Hello all! Get your festive moods already? Amid worries about COVID 19, it seems people are relaxing more na ka.
I have one story to share from talking with a junior friend lately ka.
He said he felt tired very easily and one morning he got up with a very cloudy brain so he drove himself to a hospital to learn that his blood was 1/3 gone.
As he had to be admitted immediately and was asked to sign a consent letter for the treatment, he decided to sign it without consulting anyone. He didn't tell anyone in his family either. His mind then was telling him, 'When I came to this world, I was on my own and if I have to leave, I leave alone too.'
Luckily, the treatment was successful and he told his family after he was discharged. He said he was on the verge of depression and got back to his whole self after a friend kind of forced him to change his environment. To make the long story short, it turned out to be a blessing with an unexpected academic offer ka!
His Near-death Experience (NDE) led us to talk about a few things in life. I was telling him about one of my favorite books, 'Chasing Daylight' (introduced to me by Ajarn Chaiyod years ago) and the circles the author drew to classify people who were close to him to spend his last months with. Amazingly, my junior friend has this similar note for him to show his gratitude, well before this experience na ka. I'm honored to be included ka.
He's redesigned his life, making it clear to care for relationships over business and giving more time to his inner circle.....spending longer hours on one-on-one meet-ups with friends. I admired him for taking time to plan and arrange a delightful visit to a museum for his PhD advisor and her husband. His to-do list is gradually completed too.
I've learned about life again with several keywords ka: time, relationships, gratitude, to-do list.
Yours?
Happy Thursday ka.
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