Diary of A Reformed Elitist
But those years in China taught me terrible lessons on loneliness. I learnt that money (an expatriate pay package) and brains (suitcases of books) did not make me happier than my maid who cycled home to her family every night in minus 20 deg C on icy roads to a dinner of rice and vegetables. The past few years, I have known devastating loss and grief so deep I woke up in the morning and wondered how the sun could still shine and people could go on with their lives.
- Sim Soek Tien (Ms)
http://alittlenudge.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/diary-of-a-reformed-elitist/
One day, I’ll leave this place. I’ll move onto what’s called ‘the other next big phase of life’. Post-grad, full-time job, family and yadayada. But what I look forward to the most is a change of environment. A place where I can learn more of the above-described ‘humility’. You see, my honest aspiration is to become a farmer. Growing my own vegetables and rearing chicken and cow in the field. Waking up day by day only to worry about what I should cook for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There are times I feel as if what I’m doing now is absolutely useless.
But who am I to judge my own life if I have not yielded to the real Author of my own story. I realised there is a place of humility I can learn right now at this moment. The lesson of comprehending the world through a different set of spectacles (or more appropriately, contact lenses ).
What do I truly need? I guess I’ve found my goal for 2012. A year with a new set of priorities and learning how to grow up.
