ok, now for the most important post of the day:

this article talks about fortune... blink blink.... who doesn't want fortune. but upon reading it, the fortune is not that money wise fortune, but things like happiness kind of fortune.

ok, there are some very cheem 16 words in chinese which i cannot remember. it started with a story. morale of the story... where is the happiness if you don't what you have?

this person (xing yun fa shi) does not deny that you need money to survive... but human nature, (literal translation from chinese)
when you have finished eating, you think of having seafood, abalone etc
when you have a home, you think of having a mansion
when you have a hundred thousand, you think of having a millions
when you have a job, you think of climbing higher

so this cycle goes on and on, our whole life is going after 'what we want to have' and not using what we already own.

also he said that besides money, the more important things in life that we should be going after are things like happiness, compassion, health etc (there were quite a few qualities listed, but i can't seem to recall many)

so my own reflection after i read this article:

it is really so true! i mean some time ago, i did realise this... about what's the point of having so much and when you die, you cannot bring it along with you? i guess i just needed someone or something to remind me.

so i'll put off thoughts like 'hmm, this condo not bad' 'this house not bad' 'this house is for sale' because harbouring such thoughts make you want to have. then the thought becomes a desire, then the desire becomes a must have.

same with work... there were once, long ago, i wanted to step down... but after much persuasion from colleagues and weighing the pros and cons, i didn't make the request. decided to grit my teeth.

now reading this article, it makes me think about my work again.

so make a firm decision, when there is extra money, (let me stress, when there is extra money)first priority, bring children for vacation. next, don't stinge on good food to reward ourselves for the hard work. ok, tonight will treat the children their favourite food, spaghetti. next, good wine/beer to share with people during gathering. then, home furnishing to make the current home a better place to live in.