16th May 2006 Tuesday

Another quote from Tuesdays with Morrie:

Life is a series of pull backs and forth. You want to do one thing. But you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you. Yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.

Admit it or not, someway or another, you are in the pull backs and forth of life. And there is always a discrepancy between what the world should be and what it really is. That makes me sad. Really sad. But I guess that is the way it works. By the way, I liked the last line especially. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted. Have we ever bothered to give thanks for things that we have? I guess not. Most of the time, we are probably more busy with being sad over things that we don't have. We'd probably only realize how much we have got when we lose them all.

Giving should be done without the expectation of getting something back in return. Giving should be done with a heart to want to give and not with expectations. This is the only way that you can find joy in giving......