Words of Wisdom...

I came across this touching philosophical words-of-wisdom on my desk yesterday. Dad brought it home and slipped it under the desk-protecting 3mm-thick glass in my tiny office. He loves collecting banners and posters that have wisdom words that teach you how you should value life and things along those lines. Like just next to my monitor here on my desk, I've got a poster that Dad had laminated that goes like this:

"LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST"
Each day is precious and so full of wonderful possibilities.
Do not waste your day by worrying about your problems.
Leave your worries behind. Instead, fill your life with peace & serenity.
Enjoy the simple pleasures in this complex world.
Happiness lies within you.

It is actually a photo poster of a small river lined by small forests and rocks, with mountains at the very far end of the view. (I honestly can't tell the relation between the photo and the saying that goes on it. But it's a beautiful & calming scenery so I guess it should be right).

Anyway, that's not what caught me yesterday. There's this more 'biting' saying (the new one that Dad just slipped on the desk). I've always thought of old people as the strongest, incalculative people (Especially when you think of how difficult they have lived through their youngest years and how they managed to feed their 6 children during those rough times (6 is the smallest number i guess, well my dad's mum has 6, my mum's mum has 12, my dad-in-law's mum has 6 (or 5? oops...), my mum-in-law's mum has 6 too, you do the math). It's so unbelievable I nearly came to a conclusion that the answer to my wonderment is 'supernatural power'. Yes, old people have supernatural power, supernatural love power... hehe it sounds good actually. should i patent it? hmm....)

OK, here goes the inspiring Words of Wisdom...


"WHEN I GET OLD..."

When I get old, I'm not who I used to be.
Please sympathize with me, be patient in facing me...

When I spill my soup on my clothes, When I no longer know how to tie my shoelace,
Please remember when I used to teach you, guide you into doing them...

When I keep repeating your conversation over and over again,
Please be patient in listening to me, don't cut me off,
When you were small, I had to go over and over on a story I'd told thousands of time so you could fall asleep in peace...

When I need you to bathe me,
Please do not blame me.
Remember when you were small, how I had to find thousands of new tricks just to get you into the bathtub...

When I am so stupid with modern inventions & technology,
Please do not take me as a joke.
Please ponder on how I patiently answered all your "WHY"s decades ago...

When my legs were too weak to walk,
Please lend me your strong hand and lead me the way.
Just like when I guided you through your first baby steps...

When I so frequently lose tracks of our topics,
Please spare me some of your previous time to remember them. The fact is, it's not the topic that counts, it's your being there listening to me, is what I'm always waiting for.

When you see me getting old,
Please sympathize, support me, just like how I taught you your first lessons about life.


Reading these passages, took me to a different angle of viewing grandmas & grandpas. I hope this saying touches and inspires everyone the way it does me. I only have 1 granny and no grandpa left. I don't wanna regret missing the moments I could take showing how I care for her, like I regret the seconds I missed with the ones that had already passed away before I was old enough to know how to love them. Let's put ourselves in their shoes, we'll surely understand...

Here is my Ama...

Anyone has pictures of their grannies or grandpas they want me to put up here? Just email me the pic, I'll make sure it's up... Let's allow them to occupy the screen like they rarely do :)