Catch-22

We can’t choose which family to be born in, we can’t choose which primary & secondary schools to go to, we can’t really decide which college or what subject to study (if financial is a concern), besides that, we are pretty much on our own to make other decisions in our life.

Everyday we have to make choices from little things like what to wear to work, what to eat for breakfast/lunch/dinner, which road do I prefer to get to destination A, what movie to watch, where to go for shopping, to bigger things like what car to buy, which house to buy, how to design the house, when to get married, whether to have children or not, what job to apply and whether to take up a new job offer.

We can afford to make mistakes in many little things in life, e.g. if you try out a new restaurant and the food & service sucks, you just don’t visit that restaurant anymore, or if you chosen a bad movie, fine, you just wasted your 2 hours and RM10.00, no big deal, however, there are many decisions, the bigger decisions in life with bigger risk and consequences that you can’t just shrug it off.

Life itself is a huge CASINO. Everything in our lives is a gamble. We take the risks in making choices and we certainly need courage & sense of responsibility to face the consequences. We placed our bets in many things in life and we pray & hope that all things would turn out fine. The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward we would get, but sometimes things are not as simple as that.

Some decisions are solely personal and it would only affect our self, however, like it or not there are inevitable decisions we make in life would affect other people around us. Some decisions might jeopardise our relationship with other people. As much as we hate to do so, sometimes we have to make the decision even it risks to lose the things that are important to us.

Keith & I decided to get married after we known each other & courted for only 6 months (we knew each other from ICQ, the online chat program). It was a really big risk then as we couldn’t have known each other well in those 6 months. He could have turn out to be a heavy gambler, abuser, alcoholic or womanizer for all I know, and I could be ill-tempered, greedy, pretentious and all. But we went ahead, placed our bets and took the risk coz everything just felt right at that time, thought we know our family and friends were skeptical about it even though they didn’t mentioned anything. But we thank God for everything as things have gone really well for us and after 5 years, we are still going strong. We made the choice, took the risk and it pays off well so far. :D

We can’t escape from making decisions everyday in our life, but when comes to big decision, you’ll have to ask yourself how much sacrifices are you willing to make and how much risks do you dare to take to get the bigger things in life. And if you do make the choice, are you prepared to face the consequences if things don’t turn out as planned?

This is entirely up to you….


*A Life Poem*

Life can seem ungrateful and not always kind.
Life can pull at your heartstrings and play with your mind...
Life can be blissful and happy and free...
Life can put beauty in the things that you see...
Life can place challenges right at your feet...
Life can make good of the hardships we meet...
Life can overwhelm you and make your head spin...
Life can reward those determined to win...
Life can be hurtful and not always fair...
Life can surround you with people who care...
Life clearly does offer its Up and its Downs...
Life's days can bring you both smiles and frowns...
Life teaches us to take the good with the bad...
Life is a mixture of happy and sad...

So...

Take the Life that you have and give it your best...
Think positive, be happy let God do the rest...
Take the challenges that life has laid at your feet...
Take pride and be thankful for each one you meet...
To yourself give forgiveness if you stumble and fall...
Take each day that is dealt you and give it your all...
Take the love that you're given and return it with care...
Have faith that when needed it will always be there...
Take time to find the beauty in the things that you see...
Take life's simple pleasures let them set your heart free...
The idea here is simply to even the score...
As you are met and faced with Life's Tug of War