Time to Smell the Roses

... October is here already. It's a New month... I have to write a NEW Posting!!!! Time flies when We (I mean "I") are Lazing around... =)

Just had TWO Big glasses of Vanilla Tea. Bought it in Mauritius some time back. It is tea, with a tinge of Vanilla. Yummy.

Anyway, I'm gonna be an owl tonight, so I might as well Blog. Give you "Eng" people something to read about and less thing to complain about...

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During my younger years (not that I am old now), I was a "Green" person. I supported "Save the Environment" campaigns, I recycled, reduce wastage and most importantly, I cared. I believed that I could make a difference.

By entering teenage, everything started to change. We break free from our parents, whether they liked it or not, we started to develop our own set of thinking and we begin to allow ourselves to be fixated on certain beliefs, be they true or not.

I was an idealist. I always thought I could change the world. Make it a better place. (I know it sounds cliche, but that's was the way I felt).

As life moved on, transiting from 1 life-stage to the other, I started focusing on studies, then to career and money. I forgot about my ideals. I forgot what I wanted to do. I only remembered that I had to climb the corporate ladder, needed work hard for money to start and sustain a family. I got caught in the rat trap.

Many of us get "entangled" in the working society, and we either forget our passion, or we forgo it.

Fortunately for me, I found a ray of light guiding me to a tiny hole in the rat trap and squeezed my way out of it. I'm glad I followed the light, the light which many others were skeptical of following. (* Watch too much Ratatouille *)

With the flexibility that I have now, the time can be used to do so much more meaningful stuffs - write a blog, do some planting, feed some fish, recycle items, take mini-steps to saving the environment...

Every single minute, we are killing the Earth. And, it is retaliating - constantly showing us it's wrath. The tsunami, the recent and more frequent earthquakes, the increasing sweltering heat, the adverse temperature changes. If everybody does just 1 small part to be more Earth-friendly, it would make a difference.

2 Small Steps to start:
- Drive Less, Walk More. (It's good for health anyway)
- Use Less Paper. Recycle more Paper.

All of us have limited time. Some longer, some shorter. Regardless, do we want to look back with remorse, or look back with pride? I know I don't want to look back thinking that there were so many things in life that I wanted to do but never got a chance to do. Neither do I want to look back and lament about the things that I have done, but shouldn't.

We only live 1 life. Remember to Take time to Smell the Roses, Enjoy the Greenery, and Save the Earth. Save OUR Earth.