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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Story of the Silver Bird

my manager was sharing this story with us on tuesday..

there was an old man who lived in the mountains..
he was picking herbs in the mountain when he spotted an injured bird, one day.
the bird had beautiful coat of silver feathers..
the old man decided to save the bird n bring it home to heal.

throughout the days the silver bird was healing at the old man's humble hut,
the silver bird sings heavenly tunes to the old man, in appreciation.

till one day, a cunning neighbour of the old man passed by the hut and heard the heavenly tunes the silver bird was singing for the old man.
the jealous neighbour came up with an evil plan.

the old man met the neighbour one morning at the bazaar.
the neighbour told the old man:
hey u know recently, came a bird in the mountain we live in,
that is gold in colour, and sings even more marvelously than the silver bird u have!

greed led the old man.
the old man no longer goes home early to enjoy the melodious tune of the silver bird;
instead, each day, the old man went in search of the gold bird he had heard about,
from sunrise till sunset.

then came the day when the silver bird is healed, and time for it to leave the hut.

the old man did not ask the bird to stay by his side.
he told the bird:

u are beautiful, and ur songs are very nice indeed. but i m sorry, i would
desire to have the gold bird which is said to sing even better than u do..

the silver bird dedicated a last tune for the old man, and flew off towards the setting sun.

looking at the silhouette of the silver bird,
with the reflection of the setting sun tainting the feathers gold,
then the old man realised,

this is the gold bird he had been looking for.
but its all too late; the silver bird will not return to him anymore.
the silver bird had been the gold bird that he had heard about.

moral of the story?

cherish what u have. there will always be better ones out there, but there is no end to the seek if your well of desire has no depth.

this story came at the right time.. at a time when i was having some dilemmas.. thinking wad if, after being with my man for 5 yrs n more to come, wad if, he is not the man that is suitable for me, for life? wad if i only regret after marriage? after all, i have been revolving my life around him n my buddies [mostly guys] throughout secondary sch, pre entry to poly, and poly life thus far.. i haven really met other guys. so how do i noe if he is really the one for me?

the story provided me the answer.

thx johnson [the new johnson at work, not the Q-Bar johnson =) ]
juz as i share the last post with elmo & lizbird and touched lizbird, johnson's story came at the rite time for me x)

right after i wrote a post regarding this story and my dilemma in my other blog which is annonymous, [dont ask. its annonymous. duH~] i suddenly recall of a malaysian blogger who was in coma after a car accident since 8th april..

another blogger, Hokkien Lang [his link in my online list] participated in recruiting people from the blogosphere to record sound clips of encouragement for SiaoCharbor aka Lisa. so i saw from his blog last month regarding this. from the link left of lisa's blog, her frens in reality and blogosphere had opened another blog to log down her recovery..

i had wanted to email one of the contributors' to the blog to see if there is anything i can help; probably like if i can help go down to the hospital once a while, to visit lisa n keep everyone posted of her recovery.. she has transferred from msia gleneagles to singapore dunno which hospital.. den i went on to check out one of the contributor's blog..

in one of her recent entries, i noticed that she is a single parent of 2 little gals.. i was curious why she's single and how she cope with 2 little gals n still able to look so pretty n is working.. so i read on.. it doesnt seem like a divorce.. cos when she does mentions abt her husband, is still quite lovingly.. as i read on den i realise that her husband die last yr july..

she's really a strong woman..

as i read the post of the day she found her husband to be ill, till the day she suspect her husband mite be down with some kind of deadly illness, till the day he is gone.. i cried.

i tried thinking myself in her shoe.. i wouldnt be able to be as strong as she is..

he had always been fit, backpacker around the world.. n they are juz 30+.. for the gal she is same age as my sister.. 32.. yr of tiger.. their 2 daughters are still so tiny.. one juz turning 3yrs old in july n the other turning 5 in august..

from the diagnosis till his demise - 3 months..

n for lisa, 2 days before she fell into a coma, she was still ranting on her blog about how she nearly got a car accident that day..

all this is so so so sudden..

not sure bout the arrangement for lisa's little gal, but should have someone taking care of her.. n jomel's 2 princesses has strong mama and granny and aunts to take care of them.. at tis time, i tot of my uncle's little gal.

i had been avoiding this topic.. didnt really wan to talk about my uncle's death.. cos i still find it hard to accept..

he had always been strong.. the joker in the family.. a good brother, a good fren.. he would have been a good father.. magnanimous man. he died a very lonely death.. he suicided. jumped off the building..

his wife had not been in a good mental condition recent years.. the little gal he had adopted for about juz a few yrs back, is only pri 3 this yr..

my aunts are there to help take care of this little gal.. but they cant be there 24/7..

all these things comes so sudden..

in the post i wanted to cite the examples of this people n share with u'all bout cherishing.. but sorry.. i'm quite sleepy now, n caught up with a bit of tears n some messed up thoughts.. i dunno how to continue this post..

ok. source of references:

lisa's blog: http://garglewithseawater.blogspot.com/
for lisa by frens' blog: http://forscb.blogspot.com/
jomel's blog: http://www.justmeoonly.blogspot.com/
hokkien lang's blog: http://hokkienlang.blogsome.com/

lots of things are easier said than done.. but doing a bit is better than none at all.. juz try n take that step forward..

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