A friend told me something that is so relevant to me. And because of that, I feel like crying.

She told me that she saw this quote that said "You can't change someone without destroying the old him or her".

And funny... that was what I have been trying to get him to understand, but it seems like he can't get it at all.

On the other hand, I saw something beautiful today. I was on my way back home, taking the lift up to my floor. This lil boy, probably around 7 years old, was in the lift with his mum. It turned out that the mum was waiting for the dad. So she asked me if it is okay to wait for a while, and since I am not in a hurry, I told her it's not a problem.

So the dad came in, and the doors closed. The lil boy took out the book that he just bought from his bag, and was looking at it fascinatedly. And the mum and dad looked at him so lovingly while their son was so absorbed in his book, before looking up at each other with a smile that says so much about the love they have for their son.

It occured to me that, I kinda forgot that parents will always love their kids. It's just that I seem to encounter so many kids in where I work, that seem to have been neglected by their parents because the parents are so busy working, that I forgot that not all parents neglect their kids because of work. And even if they do, they only do it out of the love for their kids because they want the family to be financially stable.

Ah well... I feel like I'm turning into an old doddering lady who yaps on and on about things that are quite sappy.

But it really made my day, to see the family like that in the lift.

Did I mention how grateful that I am blessed with all the wonderful people in my life?

Just last week, I made a mistake in my work. And being the worst-case-scenario kinda person, I was freaking out, and was ranting to a couple of my best friends.

Good thing is, they all know me, so they sorta managed to calm me down. But I still couldn't help being hard on myself, because I am a bit of a perfectionist, and I don't forgive myself easily when I make a mistake.

And then... I told my story of the mistake that I did to one of my colleagues, who I am quite close with, and she offered to help me rectify my mistake even though it won't benefit her at all.

Though the issue is solved now, I still feel very touched when I think about this colleague of mine. I know making mistakes is also a learning process, but whenever someone, my colleagues, step up to help me with what I did wrongly, I just can't help but feel so blessed that despite having a lousy superior, I still have all the wonderful colleagues in my workplace. And all the encouragement and support that I got from them whenever I feel down because of the said lousy superior, that really cheer me up.

Really, sometimes I wonder what I did in my past life that makes my karma so good this lifetime, that I am blessed with wonderful people who love and care for me. NOT that I am complaining, of course.