A Little Practise of Appreciation and Gratitude

I was feeling down yesterday, and confiding my low feelings to a friend of mine. Shortly after that I happened across a post made by another friend in facebook, of which he was sharing about appreciation of his domestic helper. The short note warmed my heart and helped lift my spirits somewhat, for, on a certain level, I can feel my friend's appreciation of the 'simple things in life'...that short little note reminded me at that moment that appreciation of the things we have in our life, here and now, no matter how little, really does change our perspectives about life and the people around us. When our perspectives change, our emotions change; we help to bring peace and contentment into our hearts. Even though such moments may be short, it is a very good start and reminder how such an outlook can be used or practised everyday to bring brighter perspectives and positive beliefs into our mindsets, to replace gloomy or negative ones.

I don't always remember to have appreciation or gratitude for my loved ones around me, nor the things I have right at that moment, but when I do, my whole being is always replaced by a feeling of peace and contentment...

A little good deed

Today during lunchtime, S & me originally planned to go to The Icon for lunch then head to Gelare for my fav float. On the way there through Amara Hotel, as we stepped in, we saw a small crowd of people a little distance away from a man lying comatose on the floor. He had passed out and the passersby didn't seem to dare to approach him nor know what to do, until finally, a man stepped out to try to wake the unconscious man.

An Ang Mo guy came forward with a chair with which to prop the unconscious man's legs on, and another lady appeared with a cup of water (and not knowing what to do with it) which a third man took and sprinkled some water on his face...(I noticed the Ang Mo guy slapping the comatose man's cheek seemingly quite hard!!)

I stepped closer upon the realisation that he didn't seem to respond when the first man tried to shake him and wake him up, and I immediately took out my phone to dial for an ambulance (one lady suggested calling the hotel management to call the ambulance which, I'm glad whose advice I didn't follow)...there were some difficulty in trying to wake the unconscious man which I felt seemed not a very good sign, and I left the ambulance order standing (initially I thought of cancelling it when the man awakened, but decided against it when he seemed in a daze and none too responsive)...

I'm glad I quickly called the ambulance when I did becos the ambulance took some 15 mins to arrive; they did some checks on him and then wheeled the now-conscious man away...luckily the man didn't seemed in too serious a condition for, judging by the time the ambulance take to arrive, could've cost a precious life...

Anywayz, I'm glad to have done a little good deed today...(" ,)