@shavkat I still feel bad that you lost your father but I guess the good cause is that you finally know who are the people you should trust. Yes, I do believe it was your father who showed you the people who will be there through thick and think for you and your family to be careful for them.

@morgoodie Yes, I agree with you. A car is just a transportation. 🙂

My husband and I talked about this. Even though if we are rich one day, we will still continue our current lifestyle – simple and frugal life, as we are contented with our life now, though we might not have enough sometimes, we are grateful for having all the necessities. At…[Read more]

@kaka135 Where we live now, everybody speaks English and very few speak French or a third language. When we lived in Montreal, we needed French to get by. The children had difficulty to learn because of their disabilities. They were also very shy, so it was tough for them to make friends with the kids in the neighbourhood. Had they been more…[Read more]

I have known people who like to compete with other people and have to try and be better than the other person. They have to have the more expensive house, car, and clothes. I have never really understood this mentality and it does hinder a chance of friendship with those types of people. I do not like being in the limelight so I do not try to one…[Read more]

I almost forgot about this thread, though I wanted to write about my gratitude every day.

@4cryingoutloud Thank you for reminding me about this.

Yes, it’s so nice to see you are such a grateful person, and hope you will have less aches and pains soon, and get more jobs too!

This morning, I am grateful for…

1. Having a good morning nap…[Read more]

I’m grateful for another day!!  Even though I woke up with aches and pains..at least I was able to wake up!! To God I am grateful for all this to happen!!

I’m grateful for my on-line fiends!!

I’m grateful for our dog!

I’m grateful for the land and home we own!

I could go on and on!! lol

@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]