In today's creative thinking class we had an impromptu class group project where we were divided into groups and given one hour to brainstorm and present our idea. Quite a stressed free assignment even though the weightage is actually 20% of the total. Nevertheless, that is not the main point of today's post. It's what Prof Kirpal Singh said during class which actually spurred some random thoughts in me.
The point he mentioned is that whenever someone tell you his or her own stories, it meant that he or she cares about you. Analyzing between someone lending you a sum of money and telling you a story. For a rich man, the sum of money may mean nothing to him. However, whenever someone tell you his or her personal story, he or she is actually giving you time and sacrificing a piece of his or her life. Quite true isn't it? But most of the time when someone tell you their story, you would start to think,"Why tell me that? I'm ain't interested in your personal life" So now, we should start to appreciate whenever tell you their own stories and make sure their life aren't sacrificed unnecessarily. As for me, I'm giving all the readers of this blog, as few as it may be, a piece of my life whenever I update my blog, so I'm caring about you as well :)
He gave some mention about money as well, which I have been mentioning once and once again. When describing someone, why must we use 'poor BUT happy'? After all does being rich means one will be happy? There's a rich man living in Nassim Road all 'alone' with five servants but he's probably just a lonely sad old man. I'm now much much much poorer than before but somehow life feels more meaningful. Probably I don't need so much money as I planned for the time being. After some thoughts, I guess I will just work hard for the next three months and make the best out of it for the rest of the year.
