生命之旅 - Life as a journey....

Mitch told me I should be a blogger and I would be a good blogger.
I don't think so -
It takes time to write, to think, to blog. Time, is limited to me, precious ? not that much, but definitely limited.
Yet, such recommendation from him, the ranking blogger, does carry weight.

It's shocking to realize it's near the end of July.
In few days, it will be August, the summer will end, the school will start.
Then, it will be September, the autumn, the labor day holiday.
Before you realize, Halloween is right around the corner when temperature starts dropping, children will all eager for the annual treat-or-trick outing, the pumpkin...
Just though you finish all the left over candies, it's Thanksgiving turkey time again.
Jo and Jessie already said to be at my house this year, I skipped it last year due to house construction.
Yeah, right, then it's Christmas time, my birthday - the pathetic birthday, then the new year is about to come.

7 months passed this year, what have I done ?

I still suck at financial planning.
Getting married is the biggest miss-calculation I ever done, that certainly sends my already to-be-improved financial management skills to failure grade.
I have no idea how much longer it will take me to get back to passing grade.

I perhaps have done better this year at work.
It's a well-respected job.
I break in the big-boy club, when I speak, they have to listen whether they like it or not.
For the first time, I have a manager said to me that my summary report is one of the few best in the whole organization. To someone who is not a native English writer / speaker, it means a great deal. Heaven knows how much effort I have invested to get this far.

Health is still a question mark.
Right retina seems to be stable so far.
3 Lucentis Injections last year, did the trick.
Stopped the internal bleeding, broke down the protein and avoided the new scar.
Yet, it was painful, tortuous to mind.
Perhaps time finally does its trick on me after all, I take it fairly well this time around.
I am not in denial, I accept the fact and knowing there is no cure, but keep on attempting the best.
I refuse, as usual, to give up when everyone else says no.
I bet on that slim chance and believe I eventually will prevail.

Life, is a constant battle.
You march forward, you find short cut, you take a loss, you gain some ground.
Struggle along, limping along, just have to move forward, keep on going.

So what should I continue to do for the rest of this year ?
I can not win every battle over night, not even the Goddess of War can, but I shall continue to plan, to work on the strategy to outsmart the odds.
What's the worst can come if I continue on my attempt ?
Failure is the opportunity to do it again more intelligently.

Ergo, march forward as always.