Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Zendagi Migzara
Yesterday, I attended an internal career development course, of which my essential takeaway is that I manage my career. As the proverbial saying goes in my ex-company: no one owes you a living.
Today, feeling inspired and waking up to a bad cold and Jadon's bad cough (bronchitis was the diagnosis) , I stayed home, knowing that I owe no one a living either (or perhaps I do but Adeline could take care of the family, I guess).
Yes, I digress. I stayed home and spent some hours reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It was worth it - the perspectives on father/son relationships, friendships, courage/cowardice, sin/atonement, God and Zendagi Migzara (life goes on, in Arabic) because of the people around us.
I'm proud to be a son to my father, and a father to 2 sons. Life is meaningless without the relationships around us. If life is preoccupied about work, then it's not worth living indeed - and really, no one owes anyone any living. We all owe it to God.
Today, feeling inspired and waking up to a bad cold and Jadon's bad cough (bronchitis was the diagnosis) , I stayed home, knowing that I owe no one a living either (or perhaps I do but Adeline could take care of the family, I guess).
Yes, I digress. I stayed home and spent some hours reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It was worth it - the perspectives on father/son relationships, friendships, courage/cowardice, sin/atonement, God and Zendagi Migzara (life goes on, in Arabic) because of the people around us.
I'm proud to be a son to my father, and a father to 2 sons. Life is meaningless without the relationships around us. If life is preoccupied about work, then it's not worth living indeed - and really, no one owes anyone any living. We all owe it to God.
# posted by Guan and Ad : 4:50 PM
