Like hourglass...

Think of your life as an hourglass.

You know there are thousands of grains of sand in the top of the hourglass; and they all pass slowly and evenly through the narrow neck in the middle.

Nothing you or I could do would make more than one grain of sand pass through this narrow neck without impairing the hourglass.

You and I and everyone else are like this hourglass...if we do not take [tasks] one at a time and let them pass...slowly and evenly, then we are bound to break our own...structure.”


― Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

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I like the quote as I am now rushing too many things and do not take tasks one a a time.

Do take tasks one at a time and let them pass...

Do not stress your structure by overloading too many things at one go.

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang 

The company of someone close to you

This period of time, when I need company for lunch and other activities, I am grateful to have someone close to me, a sister, to be around.

I am used to doing things independently, and when I find it hard to do it when I have too much thoughts distracting my concentration lately, I turn to one of my sisters for support, and she is always there for me.

This makes me feel touched and gives me a sense of security and contentment.

Thanks to have her company during this period of time!

I am grateful for her time, her reassuring words of encouragement!

Happiness

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles but in avoiding them. 

A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.


Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) American Methodist Minister
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As it is, sometimes it is good to go away and do some travelling instead of fighting battles that exhaust your energy!

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang