This is "Kampong Senaling" taken in 2006. Has not changed since the 50s - gateway to Sri Menanti
'Kampong Senaling is approximately 5 kilometres from Kuala Pilah - on the Tampin trunk road'
" MAY PEACE BE UPON YOU "

05 October 2009

Thought 06OCT2009

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
When I look into the mirror I see a survivor. I don't think about anything but living. Well, that's not true because the farther I get from cancer, the more hopes and dreams I let creep in. When I looked into the mirror during my illness, I wasn't that bald person staring back at me. I didn't recognize myself. My body had let me down, but I didn't want my soul to escape. People responded to the way I looked. I hated the pity I saw in their eyes as much as the fear. The body is back to its original state, but the soul has taken on the wonderful layers of a survivor.

Now I celebrate - Bad-hair days - Bushy eyebrows - Stubble legs with razor burn. I celebrate - Blended flavors of peanut butter and chocolate - Sweet lemonade through a straw - Greasy hamburgers with bacon.I celebrate - Whining children - Shouting and arguing - Pulsating music and barking dogs. I celebrate - Making plans - Dreaming - The hoping that goes with having a future.I celebrate life.
By Karen Klosterman - from Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul, Copyright 1999 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Arava u mayet an namaes u ryes / There is no strong man when the sea is at its worst - Ivatan Proverb
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Percussion Band (1964) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Percussion Band (1964) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Percussion Band (1965) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Percussion Band (1965) - Kuala Pilah Padang

Standard 4 (1966) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Standard 4 (1966) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Standard 5 (1967) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Standard 5 (1967) - Tunku Munawir School, Kuala Pilah

Form 3 (1971) - Ampang Road Boys School, Kuala Lumpur

Form 3 (1971) - Ampang Road Boys School, Kuala Lumpur

THE WISE WAY - Parodoxical Commandments

  • People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centred; Forgive them anyway
  • If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
  • If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway.
  • If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.
  • What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight; Build anyway.
  • If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous; Be happy anyway.
  • The good you do today, people may often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.
  • Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you got anyway.
  • You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and GOD; It was never between you and them anyway.
  • .......................................................................................................
  • Written by Kent M Keith when he was 19, first published by the Harvard Student Agencies in 1968.