We should have owned our 1st BMW at the age of 30 instead of 15 years later! I should have my present level of command for my English language when I took my MCE "O" level so as to secure a better grade. I should have married younger and by now all my children would have graduated. Things always seem to come lately.
It is true that there is nothing to shout about if we achieve certain things when other people had way passed you at a much earlier stage or younger age. We just have to accept that some people are simply smarter, more talented and richer than you!
When we were young, we have all the energy, the time but did not have the money to do things that we like to do. While we were at the middle age, we had the money and the energy but we were so busy with our career and families that we could not spare the extra time. At older age, we might have all of these, except the physical strength to carry out things that we wanted to do during our younger days! Life sucks and we seem to be always in a situation of "out of sync with what we wanted so much right at that point of time"!
When we compare ourselves to the best, we think all those things really come too lately for us. But we are glad that we did not fall into the trap of drugs that caused many wasted years as what many drug addicts had gone through. It took many of them in the region of 10-20 years to get rid of the habit before they started a new life, and many more could not make it and remain drug addicted for the rest of their lives. We did not commit any serious crime that could have ended up in a dungeon and wasted our years on our career building and earning capability. We are also so blessed that we did not suffer any long illness that deprives us the best time of our lives! Thank God for all these!
Life is not perfect and let us be contended with what we already have. We hope and pray to continue to live a healthy life and enjoy every moment of what we can do. It is always better late than never!
You are right!
ReplyDeletelet be thankful for and enjoy whatever we have..
Do whatever we can and want (legal & not dangerous) while we still can..
Take care!!
Martin, a good education is what one need to get through life. Education does not mean just a getting university education only. Education to me mean the norms and value that were taught by your parents while growing up. Like always be a good person, respect others and work smart, never do evil but always think of goodness. And most of all always have Love in your heart. It is because your parents had done a good job of raising you, like teaching you the way of good culture of living that you have became someone successful in life.
ReplyDeleteThe reason you are successful in life now is because of the good education your parents did to you. It is to their credit that you are what you are now. Had they neglect their responsibilities in raising you, it would be another story now. So be thankful that your parents has done an excellent job in raising you. If you think back surely you realized that your parents want you to study smart, get married early. Had you done that then you would have kids early and better jobs that would allow you to own an BMW early in life. But circumstance does not take you that path. Anyway you are as successful now and all because of your parents guidance.
And now you in turn must do the same to your kids. That should be the way always.
So go on and enjoy life. Take care.
Thank you Pak Idrus for all the good words and advice. And what you said about always have love in our hearts and respect for others are really something that are essential in life and I will always bear this in mind and also to instil the same to my children.
ReplyDeleteMay God bless you best of health and always shower you with happiness everyday of your life
Martin>Thanks for the reminder that life is never perfect. We all have our share of trials, success, tribulations and making wrong decisions. How else would we learn? The best gift a parent could offer is education but I ain't sure about getting married young and the BMW stuff..
ReplyDeleteI would rather advocate marriage only when you are "ready". The BMW is only a representation of something else. One needs to discover for oneself whether that is truly necessary.
Azimah, I agree with you and BMW is just something symbolic giving an example to illustrate and drive home the point.
ReplyDeleteSometimes getting married is arrangement by God, do not rush into it but it is hard to say whether it is ready enough for us to really know your other half that well before tying the knot. Living together as husband and wife over the long years are different from courting time where you always show your best. Marriage somehow has some elements of gambling in it too!
By the way, I still drive a 1985 Volvo 240GL and not a BMW.
En Sharif,
ReplyDeleteYes we will do all things legal. I like big bike but it is simply too dangerous! Haha!
Martin,
ReplyDeleteSuch wise words. I tend to believe that a lot of things in life are taken for granted in youth. It's not until we grow older and wiser, that we can have the vision to see how we should have lived all the years before.
Melissa
Martin,
ReplyDeleteAgree that at time we do not know how ready they are when couples take the "plunge". Courting time as we know it, may only show the best sides. However, there is nothing to stop them from endeavouring to see each other as they really are as much as possible. If only people put more head into it....Traditionally, people would ensure capacity to lead physical existence...a steady job...but it is only part of the story.
Thanks Melissa for the visit and comments
ReplyDelete"it is always better late than never!" thanks for the words Martin..
ReplyDeleteEn Imran, thanks for the visit too !
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