Wednesday, December 19, 2007

How to be a Happy person?

I just received this quote from my customer and I'm convicted!

The happiest people dun need to have the
BEST of everything;
they make the MOST of everything they have.


How often I have become so complacent and felt that everything seems so wrong because I DUN have the BEST of everything. I have forgotten to be contented and grateful for WHAT I HAVE. Though some may not be the BEST, but yet I could make the MOST of what I have.......If I seriously think about it, it is adequate even for me to succeed! I guess we have to stop making excuses for ourselves for NOT succeeding or being HAPPY because we dun have the BEST BUT learn to cope with what we have or make the BEST out of it!

There are simply too many awesome things that God has graciously given me. I need to seriously reflect them, especially when the new year is coming real soon. I started a "tradition" of writing a list of grateful things that happened during that particular year. This tradition was "inaugurated" when we relocated to Shanghai four years ago. My first year over in this place with no family and friends support was the toughest, yet God still gave me lots of wonderful things to thank for! There were so may times that I felt I can't make it in that place, somehow we just pulled through till my husband finished his 3 years contract. In fact, I gradually grew to like that place even the traffic jams!

I have learnt that we just have to look for the treasure within the storms and believe that God has given us the BEST of everything we need to navigate suceessfully! Meanwhile just enjoy the rough ride as well!

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