You've got mail

One movie that has never failed to cheer me up, is this movie "You've got mail" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Born up in a generation where by a call page (from pagers) , an IM message, emails or even an sms (text messages) has been the mode for communication (did you know at present, in a single day, we send out and receive more messages than the entire earth population? To think the 1st commercial text message was only in 1992). It has been a long time since I had a happy one. And like in Forrest Gump where the famous quote: " Life is Like a Box of Chocolates, You Never Know What You're Gonna Get!" Similarly in a message, be it in numeric form 1-177155-4, or a smiley with a heart in an MSN message, we never quite can expect what we will receive which might cheer you up or make your life a little messier.



In life, somedays I feel like I am taking a new yellow bus ride where God is the driver and only He knows where is your final destination. And you think you know where you are heading to, but the journey is all new to you, every corner and every turn somehow shows you different facets of life. On this bus ride, people get on and off, sometimes you wish they never got off. But in life, you can't really choose, and some of these passengers affect you in small or big way, some passengers are mere aquaintances which makes no impact in your life. Some people you wished had stay on for the ride, but they chose to get off at a particular bus-stop. You start to realise, everyone has their own directions to head out and complete and sometimes its their stop to get off. What we say or do might determine the number of fellow riders you have with you on this journey. Sometimes we make mistakes which we are sorry for, and you look at the bus driver, wishing He can give you clues and a little hope that you can undo the screw-up you just made. But all you see in the rear view mirror is sort of a little wink that seems to say, it's all part of the journey and it's going to be alright.

Occasionally I wish God had one of the communication tools we have today, and drop me a message to tell me I am doing fine from time to time. Or perhaps, we need to drop down everything and just get on that bus, so that we can hear Him clearly and just let Him lead the way.

For me I am just happy that I've got a happy message today and just live day by day. Carpe Diem.