If there’s only one thing I’d want to do better for the year ahead, it’s LETTING GO.
Hey, Richard Carlson said it best when he said, “Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff” (and made millions in book sales along the way).
I hereby surrender my desire to control things that are beyond my control.
Caffeine, you win. I shall imbibe thee whenever I please. Resistance is silly.
Seremban, you win. I shall gracefully remain here till hubby is done with his training. No more whining about missing Kuching.
Obnoxious patients, you win. For crimes against humanity that we public doctors commit (like making you wait 90 minutes in the clinic or postponing your elective surgery), I shall facilitate your complaint submission by directing you to the relevant authorities.
Selfish Malaysians, you win. I shall not judge you for pushing and shoving in elevators, LRTs, trains. I shall not utter a single expletive when you drive dangerously and inconsiderately.
Well-meaning friends and family, you win. I shall not dismiss you with a p**s off ! when you try to meddle with affairs of my life. I know in the end you only mean well.
Streamyx, you win. Nuff said.
Wow, I feel lighter already.
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Speechlessness - you win
January 1st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I like the idea of letting go… makes life more comfortable eh?
January 1st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Letting Go for 2008 — sounds real good to me!
January 1st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Yenjai, you win.
YL, life’s too short to be sweating over the small stuff.
Dobbs, I had to let go…otherwise I’d still be obsessing over the petrol incident!
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
yessss…. caffeine rocks!!! but i find that coffee in msia isn’t as strong as the ones i get in aus– in aus, i can’t drink coffee after 12pm or else i wun be able to slp at nite, but over here, i can take coffee any time (even starbucks) and be knocked-off by bedtime
how was new yr’s for u?
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:02 am
kesian…haha..so when i sms-ed u that night , u were thinking abt the petrol incident ar?..hahha..And iw as busy spring cleaning until..the firecrackers came on n woke my son..ishh…
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Jun, Asian portion for us pint-sized Asians! New year was spent battling an impending viral flu. What a start to the year.
Eve, you’re so right. I’m exactly the sort of person who obsesses over stuff, hence the need to “let go”.
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Happy New Year fibrate! Relax and let go! Take up diving - an excellent destressor!
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Yeah, I should learn that too.. letting go something that unhappy in the office will make me happier..
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
George, I guess I’d have to learn how to swim first!
Cheerfulday, some matters are just not worth the trouble…so yeah, let go.
January 5th, 2008 at 5:55 am
“Feeling light” always makes one feel so good….have a splendid fruitful year ahead!
January 5th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
You too, just me!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Well written, agree if only we can not let these things upset us, we will be spared lots of unnecessary heartaches, that we can’t possibly escape anyway! Do let me know if you succeed in mastering these resolutions!
January 10th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
He he Lostsheep, you can check back here in a year’s time if I were a happier person because I “let go”!