if tomorrow never comes
Over the past weeks, the news page has been flooded with news of people passing away.
The crashing of the Germanwings Flight 9525, the passing of Founding Father of Singapore, and the Tunisia museum massacre - to name a few.
The TV showed memorial services held for the unfortunate victims - where their loved ones speak of them in sweet memories.
It then struck me; if I were to die today, what would people say of me in my funeral service?
Have I been a good granddaughter, daughter, niece, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend?
Have I done enough good things to be remembered as an angel?
Or have I been so bad that people struggle to say good things about me?
And the only good things they could think of are actually bad things with sweet toppings?
Would you like to be remembered as:
'She had such bad temper that it reminded me to control my temper.'
'She was always complaining that I learned to be content.'
I wouldn't say I'm the best granddaughter, daughter, niece, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, but hopefully I haven't done much harm for them to cast a 'bad' vote on me when I leave this world.
We are always reminded to not wait till tomorrow to tell our loved ones how much we love them or apologise to the people we're sorry to.
At the same time, we should also not wait till tomorrow to be the kind soul who leaves positive impact on the life of the people whom we come across each day.
You don't need extra effort to be kind, generous, empathetic sympathetic, and less mean. Do it today and everyday.
It's true that there are times when you have a temper and being a complain-queen of the family, habitually correcting the act of others (and their grammar) without doubts. Deep in my heart, i understand well that those are only words you dare to speak out because we are sisters *wink*.
ReplyDeleteI was left alone behind in the 'empty house' since u entered unsw. I can still recall the feelings of missing you and the nights that i cried myself to sleep, speaking to myself that the separation is just for temporary and you will be back once u complete your study. Yet, the day has never come. From bachelor degree to master, then u got a pr status and being employed there, those news had become a never-ending disappointment to me. You are never gonna come back.
Back then i was young, lost and immature. Now the emptiness has gone far away. I feel happy for you to have make a life there. It doesn't matter even if u decided to stay there forever. Just like the lovers always say, i love you regardless of how far we are apart, i love you even if we don't see each other everyday, i love you even if we don't call everyday.
The one sentence that i would say for sure as words of remembrance to you is "she is a kindhearted person, the best sister that i can ask for, and i feel lucky to be born as her sister in this life". Simple, but its true.