Assalamualaikum, good afternoon everyone.
How's today been treating you?
My day has been good to me. Waking up with some chocolate biscuits and hot white coffee and also good news about something. Praise Allah :]
I had a chat with a female acquaintance yesterday.
We have actually known each other for a few months, but the talk we had was actually our first real talk. You know what I mean?
Meeting and interacting with her nearly every day and by taking conclusions from what she looks like; I had always thought of her as being very independent, individualistic, and free.
Well she is very independent. She has been living on her own for almost fifteen years, some time after her mother's death. She isn't that close to her other 8 siblings, and that she has been through a lot of stuff all by herself.
She did mention about being satisfied with what she already has and what she has been.
Environment, most from friends, has shaped her character. However, little influence is from her family.
Hearing her talk about her life made me think, yep I am a lot luckier than her.
She is accustomed to being pressured by her father who used to hit and verbally abuse her and her siblings when they were little. Therefore, being pressured by the target from her workplace is not that big a deal.
Whereas if I had to be put in her shoes, I would initially burst into tears the moment my superior yells at me for not reaching the minimum target.
I have to be more grateful for everything I have right now.
I'm not fully there since it's a continuous learning process.
It doesn't mean I don't want to change some things for the better; but it is more about being thankful for what has happened and what has been achieved.
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