Each Day Is A Gift

Each Day Is A Gift

Yesterday while we were having dinner at Sakura, Jazz was asking about how should we celebrate my upcoming 47th.

I was not very keen to the idea of celebrating my old age. I told him that I don't want to celebrate, but to do some 'self-reflection' instead.

Jazz stood silent for awhile.

After sometime, he gently took my hand and said :

"Self-reflection is not always a good thing. Of the time we think about what we have achieved, more often then not, we will think about what we have not achieve. What we don't have instead of what we have already acquired. What others think of us, instead of how we should appreciate ourselves. Be thankful of what you have now, and don't regret about what you do not have. Because it is not important. If it was important, you would have had it"

As I sit there listening to him I just realized how true his words are.

Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my house or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged, it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away, just for this time in my life.

I am thankful that I have beautiful wonderful obedient children, great job, a home, surrounded by people who care, great friends, zero debt, and most of all, I am happy.

Alhamdulillah. Syukur kehadrat Allah. Semuga hari hari berikut dibekalkan dengan iman yang tabah, rezeqi yang luas, dan kebahagiaan dunia dan akhirat. Amin.