~The LUVS of her life...~
*GOD!!!*
*LAUGHTER!!!*=))
*NATURE* (The sand and sea!^^)
*READING*
*LOVE!*
*CHILDREN!!*
*MUSIC*=)
*FRIENDSHIPS*
*FOOD*
*TRAVELLING*
*BEACH*
*SIMPLICITY*
*BEING A CHILD OF GOD*
Went tuition today. Talked with auntie Linda about various issues. It started off with we discussing about how people have different gifts in different areas.
A person who is academically inclined in de science area may not fare well in de music scene. On the other hand, a musician who has a talent for music may not fare well academically. Hence, can we say tat a person who fares badly academically is a failure? No, i dun tink so. He/She will have gifts in other areas. In my own opinion, it is usually de environment u r living in tat determines how "successful" u r. Note tat i put it in inverted commas. A person living in Singapore will most likely be considered to have a brighter future if he performs well academically compared to one who is musically inclined. However, in Venice, a person who is musically inclined may have a brighter future instead. Hence, i think it all boils down to de environment u r living in.
Den, we went on to talk about how everyone will meet with at least one failure or setback in our entire life. A person who is having a good career will have his downs too. My teacher quoted this example: There are many GPs in singapore who r closing down their clinics as there is no business. This is a stark contrast when they r in their uni days whereby they are de cream of de crop of de campus, scoring n achieving excellent results. Now, in their career, they have met with a setback. Gone are de glorious days. The setback is even harder to swallow when they have NEVER met with failures before. Hence, everyone will meet with failures in their life. It is just a matter of when it will happen n how u view de failure. thus, u r not a failure jus because u have failed in some areas in your life. If tat was de case, everyone would have been a failure already. De most important thing is how u view your failure. We should not take it so hard. Instead, we should learn from it n MOVE ON. no use lamenting on wat u could have done. If it wasn't for the failure, we would never have known tat this particular way or solution or approach to tat matter does not work out.
We should just make de best out of watever situations we are in. Den will we not regret watever actions we make, as we noe we have already done our best.i noe it sounds cliche, but it is very true.
We ahould n always remain optimistic in watever situations we r in, sticking on to our morals n principles regardless of how bad de situation is.
Music washes away de dust of everyday's soul @ 12.8.06