In our society today, why are all of us constantly challenged with not having enough time in our lives? Each and everyday, we rush through things we do. We go thru our daily routines and then we wake up the next day and we do it again - well, at least from monday thru fridays. I, too always seem to not have enough time in a day for myself as well.
I remember when I was young, my tutor once told me that when I grow up, I won't be spending my time writing little letters and cards to my friends and receiving fun letters as I was doing back then, love letters from friends will soon turn into bills in the mail instead. After about 10 years, I think she was right. I no longer pick up a pen to write a real letter anymore. I don't even remember the last time I did that - maybe it was 2 years ago before I had babypork and I still spent some time writing letters and cards with fun stationery to my best friend in New York. I haven't done that for a while. I did receive a real piece of mail in my mailbox from her the other day and was very happy. Its been so long since I've received a real piece of mail, instead of bills. I love emails, they're fast and gets what you need done, but I still love letters and hallmark cards and I love placing that stamp on the corner of an envelope and write an address by hand. Emails have taken over pretty stationery and love letters and hallmark cards and its unfortunate.
These days, all of us rarely ever sit down to just think about ourselves or our own life that we're running right now, we just seems to just get up and do it and go along with it. I've realized that last night as I put my babypork to bed and outside his window with the blinds pulled up, was the full moon. I took a moment to appreciate the nature and my quite suburban neighborhood where I can hear the crickets calling outside in the front yard. I spent my 6 minutes just standing there staring at that moon and wondered if anyone else out there was doing and thinking the same exact thing I was doing. And thinking about how peaceful it was to be right there at that moment - the quietness, the darkness, the bright moon, at my own house, in my babypork's room. It was a nice 6 minutes break just there admiring the full moon that stared back at me.
The other morning while I was commuting to work with my papapork and I randomly asked him, "When do you think will be the end of the world?". He was driving and he goes, "When all the resources on this planet no longer exist." Then I talked about that movie "The day after tomorrow"... where I thought was a very interesting story.
Its so interesting because I wonder if that is what's going to happen to us on this planet. I believe that everything has an ending.
What if that really did happen to us in this lifetime, I guess we wouldn't know when that day would come. It could be tomorrow of all we know but we all just assume there would be much more signs by nature before it gets there. Whenever the weather goes crazy, from real hot to real cold in a week, and then it rains and thunderstorms or earthquake, I would cross my mind about that.
But what if it really happens tomorrow? And you've realized that tomorrow is your last day to live on this earth, what would you do with yourself right now? I wouldn't even know what I'll want to do. If tomorrow was really the last day ever, would you consider yourself having a life that's been pretty fulfilled with everything you've wanted? or are there still lots of things you have planned in your life that you haven't reached? have you followed your dream to do what you wanted to do already? if not, what are you waiting for?
Often times, stress, work, responsibilities and obligations ruins the happiness in our lives. We forget to relax. We forget why we have one another as love ones, lovers, husband or wife, as friends, as family. Being responsible is part of growing up but being too responsible also ruins what we truely want in our lives because we're busy worrying about being responsible that we forget to just be spontaneous and do spare-of-the moment things that make life fun.
From time to time, I do try to remind myself to just chill out, relax and just sit back and really enjoy a few moments of time to myself. As cheesy as it sounds, I think alot of us do forget to just "stop and smell the roses". Close your eyes and just take a deep breathe.
Yesterday I did something I really enjoyed doing alone... I took a walk to downtown alone with just me and my mini pink ipod. I walked several blocks down to meet up with some girlfriends for lunch that I haven't seen for months. It was truely enjoyable. I did have my car in the lot but I was tired of driving, I just wanted to talk a long walk alone, just me and my music. As I was walking, it felt like a music video as I see things past by me, cars, people walking, people crossing, people eating at restaurants, couples holding hands, friends drinking beer together, etc. The weather was beautiful, and it was just me, my music and my pink adidas superstar. I truely enjoyed that simple little time I had to myself. It makes such a difference when you just walk alone and when you walk alone with your favorite sappy tunes together.
He's one incredible athlete. And for the 7th time, he's done it again. I give this man LOTs of props. From being a regular everyday guy who suffered thru cancer, to being one of the world's greatest athletes, nothing stopped him at all - not even cancer. 
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