A Lesson Learnt from a Kid..

That day...
I was supposed to give a lift to my mum to work.

She was waiting at the ground level while I drove down my car from the multi-storey car-park. The wait can't be more than 3 minutes. While I was driving towards her, I noticed she was just beside a child neatly attired in school uniform, apparently waiting for his parent to fetch him to school. The kid should be at P3 level or lower. My mum and the kid weren't conversing at all, just standing beside each other. I stopped my car beside my mother. She opened the door and while she was entering the car, I heard something quite clearly from that kid. He said, "Bye Bye!" Of course, my mum replied the same.

I thought they knew each other. But no. That was the first time they had met each other and yet the boy was "courteous" enough to "greet" her or "acknowledge" her. Maybe, "courteous", "greet" or "acknowledge" are not the correct terms, but that's beside the point.

I am just thinking, we are usually (if not always) so COLD towards strangers but at the same time lamenting how COLD the world is. Heh.. Remember? When we are commuting to-and-fro from work / study, we are mostly expressionless.

I remember when I was in S.A. about 8 years ago, I was greeted by (almost) anyone I'd met on the street. Yes, anyone that had made eye-contact of some sorts. It may be just a "hello", "good day", and so on, but I could see from their facial expressions that they were genuine about it. I got quite accustom to the practice and I did alike. In that instance, I know the environment can change me. I thought that was lovely.

Just another instance. I was in the middle of a walkway in Australia, looking a little lost (trying to get my orientation right) while I was trying to study a map. In just a while, someone approached me to offer his assistance to show me the directions. I was pretty impressed.

Looking back, it was those individuals that made me felt welcomed in their country. Again, it was those individuals that showed me how simple it is to make another person feels "warmer".
Mm... Thinking...
Therefore, we are also individuals that can play the role of those individuals.

When we say people are unfriendly. Ask ourselves.. How friendly are we?
When we say people are selfish. Ask ourselves.. How selfless are we? And so on..
Believe me, it is most impractical to wait till Singapore becomes the most desirable, before we decide to behave in a desirable way.

My point is.. I think it's more fruitful to start the change in us first.

Our first step in learning may meet with some difficulties.
No worries... Our Guardian Angels are watching over us.

咳.. 是失眠夜.. 在思量着.. 为何变成如此.. 没有什么解释.. 竟然如此失败.. 时间不多了.. 该.. 准备上班了..

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有一位圣者这么说：
不要停留过去、不要妄想未来，好好的活在现在，去开发、去灌溉。