since I always get my meat from him, we became "friends" I had the intention to give him a treat and paid his bill at the counter. When I wanted to pay up, the cashier said that our bill had already been settled by him. Graciously and quietly. MasyAllah. SubhanAllah. He just smiled and raised his hands. I went up to his table to thank him. It gave one a nice feeling ... so, I hope to keep on doing this. InsyaAllah.
"Make a promise to spend time with someone and keep it" - I had done this but sometimes we could only plan. Usually every year I will make the effort to keep up with some meaningful friends so that we still retain the bond of friendship. Usually too, these few special friends will also make themselves available. There were times when I was in KL and I just called to meet up spontaneously. If they were free, they obliged. Otherwise, it was not meant to be at that moment of time. This year it was not possible to keep the promised rendezvous due to unforeseen circumstances. Hopefully, this year we will all be able to meet up. Even though we keep in touch through media and social means, it is always nice to meet face to face, hug each other tight and talk non-stop about everything and nothing.... :-))
"Say thanks to the forgotten people" - this had been done by my mother when she was alive. She always made sure of an angpow packet and a goodie bag for the garbage collectors. She was always very polite and thanked everyone who had done something for her - the nurses, doctors when she was hospitalised. I tried to emulate this. When I was hospitalised, I thanked every personnel from the cleaners to the reception for the care shown and given to me. I always tried to thank and show appreciation for the people who cleaned up our office, helped with the workload ... my colleagues in the exam unit and I would always prepare a Hari Raya hamper/goodie bags with angpow packets for their children every year. One of us would make sure we got the number of children of each of them correct !! :-D)) May we be allowed to continue doing this and more ...
Well, these are some of the resolutions I will keep and try to make it better. InsyaAllah. No matter what life brings, there is always a lesson to be learned from it. To better oneself. Not to hold grudges. Not to bear hatred. Just smile. Take a deep breath, smile and be grateful that we can still see the lighter side of it. Grateful that even with a heavy heart with what life brings, I am still allowed to still do and give my best. Thus, to all page reviewers, thank you for dropping by my blog. Hopefully you have enjoyed reading it as much as I had enjoyed writing it with much love and care. My apologies if I have offended anyone. Have a peaceful, happy year and may all of us be blessed. Aamiin.
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