Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Nice sharing:
TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation. A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, "Public Utilities Board." There was silence. She repeated, "PUB." There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she heard a lady's voice, "Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is." Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just "hello" instead of "PUB".
---------------------- NO POINTING FINGERS ----------------------
A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?" The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you." We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves. If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.
---------------------- CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS? ----------------------
A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested "I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one." The SDU officer said, "Your requirements, please. "Oh, good looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing, willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don't go out, telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest." The officer listened carefully and replied, "I understand you need television." There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.
---------------------- NO OVERPOWERING ----------------------
Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another, or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character." It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness. It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations.
---------------------- RIGHT SPEECH ----------------------
There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation." Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party. A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted, "Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school." On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker." She answered, "You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you." Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.
---------------------- PERSONAL PERCEPTION ----------------------
Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be another man's poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home, a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey? "Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, "The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?" Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey. Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman." The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you." Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders. It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a narrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future. Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..
---------------------- BE PATIENT ----------------------
This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital. Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery and saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, "Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father went home and committed suicide. Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or you wish to take revenge. Think first before you lose your patience with someone you love. Trucks can be repaired. Broken bones and hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge. People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever. "Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better One" "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Composed at 1:14 pm |
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008
I like this 2 sentences from SM..
You already have a glimpse of those 4 messages. Yes, he could be lying to you but with good reason. Why must you continue to dig? Let it be. As long as he knows what to do and not commit any acts - it is ok. Why the need to know the "real truth". We always thought we can handle the truth but in reality?
If you can't even handle a lie (a lie that is trying not to upset you), what makes you think you can handle the truth? As long as he is on his toes and know that he cannot cross the line - that should be good enough. What is the point of reading those messages?
If you can't forget the existence of those messages, what makes you think you can forget the contents of those messages? Don't delude yourself.
Composed at 10:14 am |
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Monday, 28 April 2008
ex·pec·ta·tion
- the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
- the degree of probability that something will occur: There is little expectation that he will come.
- something expected; a thing looked forward to.
We hold expectations for almost every event that we attend, every movie that we catch, every places that we visit and even expectations for friends whom we first meet and also expectations on the significant other in a relationship.
How do we set the level of expectations from the other party? From my observation, it is usually on the first impression. When we first meet someone who carries branded goods from head to toe, we expect him to be someone who is filthy rich. When we meet a lady who is demure and gentle with a sweet smile who speaks intelligently, we expect her to come from a well educated family. When we are in a relationship whose significant other gives in relentlessly and display attributes of mild temper, we expect him/her to be always giving in.
When we go into a relationship, we expect the partner to be faithful and loyal, put us in the first priority and always make time for dates. Different people have got different level and types of expectations.
For the girlfriend who always makes time and cancels other appointments for dates with the boyfriend, she expects the guy to be able to do the same for her too. “I can do it, why can’t you?”
For the boyfriend who is always obligated to entertain clients, friends, relatives or colleagues, he expects the girlfriend to be independent enough to find her own activity and gives him the space he needs. “I can’t be keeping you accompany round the clock, I’ve got my own life too!”
A husband usually expects his wife to be well-versed in cooking, managing the finances well or at least to be able to do house hold chores.
A wife usually expects the husband to come home after work, update her about any situations at work and keeps her company till a new day begins.
People always have expectations and when the expectation is not met, disappointment sets in. When an apology isn’t received or the situation is not rectified, the disappointed one gets upset and conflicts + arguments arise eventually.
Sometimes I feel that I am not good enough because I can’t reach his expectations. Initially we can close an eye to stuffs that are not able to hit our level of expectations and we find it acceptable, but as time goes by, it may not seem to be as tolerable as before. I do not deny it is my fault at times, but being glared at or commented is not something I will acknowledge.
I am the one who glare at people (usually my siblings) for making a mistake. When I am at fault, my parents and friends whom I grew up with do not glare at me, they only give me a pat and correct my mistakes patiently. I snapped at people when I am not in a good mood, they will either ignore me for a few minutes and then gives me a pat on my shoulder or remarked that I am going crazy under their breath. After cooling down, I feel guilty and apologies to the other party and then remind myself to take note and not do it again. On the other hand, when I am being glared at or lectured, I do feel guilty for the mistake I made, but I don’t feel apologetic at all. Reason being, he/she have already felt better and ‘punished’ me by throwing a glare and/or temper back at me.
I know I do not have any valid reasons to continue to throw my temper or snap at people who allow me to indulge in such bad behaviors; I have been trying to curb my temper and think before acting.
So far, he has exceeded my expectations in both good and bad aspects.
I wonder how I have fared up to date, I just feel lousy because I caused a handful of arguments and feels that I am more of a liability, unable to render help in anyways.
He is intimidating in certain ways, the way he speaks when he is serious, and the attitude when he is on fire, also the glare he throws when I am in a clumsy mode.
Despite all this, he is a wonderful darling who cares to explain his points and reasons to me for his outburst or points that are different from mine. He bothers to help in affairs that others would keep themselves away from (e.g. drilling 16holes for my new furniture).
I am glad we kept the communication door open, adjust to one another’s differences and talk things out.
Whether this relationship will work out, the answer is still vague to me.
Composed at 9:50 am |
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