All Good Times Must Come To An End...

.. so that other good times can begin at a later date, I supposed. *sigh*

Hols is coming to an end. With it, so many things too. I would like to have gone to the gym more but somehow so many things kept cropping up. Played a little more squash than normal but seemed to have spent more time on the road. Met up with people but generally didn't feel so upbeat cos I was rather tired. Spent time at the workshop, car dealership, running errands, computer... but very little of my own things essentially.

Freely given but not freely received... I learned a lesson there. What is freely given sometimes is not freely received. Some of us have no problem giving. Some of us have problem giving. Some of us have problem receiving. Some of us have no problem receiving. All of us would have gone through this one time or the other... am reminded of my 'Ice-boxed' experience! Some ask for the things they give, some return the things they are given. But in the end, it doesn't really matter... the acts bare the heart.

Being stood up... sometimes we complain about our kids or friends standing us up. But very frequently we do that to others too. We give our word but then go back or delay them when something that interests us comes up without much thought. Then when our kids do that to us, we get indignant. Get a grip! The kids learn by watching us! Don't forget that they mirror us.

Forgotten friends... sometimes we forget certain people cos they are more difficult to spend time with. We shouldn't. Cos in the end, it can be most gratifying, the time spent with them. It reminds us of the many blessings come our way that we've forgotten to give thanks for. In a way, they help to plant our own two feet more firmly on the ground not because they remind us that life is not a bed of roses often times but that we've been spared some of the thorns.

Memory like elephants... sometimes we forget that some of us have elephant memory. So, when you are reminded of its existence, your faith in people whom you think are better than others falter. A few years ago I raised an issue about the kids not having a curriculum at camp.... They remembered that this year cos I am going. Not because there's another kid on the list (earlier) but because my kid is on the list. Cos her ma doesn't do much mincing?? Makes me wonder whether 1Malaysia 2Standards at work here too. Kinda disappointing!

Doing (or not) things just because we feel like it. How often do we do things even though we don't feel like it? I find it more difficult to freely give in this area too. Giving is not free when you have expectations. It's easy not to have expectations in the beginning. But after a while expectations do creep in and that's when disappointment comes in because you have the expectations. Perhaps a better approach will be to do (or don't do) what you feel.... but that would just be giving in to our own feelings too. Or just freely give and freely receive... in good faith?

But just as well.... I've also realize it's pointless brooding over matters which don't go our way. Some dogs should just be left to lie where they remain.

So, move over... new term knocking, and there're still stuff to do... but for what it's worth, hols is still a good time cos I get to sleep later and not be rushed. And I get time to ruminate! LOL! So when good times come to an end, it's something that to be missed.... and, here's cheers to the coming term, the good and crappy stuff!