It’s only TUESDAY?? UGHH!
March 22, 2005
Thank God it’s tuesday night! Mondays and tuesdays are always a drag. It just seems like the weekend is sooo far away. I remember a friend once sent me an email about the different age range of the work force. It’s actually a very exaggerated caricature of how the older people are so full of energy and bullshit monday mornings that the younger batch couldn’t even utter intelligible words and would just do anything to get the day over. Come friday it’s the other way around. Anyway, it’s not that funny when I describe it now but I just thought It was amusing then.
Last weekend was lovely. I got to see 2 of my adorable friends I only see every once in a blue moon. Actually we call ourselves lucky if we see each other 2x in a year. These are my first batch of friends when I moved here in Ottawa. So many things have happened to all of us. Each of us even found a different set of friends to hang out with. But through the changing times and distance I’m glad that our friendship remained the same. I will always be thankful for having friends like them…
… I just wish the same for some of my other friends too… BUT! That’s another story! I could only hope and pray that one day we could reunite that friendship back…
Anyway here’s a little something I have probably shared to all of you before and wish to share again.
Hope it gives you a little something to ruminate about in your alone time…
LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten,
Will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.
Even your gender and skin colour will be irrelevant.
So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built
Not what you got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your siginificance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or
Sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate you example.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.
What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who love you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.
It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.
- Author Unknown-
April 3rd, 2005 at 8:13 pm
bhE! ayun ok lang trip namin. no so much fun, maybe becoz we only had two days and good friday pa yun so we end on spadina din coz most of the malls are sarado. namili ako ng mga prutas, ang tamis nung papaya na nabili ko. yum! that’s great u found atis and lanzones. i didn’t buy kse mahal eh! lolz then the next day sa eaton centre lang kme nagpunta. i didn’t shop much (suprisingly) but we had fun na din kahit papano. kit drove home with one stop over only. nakaya namin from toronto to ottawa ng 3.5 hrs lang, can u believe that! =)