Archive for January, 2008

What Is Contentment?

Posted in LIFE on January 3rd, 2008

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Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad, and you wish you were in another situation? 

You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks, and everything seems to go wrong… 

Read the following story… it may change your views about life:

After a conversation with one of my friends, he told me despite taking 2 jobs, he brings back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as he is. 

I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has to skimp his life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, 2 daughters and the many bills of a household. 

He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India that happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and touring India after a major setback. 

He said that right in front of his very eyes he saw an Indian mother chop off her child’s right hand with a chopper. The helplessness in the mother’s eyes, the scream of pain from the innocent 4-year-old child haunted him until today.  Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome 2008! Year of Ratatouille!

Posted in PICTURE TALK on January 1st, 2008

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