Earlier this evening, as we were doing our usual family dinner, we suddenly heard a fuss outside. Apparently, a teenage kid knocked over a trash bin that was supposed to be taken away by the garbage collector. The kid was a nephew of the guy living across from ours. The guy got so pissed he admonished the kid so the kid went to his mother---who's a sister of the guy---to tell the story. And that was when the screaming fest began. Long story short, the guy---who actually had hypertension complication---had a heart attack minutes after his confrontation with his sister and was declared dead-on-arrival when his family were finally able to get him to the hospital.
It was that fast. Bam. In just a matter of a few minutes, he lost his life over what? A silly as a thing a trash. What a waste. I know I'm no perfect to say that I don't get mad over a petty thing, in fact, I do. Last time I check, I am still human. But in those fateful minutes when I learned that that guy was losing the battle for his life, I realized that life is too short to be anything but happy. As what The Beatles said in their song, "We Can Work It Out," "Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend." Let not our hearts be angered by things that are not worthy of such strong emotion. Like, when you're watching a film inside a movie house but you cannot focus on the movie because some kid is crying if not banging your seat with his feet. Or when your brother is being his obnoxious self leaving dirty clothes everywhere the house even if you have reminded him time and time again not to. Or how some neighbor love to play really loud music early in the morning that wakes you up every single time.
Annoying, right? But what can we possibly do about it? Yeah, we can rant and rave and huff all we want but what change will it going to make? Will it do us any good? No, because anger is a double-edged sword that when we use it against someone, little did we know that we are hurting ourselves in the process just as how we are hurting others with it.
Life is short. Be happy. Be grateful and if possible, always have a heart that is ready to forgive ourselves and other people's shortcomings. I know it is not an easy feat, though we can always try, yes? Oh, yeah! :)
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