@sunil congratulations to your party, for sure it will keep a smile on your face. I am happy for you. And it was not happened in the past, really a good news huh!

@Grecy Garcia My good news is similar to yours. Today was the counting day in 5 Indian states and my favorite party won one of the states election and opened account in many others which was never happened in the past.

@Lee Ka This one is especially for you, I read your post in another site and appreciate it ( I even mentioned my concern there) 🙂

@4cryingoutloud you will have your 2 grandkids for 2 weeks, wow, I know it will be pretty exciting since children makes us laugh and happy, all the time, even though they move a lot. I will keep on praying for that. Ir really hope that when you started working, work will pick up and continuous. Can you afford 3 types of job in a day, or 3 cleaning…[Read more]

@ruby3881 Here, as it’s a multi-racial country, some people speak Chinese, English and Malay language. I haven’t really teach my children English yet, so when they go to park, I think they usually like to play with those Chinese speaking kids too. But, sometimes kids just do not mind about the language barrier, they still play together. Slowly,…[Read more]

@kaka135 Our parks were always close to deserted, or so packed it was beyond chaos. Never an in-between. I think that’s a good part of why my kids never really made friends in the neighbourhood. That, and they had trouble understanding French. Most of our neighbours spoke no English, so the kids couldn’t understand each other.

@ruby3881 I understand what you meant. Yes, you reminded me of those positive and friendly competitions. I did have that with a few of my high school friends as well. We studied together, helped and supported each other, and we didn’t get jealous no matter whose result was better. We did enjoy ourselves with studying together. I still remember…[Read more]

A good project always inspires me to step up. I want to do new things all the time that when I am given an opportunity,  I really give time in researching and compiling things that I need

But what can trulu inspire me more is when my husband gives me some points to ponder and give that push to make things happen the way I have planned.

I couldn’t agree more.  People have become obsessed in making themselves greater than others.  It is like not having a heart to be happy with other people’s success.

When I see other people who might be more successful than them,  there can be a tinge of envy but not to the extent of trying to push myself to be like them. We all have our ow…[Read more]

@kaka135 I used to think I disliked competition, because of course I associated it with doing things that were difficult for me. I used to dislike being compared to someone who always seemed to be perfect (the teacher’s pet) and even more than that, I disliked it when my friend’s mother held me up as an example for her to follow. She was no…[Read more]

@dawnwriter This is an excellent topic for discussion. It’s amazing how much some people feel the need not just to compete, but to demean another or dismiss his accomplishments in order to make themselves feel somehow superior.

One thing I’ve observed is that sometimes the people who are the most likely to scorn competition in others, will be the…[Read more]

As a stay at home mom, I usually spend time with those neighbors who are mostly also stay at home moms while we bring our children to the park nowadays. I am glad they do not really compare and compete with each other, but we are more like helping and supporting each other, especially sharing the parent’s challenges.

I really do not like to…[Read more]

Those are very effective quotes @Dawnwriter. We should inculcate them in our day to day life.

@Dawnwriter – those who do that are foolish. As no one has knowledge of the package that each one of us  are endowed with as having is one thing and making use of it is another. There are some blessed with the ability to make the best of what they are and so happier than those with all the luxuries.

I love reading and collecting quotations because they inspire and motivate me. Sometimes they make me see things differently. Here are a few of my favourites.

1) If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang…Charley Reese

2) The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest.…

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I got a good night’s sleep for the first time last night in about 4 months!  New medication worked 🙂  I feel alive today for the first time in ages and didn’t have to take a nap today.