Friday, September 11, 2009
Always look at the bright side of life
Credits: Getty Images Optimism. Something I need but seriously lack. Instead of waiting for a black Tourmaline to absorb the negativity and change my perceptions in life, I decide to take a first step and start looking at the bright side. Really looking. I started with the real mundane stuff: the waiting time for bus.
This is the most frequent, necessary wait for most of us who can’t afford cars. Every morning, afternoon, evening, I have to wait in agony for the freaking bus to appear. The wait is always loooong, fearful (of being late) and even frustrating. As you can see, I always frustrate myself with the endless waiting time and become vexed and bad-tempered because of that. Indeed, the duration of wait could make or break my day.
On Monday I think, I suddenly have the urge to be positive! Of course, a perfect start really helped. That day, I didn’t wait for the bus at all!! First, I arrived at the bus stop just in time to see Bus 81 slow to a stop. Later on, I arrived at Kovan mrt in time to see the mrt decelerate and open the door!
Any NUS student who go to school by NEL knows that the wait for Bus 10 could make our neck grow as long as a giraffe’s. I tried cursing and swearing for 30 mins while waiting for that bus. On this fateful day, I didn’t wait for it at all! It was right at the bus stop when I reached and even though I have to run for it, it was still totally amazing that I waited 0mins. Of course, everything was bright and beautiful that day. I was so LUCKY that day
Subsequently, waiting for bus becomes decreasing vexing because I kept telling myself that it would come eventually and enjoyed the wait with a book or my Zen instead. Focus on knowing that the bus would come rather than questioning when it will come makes the wait seem shorter and more bearable. Because the wait for my transport still make or break my day, the rest of my day feels brighter and better and more smooth-sailing than before. I’m starting to feel a change in me
