Being a creature, requiring 'balance' all the time in order to function at maximum capacity, this has been a rather challenging year - i didn't just have finances to sort, i also have work headaches and my son is doing his GCE O-levels. As usual, i rather just priorities and maintain balance, so to speak, as much as i can.
I won't say that it's easy to clear out a store room or a closet but we start slowly and then pick up momentum. I am all for spring cleaning and garbage, I do not have patience for. When i decide that it's time to clean up, i will roll up my sleeves and finish the work - it's not about having a need to finish it quickly but about finishing it well.
So at the alumni dinner, we were just joking about our school motto : SIMPLE IN VIRTUE; STEADFAST IN DUTY.
Perhaps, after 11 years, in a convent - the school motto has become ingrained into what is my personal culture. Yes, 11 years - I first stepped into the convent as a 6 year old, at kindergarten.
I don't think the school motto has ever failed me in how i conduct my life - because 30 years after i have walked out of the school gates, I know that as long as i have lived my life with sincerity and conviction that whatever we do, we do our best - we do not have to hold anyone to our standards, but when duty calls, duty calls.
With that, i am ready to close this chapter of my miserable life, yet i do not hold GOD or anyone accountable, because I do have a son, who is upholding HE WHO WILLS, CAN - and if he can believe that, so can I.
