Thursday, October 12, 2006
This morning when I woke up I sat down on the sofa and began reading the newspaper. A few minutes later, my eldest sister nudged me and brought two hot cups of tea to the table. Acts and services is definitely my love language. Just one cup of tea and I love my sister to bits. But besides that, it brings to mind that people love you, and sometimes it's easy to forget that.If, like me, you find it very easy to sink into depression and self-loathing, then it's very refreshing to wake up one morning and find that your existence makes somebody bother to make a second cup of tea. Very often I fall into the mistake of thinking that I am very alone, and that besides myself, there is perhaps no other person truly altruistically for me but God. But, people do love you. Even if they don't express it, even if they disappoint you, even if they don't meet up to your expecations, who are we to judge their heart? It doesn't benefit anyone to dislike you and reject you. But when you begin to love other people and believe that other people love you, you allow life for yourself and others to be a little bit more fulfilling then it can be, when you live in a snow globe alone.
It's so funny because I used to have such a bad relationship with my sister. Yesterday, we were both lying on the bed complaining about how upset we were that our Mom felt that we were going out too much- because it means we can't go out this week anymore. Then her eyes sparkled, "Ah.. Bee.. I got a plan. Let's mop the floor and hope Mommy comes home and sees us doing the housework.. then you talk to her nicely to let us go out." Nice plan hor?
By the time we finished mopping the floor my Mom wasn't even home yet. Nevermind, but when she did come home, she screeched, "AIYO! Why's the floor so wet?!" Eh, we were expecting grattitude and a sympathetic Mom allowing us to go out. I had to leave in half an hour and I hadn't even asked her permission to go out yet. Suddenly my sister said to me in an exaggerating loud voice, "Eh, Bee.. YOU HAVE TO GO SCHOOL RIGHT??"
Yeah, that was a lie, but its so sweet to have sisters to conspire with you. But I didn't lie lar, I told the truth. And the mopping thing did work. :)
Everyone's falling sick. Please take care of yourselves!
PICTURE OF THE DAY:
Name: Dad
Hobbies: Shocking his daughters, loving himself.
Comments: It IS hard to resist those lips.
hahaha.. :p
debbie at 1:29 AM