There was this man who’s terribly sad for he is in another country, working. He’s away from everyone he loves and from everthing that he’s used to. He complained and whined about it for so long until one day, a friend said something that changed the way he felt. The friend said, “Think of those who are jobless. Think of those who dont have enough money to eat three times a day. Just be grateful.” And he said that for the first time in months he actually had a good nght’s sleep.
There was this woman who disliked it when it rains, specially at night. Maybe, it is her half-done house or the muddy street she’d have to trod on in the morning. Then a friend learned of this and exclaimed, “Why, dont hate the rain! I haven’t seen one for 2 years! Think of it as a promise of a new life for seeds…as a ready source of water for the wild animals.”
The friend in the first story and the woman in the second is my mom.
The man in the first story and the friend in the second is someone she met online. He is an african, working in Qatar (no rain for 2 years).
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Things like these give me reasons on why it is sometimes good to make friends with people even though you just met them through their blogs or something.
Things like these shw that confiding problems to someone actually helps with the burden and that there are indeed lessons found in simple conversations.
Things like these give the importance of always trying to see things in a different light and of trying to be positive in all situations.
