Back in the year of 2003
A boy at the age of 14
Likes playing basketball all day
All he cares was going to school
And wait for school to be over
To go down to the court and play
Stinky and sweaty he went home on the bus
The constant change of form teachers didnt help
So he didnt study much and got 50 for maths
He realised his folly
But didnt change at all
Then there was this period of SARS
School closed and kids were warned not to go out
That boy was stubborn
Always was, never would change
So he met this guy on the court
This boy saw this man clear the court
1 on 5 they say
He blew past them and did a 360 spin off the glass
The ball went in
Next he got the ball and stopped 2 steps from the 3 pt line
He look at the defender
The defender looked at him and didnt bother
And this guy sank the 3 pt in his face
Impressed and they became acquaintance
1 day they met at the boy's void deck
This guy told the boy a lot of stuff
Most importantly the stuff on human
做人的道理
Back in the days of SIM card and top-up values
He valued a lot of pure face-to-face chats
And this phrase left a scar in the boy's heart
"Forgive and forget" he said
And he told this boy a story
Which goes like this
There was a person who went trekking
But on a straight tar road
On this road, are 2 rows of never-ending trees
Its like a modernised jungle
But there's rows of small bushes too
With flowers and grasses and fruits
With that, there are plenty of stones, rocks, pebbles
This person had a backpack on him
It was empty
But as this person walks along the road
He starts to pick up the big stones and
dumps them inside his backpack
More and more he did
And more and more heavy his load was
Until 1 point he collasped on the ground
Burden by the heavy load
Out of breath, out of energy
He gave up...
and passed away there and then....
The boy realised that after this guy explanation
The road is LIFE
and the greenery is the life's ENJOYMENT
the backpack is the trekker's LUGGAGE
and the stones/pebbles/rock are the trekker's RESPONSIBLITIES
So the morale of the story is....
"Don't pick up all the rocks along your journey
You would just tired yourself out easily"
Some things you take and you give
But don't put yourself under stress for no reasons
The End
And LYJ cools down for a moment to think about this day
He retreats into his newspaper to end off his day
5 years on...
Did he managed to learn to forgive and forget?
People who know me well
will probably know that I am a 'grudger'
I rmb grudges better than the ABC
But I am trying
Trying to forgive and forget....
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Why arent you there today?
The girl in the SA uniform
Monday blues for you?
Must have hit me judging by the way this post goes
I conclude that in life (for now)
You only have 3 things
You can only possess these 3
1) Academics
2) Looks
3) Character
But no 1 can possess all 3
With the ppl I met throughout my life
I can safely say that my conclusion is 90+% true
Which 2 do you have?
Which 2 do you think I have?
YOU BE THE JUDGE!
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