Nov 21, 2008

making one counts

frostier / When Everything Fails / life, rant / 4 Comments

I just finished reading “Lasting Contribution” by Tad Waddington, which I bought during the MPH Warehouse Sales a couple weeks back.

Frankly speaking, I have no idea what to expect as I began to read this book. That because I bought it for a cheap price. What you expect for a RM 10 book? Soon I realized that I had just embarked on a journey of discovery to learn the answer to a very important question: How can I make a contribution that lasts? No.

In fact, I learned a lot more about cause and effect. The cause for every single action and the causes for every single reaction. When it comes to what is happening, it starts to make me wonder, why it happen? To borrow a quote from the book, “This book was written to help you not in the way a hammer helps you to build a house, but in the way a blueprint does. It prepares you for action.”

It is a good book and in fact, I enjoyed reading it to discover a different side of me. What makes it worse was that I watched the “The Nanny Diaries” the night before. One of the most prominent quote I recall is “Who is Annie?” which relates me to “Who the f*ck is Dale?”

Another bud asked me a week ago if I am doing well or not. He said that I seems to having my midlife crisis. Yes and No. In fact, being alive today means a lot of hard work. Yet it depends on who are we comparing ourselves to. Am I right? Some might say, “Dale you are lucky enough for having this and that” Of course I do agree about that. Just that there are things in life when we expect it, it does not happen.

I do not know what am I mumbling about. Jerry used to say, “The other side grass is often greener”. Everyone likes the forbidden fruits. The taste of it. The temptation. As for me, I like it best with some icing and cherry on top.

On the other hand, looking at the sky. The blue sky with the white clouds, reminds me of a person whom keep looking at the sky. Nope. Not that kid that worries the sky will fall. But those people that had the vision to reach for the sky.

Bleargh. I have no idea what I am getting myself into.

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