It’s about Heartbeat, I Think.
October 6, 2011I’m really glad to have caught up with a group of friends today. It made me realise actually we all have our own sets of problems, be it with relationships or at work, big or small, and that, we are all not alone. Whatever individual bad experience you have had is not anything extraordinarily bad and which sets you apart from everyone else but to put it in perspective and in place, a bad human emotion, phase or experience which you share with many others before you and surely too, many to come, and if any consolation at all, that many before have traversed down the exact same path and felt the exact same emotion that you now feel, so there’s sort of a collective empathy so to speak if that’s any help at all. You’re not the only flickering or dimming star out there in the vast, dark night sky; there are thousands and millions like yourself, each feeling alone and preoccupied with the circumstance in front of them and that’s all they can see; just keep the light, however dim or flickering, because circumstance will change and things will take a turn every once in a while. I have been feeling like a block of wood for some time, as if washed out ashore, devoid of emotion or scared of it, lacking any inspiration, hence I haven’t been writing, because there seems to be absolutely nothing inside, as much as I have stared at the screen many times and tried to force or churn something out, to find an outlet. It’s been a rollercoaster of a ride, a huge paradox, a big enigma, it could be a neverending argument, a complicated dilemma, a seemingly irreconcileable conflict…
At the end of the day, what’s all these about? “Much Ado about Nothing”? “Love’s Labour’s Lost”? What do we make of it all? What sense? Life really should be easier and happier, isn’t it? Well, at least we should all agree that we deserve that little bit more, of happiness, no? Is life really about the process and not the destination? But of course right? Cos there’s no destination to speak of, non-religiously speaking? Life’s really about heartbeat, I think, whatever the process is, whether it’s smooth or filled with bumps and pitfalls, whether it’s improving or spiralling out of control, or even it seems to have come to a standstill, like a body of dead water. It doesn’t matter each time it’s happiness or misery or anger or disappointment or fear or pain or torture or gain or loss or nonchalance or calmness or confusion or mayhem or everything or nothing at all, there’s a heartbeat, however faint, fast or slow or to what rhythm or song, it keeps beating, like a live clockwork, keeps you alive. Never lose that heartbeat, constantly listen to it, feel it, what keeps it beating. When everyday’s a choice… Yes, easier said than done, we all know that, I know that too… But you can do it, I’m sure, you know it too. We all can.
Finally after a long wait, u posted :-) Hmmm a good morning for me to begin ;p
Profound but im glad i understood & its gonna keep me gg for sure ;p
I fully agree, esp wif ‘Life shld b easier n happier’. Very often, humans complicated tings when they cld b simple.
Im thankful i’ve got E & Es part of my life now.
I will live life to e fullest, happily. I hope u stay happy too ;p
Tis indeed a good post.. N glad tat finally I can understand wat ur post mean…hahaaa.
Thanks,for writting tis here… Tis post is actually cheer me up in tis morning.. =)
Times can get turbulent. Looking for answers from my own perspective makes things worse, sometimes.
Infinite knowledge, one can never finish it all.
Sometimes the answer is really simple. Right in front of the person. People may miss it. Its a matter of acceptance. Take it or leave it.
thank you, its another good post from you. you always make a point and make me be more hopeful in life. :-)
I’m always glad I’ve this bunch of old friends all the way back where most of us got to know each other in sec 1. That’s like 13years ago. Thou we don’t meet up as often as b4, but we are always there for each other be it happiness or sadness. For work & relationship problems. Friends really do play a very impt part on our lives. Relationship might end one day but true friendship never ends. Happiness can be easily found with them & you know that you are & never will be alone. The most carefree time can be just sharing Tao huay, eating Nasi lemak at a coffeeshop. Isn’t it?
小时候快乐是一件很简单的事，长大后简单是一件很快乐的事
是不是长大后就永远不可能，也不会有小时候那么的快乐了
so long
so chim
but so well said
lets heartbeat together:)
take care!
In a heartbeat,I think…
That”s how simple love and life supposed to be,never give up happiness and hope…
Both people who are meant to be stay together.
i am not this way but now yes. i see everything as good.
when things are happy.. well of course is good~~~
but when there are problems… it a life learning process.
i take it as a process to learn to be happy. thats why happiness comes in the end no matter what. and yes, provided you have a heartbeat. for as long as you live, good days will always come so does the bad. nothing is perfect. nothing can please everyone and so does one cant have non dislikes.
it depend very much on how you see happiness to gain happniess. you are sad.. and theres always worst.. when you are happy.. theres always better. it will never end as long as it beats.. it just about how you want it to end that matters most.
Feeling like a block of wood isn’t bad right? There’s always times when we feel lousy, but I try to take this time to quietly to take in, feel and analyze, for myself and the people around me. And it keeps me going.
Hi Elvin
Every living being has a choice, and its own problems.
We need family and friends support to get us going.
We need to cherish what we have too.
Though the road ahead is tough, we just have to persevere on… ideally if our support network’s heartbeats can be in tandem.
Hi elvin,
I always enjoy reading your blog. Thanks for keeping it going.
I am inspired by what you wrote and try to relate to some parts of my life. Life has it’s own ups and downs. So never get too depress, have a little faith and things will change for the better.
i feel that the real question is how to keep that light, however dim or flickering… and how to keep that heartbeat, however faint or slow…
how?
幸福在自己手里，自己去争取的！有时候一件事情如何的演变的选择权也是掌握在自己手里 ｎｏｂｏｄｙ ｃａｎ ｃｈａｎｇｅ ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｂｕｔ ｙｏｕｒｓｅｌｆ 很开心听到你选则相信心理那跳动的那个美好瞬间， 活着就是美好，感谢生命