Two days ago, an old man who is my neighbor gave me this old notebook when I was passing his house...At first I was startled because I hardly know him...I don't really know him even his name...Besides exchanging smiles and a word or two, our relation as a neighbor is no more than
that.. In short,we are not that close friend but then he gave me that
old notebook..And I wonder why? "This is my daughter's notebook..maybe
you want to read it" said he..Then his old wife came and said.."You
know he has waited for you to pass by since this early morning"...And
so I thought that he was so excited and eager to give it to me...With
the old blue notebook in my hand, I thanked him and went home..I read
it as long as I arrived home...And I was so fascinated how the owner's
of the notebook gathered those beautiful words of wisdom in this
notebook..Until now I am reading this notebook..I feel amazed of the
contain of this notebook...It contains excerpt, short articles, quotes
that has a rich collection of wisdom...I'm so glad that he gave it to
me...One part of it is a beautiful resolution that I want to make it as
my own because it inspires me to change for a better self...And this is it...
that.. In short,we are not that close friend but then he gave me that
old notebook..And I wonder why? "This is my daughter's notebook..maybe
you want to read it" said he..Then his old wife came and said.."You
know he has waited for you to pass by since this early morning"...And
so I thought that he was so excited and eager to give it to me...With
the old blue notebook in my hand, I thanked him and went home..I read
it as long as I arrived home...And I was so fascinated how the owner's
of the notebook gathered those beautiful words of wisdom in this
notebook..Until now I am reading this notebook..I feel amazed of the
contain of this notebook...It contains excerpt, short articles, quotes
that has a rich collection of wisdom...I'm so glad that he gave it to
me...One part of it is a beautiful resolution that I want to make it as
my own because it inspires me to change for a better self...And this is it...
A BEAUTIFUL AND HAPPY RESOLUTION
Today and everyday of my eternal life, I promise myself:
To be strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.
To talk HEALTH, WEALTH and PROSPERITY
to every person I meet;
To make my friends feel that there is
something beautiful in each one of them;
To look at the sunny side of life,
and make my optimism come true;
To think only the best and expect only the best;
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own;
To forgive and forget the mistakes
of the past, and press on to the greater achievement of the future;
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature I meet a smile;
To give so much time to the improvement
of myself that I have no time to criticize others;
To be too large for worry,
Too noble for anger,
Too strong for fear,
Too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
And so it is.
Comments
Thank you so much for showing interest in my post and my comments in Expector's page. And thanks also for wishing me well in achieving my goal this year.
I'd like to say don't give up on your goal, Phu. It is only a matter of time..The most important is you have the desire to do it. If not this year, you can still rearrange the time on which you want to attain that goal in some other time that is more convenient to you..Don't rush yourself..I mean even it takes a longer time, the more important is you are making steps towards realizing it..An effort, though how much small it is, if you do it little by little, step by step, in a very persistent way..at the end you can be sure, you can still achieve it..
So please Keep on keeping on..
Take care,
mayumee
Thanks for reading my story....
'till next time.
Thank you for your encouraging words..I'm happy to see you here in my page..You too is a member in Iranian English Class right? Hope to see you always there also. Your opinion and views are really interesting...
Bye and take care,
mayumee
How are you my friend..It's been a long time...Yes, this story is real...And yeah,,ja ja ja..Maybe you are right his daughter is now finding her notebook!..As far as I know her daughter has been in abroad for a long time...So there's no guilty feeling for me, je je je...
Happy to see you here...
Mayumee..
I'm so happy that you dropped by here on my page...I've seen some of your blog and I'd say that you write so great... My favorite so far is the "Honeybees"..I like the way you present your writing to your readers..Your blogs leave mark in one's mind...
Sharing and inspiring one another here is really the EC members's goal...
Wish you all the best in the world,
mayumee...
Thank you so much.. To hear the word "magnificent" from someone make me encourage to write more blog...Thanks for your support..
The line that you qouted is also my favorite...Hope You'll be always happy and well...
mayumee...
Thank you for dropping by....Yeah, for me he is so kind hearted man...Thinking that I am not that his real aqcuitance, I was still the one he chose to give that gift for...
I'll give you also my warmth smile ..plus hug, my dear Fizzy...
Thank you again,
mayumee...
Thank you so much for being ever active in commenting to one's blog including mine...
REally? You thought it was to good to be true...Yeah, even me couldn't believe he did it...I don't know his name..I can only count to my fingers the time that we exchange short conversation..Ahh maybe because once I told him that one of my hobbies is reading books, especially interesting and inspiratioanal one...And I think his motive is to really have something to read that could inspire me...Maybe he thinks it cause he sees me as lonely person who don't have any friends here in our neighborhood and that's his way to have friendship w/ me...He was really just being a nice and kind to me....And the feelings for me..whooh! the least that I can think of,,,je je je..
Thank you for your interesting point of view...
See you again,
mayuee...
wow.. that old man have a kind heart.. you must have beautiful smile because that old man remembered you.. wonderful gift.
When I first read your blog, I thought it was an unreal story because it was too good to be real (it sounded to me). Hah! But these things happen. I was wondering what could be the motive behind that. It sounds unusual for a male neighbour to give his notebook to a young lady like you - one may think the old man could have feelings for you. You could have explained it more or provided more background for us to understand. So you see when we've got a really interesting topic, we could have a nice discussion and practice our English.
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