Did You Call Me?

God: Hello. Did you call me?
Me: Called you? No... Who is this?
God: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So, I thought I will chat.
Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now.
God: What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.
Me: Don't know. But, I can't find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.
God: Sure. Activity gets you busy. Productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me: I understand. Yet, I still can't figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to call me on instant messaging chat
God: I wanted to solve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this internet era, I wanted to reach you through the way in which you would understand.
Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
God: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis makes it complicated.
Me: Why are we constantly unhappy?
God: Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Me: How can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
God: Uncertainty is inevitable. Worrying is optional.
Me: There is so much pain due to uncertainty.
God: Pain is inevitable - it will come. Suffering is optional, you can choose.
Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people also suffer?
God: Diamonds cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but, don't suffer. With that experience, their life becomes better, not bitter.
Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
God: Yes. Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me: Still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we be free from problems?
God: Problems are purposeful roadblocks offering beneficial lessons to develop strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.
Me: Frankly, in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading ...
God: If you look outside, you will not know where you are going. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?
God: Success is a measurement decided by others. Satisfaction is a measurement decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
God: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me: What surprises you about people?
God: When they suffer they ask, "Why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me?" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side. Few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me: Sometimes, I ask, "Who am I? Why am I here?" I can't get the answer.
God: Seek not to find who you are, but, to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery. It's a process of creation.
Me: How can I get the best out of life?
God: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me: One last question. Sometimes, I feel my prayers are not answered.
God: There are no unanswered prayers. At times, the answer is "NO."
Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat.
God: Well, keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.

Stop Whining

Man and Wife - Tony Parsons

It’s all about relationship. Relationship between Harry and his wife, his ex wife, his son, his step daughter, his mom, his wife ex husband and his ex wife husband. Complicated eh. This is so called – blended family. Harry is learning to juggle his many role and responsibility plus commitments to his own work and his wife’s career. He wants his marriage works this time around. And then someone walks into his life who is going to make all even more complicated.

I love this book. It has it all. It’s honestly explained about marriage life and family, about making mistakes, about forgiveness, about why we fall in love and why we marry – about why we stay and why we go.

Excerpt from this book that I like:

"But how did you and Dad do it, mum? How do you love someone for a lifetime? How do you make a marriage work for all that time? My mum didn’t even have to think about it. “You have to keep falling in love,” she said. “You just have to keep falling in love with the same person.’

“Kazumi’s great,” Earmon said. “But the world is full of great women. That’s what romantic fools like you never admit. There are a million great women out there. Ten millions. You could be in love with any one of them. Given the right circumstances, given timing. Sooner or later you have to stop tormenting yourself with the thought that there’s just one out there with your name on. You have to be happy with what you’ve got. You have to love the one you’re with. You have to say – this is my home now, this is my wife and this is where I’m staying. Stop looking, Harry. Just stop looking, will you?
From long ago, I heard the voices of my parents. Just rest your eyes, my mum and dad would tell me. Just rest your eyes.

Can you?

adorable...