So we have been the back of a car for hours with a driver who probably thinks he's drag racing on a windy road. In the darkness I woke up and saw mum, sitting upright, hands clenching on the handle and eyes gazing towards the front intently. "Why aren't you sleeping?" I asked. And then my mum,
who's double my age, a few cm shorter and 20lb lighter, said: "Don't worry you sleep, I want to make sure I'm awake so ill jump over to protect you in the first instant there's an accident". Words couldn't quite describe how much love and gratitude I felt and how fortunate I am.
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the manicurist who told me zen.
so i went to this place called Khunka on the main shopping street in Chiang Mai. she and her colleague literally had the most basic tools to remove my soft gel. What initially is meant to take 30 minutes ended up taking triple the amount of time, and even i as the customer was feeling exasperated cos it was so difficult and time consuming. In the end i asked, "what do you do if you come across something very frustrating?" What she essentially said was what I already know, but it's very difficult to implement in reality and was particularly powerful in light of what was happening. She said too many people face frustration cos they had high expectations, so the higher the expectation, the higher the disappointment. Another point of frustration is, people always try to ask why, or how things have come to this? "Just let it be" was 4 simple words she said.
who's double my age, a few cm shorter and 20lb lighter, said: "Don't worry you sleep, I want to make sure I'm awake so ill jump over to protect you in the first instant there's an accident". Words couldn't quite describe how much love and gratitude I felt and how fortunate I am.
--
the manicurist who told me zen.
so i went to this place called Khunka on the main shopping street in Chiang Mai. she and her colleague literally had the most basic tools to remove my soft gel. What initially is meant to take 30 minutes ended up taking triple the amount of time, and even i as the customer was feeling exasperated cos it was so difficult and time consuming. In the end i asked, "what do you do if you come across something very frustrating?" What she essentially said was what I already know, but it's very difficult to implement in reality and was particularly powerful in light of what was happening. She said too many people face frustration cos they had high expectations, so the higher the expectation, the higher the disappointment. Another point of frustration is, people always try to ask why, or how things have come to this? "Just let it be" was 4 simple words she said.
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