6 lessons

Strange happenings, strange doings. It's amazing how recent events had taken a weird turn, always a twist at the end of things when least expected. I had a quiet night to myself to ponder on the few candid “lessons” that had surfaced time and again throughout this year of change, and the drama-minggu-ini episodes that took place which made them even more apparent. Yea, they’re nothing new. Everyone’s heard of them before. No harm repeating them another time as a reminder, eh?

- There's just no way of pleasing everyone. By the time we work on making peace with a misunderstood party, someone else gets huffed and puffed about things you did... or didn't do.

- Take life and everything else with a pinch of salt. Rilek lah! We have to be able to see the lighter side, and no matter how shitty things are, it's the humorous side of things that pulls us through tough times.

- Don't hold a grudge. Or if you must, don't hold it for too long. It'll only hold you back. The rest of world moves on, whether you like it or not.

- You know what they say – keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer. Everyone has them (enemies, that is). Nah, no need to murder them or anything, and can’t do anything much about them either. Solution? Know who they are, but stay out of their hair. Be a little bit more mindful about what’s going on and hopefully you’ll be able to side-step some issues that you wouldn’t want to get your foot into. The worst thing to do is react in a big way, then the shit really hits the fan! Interestingly though, it's not too bad either to be blissfully ignorant about them (what you don't know won't hurt you, right?).

- Letting go is one of the hardest things to do. We cling on to the very things that make us feel whole, needed, wanted, loved, cherished. Once any of it goes out of balance and needs to be free, it's a really tough decision to let go. Takes time, takes effort... but at the end of the day, it's the only thing to do.

- Time heals. Always. Just have to give it a chance, and the amount it needs to work its magic.


"Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century."
S. J. Perelman