Chase

If life was a race to your destination and the journey was about getting your focus, I have done it right.

I was on the chase all this while, getting nearer to where I would want to be.

If this was a textbook formula, I got all my priorities right. I cast away all distractions, keeping them miles away.

There was nothing to lament as nothing was wrong. But the journey was a tiring one; the physical fatigue was wearing me out. Yet I could carry on with this all the way to the end.

But life was not a race.

Time is running out but there is no hurry.

We are all living like there's no tomorrow. In fact, we should. We are all rushing to do the things we want to do in this life, as much as we could possibly do. Because it seems that it will make this life more fulfilling and complete. That we will leave this world with less regrets of what we have not done.

I wish I could take things slow and savour every single bit this life has to offer... the good and bad.

Should I take a break?

生命就是如此

我们往往认为人生不该如此而已，
无时无刻都在想着要怎么活得更多姿多彩，
让生命不只是如此而已。

但是为何我们不能试着接受生命就是如此而已，
生命本来就那么简单，平凡而已。

不懂得知足，
不断地追求更好，
使这一生看起来那么不完美，
使自己觉得好不满足。

但是这一生本来就不会完美，
生命就是如此而已。

Staying contented

There is nothing on my mind. There is nothing I would want or wish for right now.

Everything seems well, at peace... the norm.

Yet I have to admit that this norm didn't come easy. It was as if we spent our whole lives finding harmony amongst things, searching for peace within and outside ourselves. When we found it, everything seems to come to a stop.

Calme... trop tranquille.

It was as if life wasn't meant to be this smooth-sailing, this still. It was as if we were destined to face bad weather, the strong winds or a destructive storm. Whatever it is, there is always something out there that we need to challenge, overcome and experience... c'est la vie.

When the waters stayed stagnant, we can't help to feel that things are too good to be true or be overtaken by the human's greed and start looking for a new adventure.

It is not easy to attain contentment but what is harder, to maintain it.