Today has been a pretty decent day for me. Nice and lucky. No lah, no lottery strike.
Received a text message from Good Friend L in the morning. While a text message is pretty standard in today's context with nothing worthy to rave about, it's especially special coming from this person because 98% of the time spent on our communication, I'm usually the one to initiate the conversation. Needless to say, Good Friend L is in a very unique situation, hence I'm showing extra patience with this person. If I were to take the story wholesale, Good Friend L has not been feeling well for the longest time and has been going in and out of the hospital on a rather frequent basis. In fact, in recent times, she has been spending longer periods at the hospital than at home resting. She refused to let me visit her, neither is she fit enough to attend outdoor activities by herself. I'm pretty lost with her situation, no idea how I can help her in any way. The only request from her is that I would 'talk' to her via SMS whenever I'm free. And I try hard to. Almost every other day we would have a conversation, long or short depending on whether my day has been eventful or not. Usually it's after work hours, after I had my dinner until she dozed off and stopped replying me. She thinks that I'm busy at work and dare not 'disturb' me during daytime. Until today. Well I guess that text message coming from her helped to make both her and my day. At least I know she's not down after some treatment and thought of me as a support pillar at times. And I love it, even though my work flow may be disrupted, but I feel that nothing could be more important than hoping to keep a person alive with a strong spirit.
Received another text message from Good Friend A in the afternoon. This time round, it's via whatsapp. It felt like good old days, fed my ego and satisfaction. This really helped to distract me away from work big time and it feels good to know that someone's thinking of you somewhere sometime. And this went on all the way until I reached my dinner place.
Received a present from Good Friend Y. My only comment was that "You are brave to want to buy something for me.". After digging out the contents upon reaching home, I have to say, Good Friend Y is not only brave, but smart and thoughtful as well. I wonder when I will attain that level of enlightenment though. It's not easy for me because I hardly want to use my brain on people. And I have no motivation to, currently. Although come to think of it, I may have somem motivations...eventually somehow from don't know where.
Count your blessings, they say. I lost count. I'm glad to.
