Never have I ever held so much of tear for so long a time. Tzu Chi is not entirely new to me but I've not had a good chance to learn about this organisation until recently. Here I'm grateful to my friend Lee who brought me in to a Tzu Chi conference in KL. Today is day 2 and I'm so surprised I've completely let myself immersed in the atmosphere to such an extent that I'm almost always moved by the stories I heard in the conference. People become touched when they hear inspiring stories; I was inspired by some stories yesterday but I never wanted to tear up. Today was totally beyond it. I realised I was holding back my tears all the time. This was to my surprise because I never think that I'm a person who'd be easily moved or touched. I do not tear up easily. I tried to think through the many things that I learnt in the past 48 hours and I've had a lot of realisations. I've realised now that there are so many things that I could do to help the needy...
So many things seem unplanned. So much of rushing it seems and so much of obstacles. I've known since many years ago that I often have to work harder than many of my counterparts to achieve similar things. And I've also learnt that people come and they go, sometimes too soon before I even realise. Once a wise, old man read my palm and he asked me, "what's life about if there is no challenges? You're young, just take whatever is to come as a challenge for you." Is it already coming? Those many challenges that I've been anticipating. From discovering my poor health and having to take all sorts of things before it's too late, and then not ending up in the same hospital with my friends, to what's happening now, that I can't even find a decent place to stay after several efforts. So many tiny obstacles that I'm facing now it has not stopped me from being stronger. Despite all that, I only wish for once that things will turn out better and bri...
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