Jealousy and Contentment

Hurm.. let's see what sparks me to blog today.. My friend, who is in Kansas (i think) send me mail.. She always does it la.. to update me about her life over there..

She already sent me a few mails regarding her life over there.. and from her mail, it's like she is living her life to the fullest. Always having some crazy happening thing over there, having fun (in a good sense i hope) and her life is so interesting.. so much so that i began to sorta envied her..

Jealousy? maybe a bit la.. her life is like a... fairy tale, only that it doesn't end yet.. hahaha..
In her mail, she gave me a picture of what seems like an ideal world. Let me explain.. ideal world not as in always having fun, but ideal world as in people are always helping other people out regardless of nationality..

People from both end of the world can really support each other, and i was skeptical. Can humans really be that good? I mean, if there are one or 2 then it's fine la.. but from her mail, it's like her whole bunch of people there are kinda saints.. hahaha..

i wonder, if i was the one who is there, would i be like that? honestly speaking, i don't think so. it is her openness to absorb new things that amazes me. and how the people there are willing to help other people whom they have no idea about their background. but then again, thinking abit deeper, does background really matters when it comes to making friends and helping people out?

hurmm.. i want to experience what she experience, but.... i am still thankful about my life this very day.. Just this morning, i read an article in The Star and it was about how grateful we should be. Because our lives this very moment is so much better and more luxurious than what emperors of the past can ever imagine.

For example, for breakfast, a simple meal consisting of coffee, french toast and the daily newspaper. Coffee would come from urm.. i don't know.. Columbia? or South Africa? Somewhere la.. the peanut butter jam in the french toast would be produced at the factory, packaged to a very apetizing manner and sold to us at a portion that we would not deem too much nor too little. the bread would be be fresh and soft, easily found at any grocery shop. top with honey and a piece of butter. AH!!! fabulous.. with the newspaper, we can get the latest news not just locally, but also international news. how great is that??

oh well, u get my meaning don't u?? How many emperors in the past get that luxury? to know the news, they need to summon their personal newscaster. hahaha.. to get fresh fruit, the soldiers need to rush the fruit once plucked. Us? we have what we call a refrigerator to keep it fresh and with the airplane means to transport food, we get the best.

for transport, we can easily reach another state in maybe less than an hour? for them, they need erm.. days maybe?? we have air conditioner to keep us comfortable, TV to keep us entertained, phones to get us connected.. and of course.. Internet.. to read my blog la.. DUH!!

thinking about all these luxuries kinda diminished what i thought earlier in this blog

BLESSED?? YES DEFINITELY.. BOTH YOU AND I ARE VERY BLESSED

God Bless~