Keeping Happy When Things Go ‘Wrong’!
gopimenon February 28th, 2010
Hi There,
Today’s post is all about how I had to really use most of the Happy Living Tips from this blog to stay happy in spite of circumstances! It also explains why I was unable to add any new post in the past 3 weeks.
The past three weeks have been really ‘eventful’ – not necessarily in the best possible way! Here’s a little breakdown of all the little ‘challenges’ (better word than ‘problems’) that came up – in no chronological order:
- My computer crashed! It chose the worst time of the year to do so – during the Chinese New Year festival! In Malaysia that means for at least one week there will be NO computer shops open to carry out repairs on my Laptop Computer. Hence no Internet access, no updating of blogs, no emails, no online marketing campaigns!
- My health crashed! I was down with a flu whole of last week – just recovered but still have congested chest and coughing spasms.
- My 6 year old car with manual transmission – the clutch started slipping whenever I changed gears! Have to replace the clutch pad and the seals – can cost several hundred Ringgit!
In addition there was some bereavement issues to deal with:
- My brother-in-law passed away on Valentines day.
- A wonderful couple – close friends of mine, lost their son to cancer – the boy was only 15!
So how and what exactly did I do to keep my Daily Happy Living principles intact?
First the bereavement issues:
Untimely Death: I can only imagine how devastated my friends would be at the loss of their son at such an early age. So now their family of four is down to just three – one daughter. But I admire how they cope with their loss!
When I arrived at the church in Kuala Lumpur for the funeral, I was surprised to see an unexpectedly large number of cars parked in the compound. I went to the main building and a wedding was in progress! I asked about the boy’s funeral and I was told that it would be held at a small chapel at the back. Talk about ‘how life does go on!’ A wedding in front, a funeral at the back!
I went to the chapel and I was impressed that my friends had put up a large ‘happy’ montage of photos on a wall. This showed all the good times they had with their son – the picnics, the holidays, the brother-sister relationships, places they had visited as a family etc. Unlike most funerals where they would just be mourning, here they wanted to celebrate their son’s life – for the joy he had given them in his short span of 15 years on earth.
I paid my condolences to the Father and the Daughter who were present. I asked about the Mother, thinking that she must have been too distraught to be there to receive the visitors, but was told that she was busy writing the eulogy for the ceremony! Imagine that! But this couple have always been special – from the time I met them about 7 years ago as my sponsors in a nutrition company, they have always showed a rare kind of steadfastness and strength.
