My favourite happy song for the past few weeks :) It's contagious!

I would like to share a happy Monday story. :)

For the past week or so, I've been rather stressed about work. My computer kept giving me problems (which easily take half a day to solve each time) and also training that eats into my time. In addition to the disruptions, I have a pretty tough client at the moment. So I got kinda worried about my performance and I was working a little later than usual today. Suddenly my buddy, Y, tapped me on the shoulder to ask why I was still working when most people have already left. I told Y about my concerns and my lack of progress over the last couple of days. Despite a busy schedule, Y took some time to listen to my woes and reassured me. Although it was brief, the conversation really made me feel a whole lot better. :)

The power of simple gestures is often overlooked. I always read about it, but never realised that kind words and warm smiles can really make somebody's day. This is especially so in our world today which values efficiency and speed. It's nice to have someone ask "How are you?" and actually hang around waiting to listen to the answer. What I'm saying is, don't sweat the small stuff. Go make someone's day today, everyday :)

Wow it's really been awhile huh. This is embarrassing :/ well life's been busy and although there were a million things I wanted to share here, I haven't quite found the time and clarity of thought to type something. So this is my feeble attempt at updating :)

To be honest what motivated me to blog today is something I read in my state of delirium last night. Before I go into that, I'm happy to share that I've been doing some light reading lately. The iPad and ebooks are really a god send I must say. :) As I was saying, I was reading a book of aphorisms (hoping to seek enlightenment perhaps) when I came across this one which really struck a chord.

There is no greater danger to one's maturation than the headlong rush to define who one is.

I have always struggled in trying to understand and describe myself. What is my personality? What am I passionate about? What do I want in life? I honestly don't have answers to all of these questions, except maybe the last one - I want to be happy everyday. The inability to understand myself is a constant cause of worry that I would end up a failure in life. Well yea so reading that sentence was a good reminder that everything will be fine, and that it's okay to be confused because life is not a competition. :) or perhaps this is all just confirmation bias and I really am a failure hahah. But I'd rather not think about that for now.

Well thanks for reading, whoever you are. I do want to blog some more but I'll leave that till another occasion when I'm not dizzy with drugs.