Reflections 感言

I remember the years when I was studying in Japan, I had my homepage attached with Osaka University, and I would write "some sort of a diary" to jot down the happenings, at least once per month. I also wrote a few articles to remember my mother and a dear friend who had passed away. I kept all those in a CD when I left Japan and moved back to my hometown. Unfortunately 2 years ago when I took the CD out to share some of the articles with my friends, the CD was physically broken by accident. I almost stopped breathing when I saw the CD, as the contents was such a treasure to me. There was no way to retrieve the data. I tried finding other copies in my old laptops but until today I haven't found it, may be I haven't tried hard enough, due to everyday's busy schedule. I will definitely try again.

However, although I might have lost them physically, they are still part of me and in some sense they will never be lost as long as I still have memory. This is the same with lots of other things in life. We may lose a friend, but the friendship and happy moments we shared with the person will never be lost as they had been part of our life. Likely, we may lose a job, but the job experience will remain with us. Whatever challenges we face in life is to lead to a better future, whatever failure we face in life is only temporary and the lesson we learn from the failure will help us to self-improve if we choose to look at it in a positive way. The choice is in our hands.

The world is facing an economical challenge now. I wish everyone good luck in keeping your job and be strong and tough to face whatever challenges ahead. Remember, at the end of the tunnel, there is always light!