- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
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- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
English novelist (1812 – 1870) - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
The above quotation by Dickens came into my mind on the eve of my 48th birthday. My life has had some high points and some low ones. At the moment it’s more of the latter. The world (and mine) appears to have dark clouds hanging almost everywhere. Buyouts and hurricanes in the U.S., tainted milk products in China, bombings in Pakistan, the list goes on and on. And what do we have here in Malaysia? Rising fuel costs, soaring inflation, bickering politicians, etc. Dickens was describing the French Revolution with his quote above, but I think it’s almost eerie that he could be describing our century too.
I feel so discouraged when I see other people spending like there’s no tomorrow, and here I am, trying to save every nickel and dime. Anyway, I have to keep my chin up, and not let depression take over. Try to improve my blog and website, play some piano, go for morning walks…while waiting for the swimming pool to be ready. Trying to view my glass as half-full.
Behind every cloud there’s a silver lining…I’ll just have to hang in there.