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Thursday, May 4th, 2006" below is the writing from kak jan in her blog. I read it all and feel like it is so touching & got deep meaning in it…hmm……."
If I Were You
You seem to find the dark when everything is bright
You look for all thats wrong instead of all thats right
Does it feel good to you to rain on my parade
You never say a word unless its to complain
Its driving me insane
If i were you
Holding the world right in my hands
The first thing i’d do
Is thank the stars for all that i have
If i were you
Look what surrounds you now
More than you ever dreamed
Have you forgotten just how hard it used to be
So whats it going to take
For you to realize
It all could go away in one blink of an eye
It happens all the time
If i were you
Holding the world right in my hands
The first thing i’d do
Is thank the stars above
Tell the world i love that i do
If i were you
So whats it going to take
For you to realize
It all could go away in one blink of an eye
It happens all the time
If i were you
Holding the world right in my hands
The first thing i’d do
Is thank the stars above
For the world i love
Take a breath and enjoy the view
Live the life that i’ve wanted to
If i were you
- If I Were You, Hoobastank -
Have you heard this song? It started off like a baby’s lullaby, like music from a music box. However, i never realised that it has a very deep, meaningful lyrics. It basically say that be thankful with what you have and always look for the best, not the worst things. Enjoy, life the moment, appreciate the ones you love, grateful to God as this life is precious and it can be taken away in a blink of an eye. Kinda deep huh?
I have been thinking about this for quite some time. Well, ya know, one of those days when you don’t get what you want and you feel down and feel that there’s more to life than this. You think your work sucks, your life sucks. Thats how I felt most of the time anyway… hahahaha.. but only one of those "blue" days ya know.. not most of the time, but sometimes. Anyway, when I think back, when I calm myself down and think real hard, I already have a blessed life. It might not be perfect, but it’s my life. I have the most important things in the world. A great, close knit, extra caring, extra loving family, friends who’ll sacrifice for me (or I hope so), job with decent pay, a decent car.. I might not have a Mercedes Benz or a flat in London, a superhunky superstar boyfriend, but the ones that really matters are here with me.
Recently, as I drove through the toll booth at the highway near my house, I saw a familiar face. She was in the same school with me. I think she is also living in my residential area. I can’t say that we were friends then, because I never even spoke to her. But she is someone who took the same bus with me, someone I passed by in school. Just a face that is sooo familiar to me, it’s just that I never took the chance to get to know her. We might even have mutual friends.
Anyway, when I looked at her, instantly I felt insaf and bersyukur kepada Allah that I don’t have to be in that teeny weeny booth to earn my living. I am not looking down at her, its just that this makes me think and realised the things that I have. I should not feel pity for her too since she might be very happy and satisfied with her life than me. Maybe she is more happier than me.
Sometimes, we take things for granted, right? Whether we realise it or not, we always took things for granted. We always felt what we have is not enough, wanting, craving for more… but if we take the time and think about other people problems, ours is just like a tiny grain of sand on the beach.
Thank you for this blessed life. I’ll do my best to be a better person, be more appreciative, be nicer to people, basically just be a good person.
utk hari ke 3 berturut2…gile ke ape aku ni..haha…makan kt little vietnam..nice gak arr…boley arr…org belanja..yippiee…altho i kena work on tat day..tp i hepi ;P ehehehe…
ehek
