There
is a superstition which says that a wish made at the appearance of the
first star will come true, provided you do not speak until another star
is seen. I am not that kind whom rely on stars to pray on. I was only mentioning
to my friend how I wished somethings I have been looking forward to will
spark off soon. That same night, one of my wishes came true. FINALLY........the
days of the talked about CHIJ Ponggol's first full-time librarian, Miss
Lina, is being numbered. Beginning of next year, I am making a head
start in my career. I was warned by experienced teachers that the path
is going to be rocky. But me being myself, the determine, headstrong and
hopeful lady is willing to go through it. I believe that for every
problem, there is always a solution. And for every sunrise, there is always
hope to make things better no matter how bleek the day appears to be. Its
not hopless wishes. It is a fact which I have experienced. All it takes
are just a combination of patience, faith and not forgetting some prayers.
I always
try to handle hard things in life by perseverance. Had thought that perseverance
is the key to achieving personal goals. Until...........I came across one
of Alfian's Saat poem recitations. He mentioned that "perseverance
does not guarantee results". That shed some
light to certain encounters which left me confused and drained out emotionally.
You might not share my view, but this is what I managed to rationalise
things to be:- When you are working alone to achieve your personal ambition,
it is easier for you to focus and get what you want through perseverance.
However, when you are working with someone with a common dream, BUT of
different belief, Alfian's sentence appears to verify itself. Unity makes
things work. Without it, all parties involve will turn out in a lose-lose
situation. At the least now I know..when am I to persist and when am I
to just let things go with no turning back.
As
we walked the different phrases in our lives, there will be new people
we meet, more lessons to be learnt as well as more roles and responsibilites
to shoulder. I may not know much about politics or anything, but I
know for sure what I want, my weaknesses and
what I am looking for. I
see that for everything which happened, there
is an underlying explainations beneath the reasons. I
feel that time
is indeed our age which swift infront of us unnoticably. I
realised that both the good and bad are laid
down infront of me. I made the choice and is responsible for my very own
action. I learnt
that you will never know someone really cares for you until you get to
see the way he handles things in hard times or in times of conflict both
of you have to face. I experienced that
honesty is rarely appreciated despite the fact that everyone seems to place
an emphasis on it. I
found HIM to be the best confider I have ever
had. Oh,
and I also know
something else too. I know how to bake marble cake which is soft and too
tempting for your taste bud to resist..*yumm yumm*
;-)