So, why is my life doing so grandly? Can I say grandly? Well, almost at least.. So it appears that when situations I face are easy, or enjoyable, or fun or whether I have some success, then I feel happy. Only then do I enjoy life. But while I do enjoy this enjoyment of life, I would like to take control of the way I feel about life. I don't want to have my life dictated by what happens around me.
I want to be the one to decide how I feel. If situations are bad, or hard, I want to decide that I will enjoy the trial, or enjoy the price. If my situation looks bright and sunny, I want to know that I am enjoying it because I am a person who enjoys life, not just because my outlook is good. If things around me are not the way I want them to be, I want to be the one to make changes so that it is better for me. I don't want to be someone who blindly accepts all the comes my way. And yes, I do realise that there is more to life than enjoyment, but that will have to wait for another blog.
For my sake and yours, I will list some of the many things that make my life so enjoyable, most of which are happening presently:
* I have friends. I really love friends. It is so great having people to hang around with, to travel with, to chat about life with, to study with, and to be part of my life. In recent years I have come to see how much I need to have friends in my life. Through my life I have always had a hard time being close with my friends, and maintaining close friendships. Having a band last year, spend time with my sisters and their friends, and this last semester living and travelling with so many exchange (and local) students at Monash Sunway has given me a lot of joy and so many good memories.
*Travel. I really enjoy it. Seeing new places, seeing new things, meeting new people. It gets me excited about life. So many opportunities before me, beckoning me. This exchange has enabled me to see many places in Malaysia, as well as visit Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. And as you might imagine this has in no way lessened me desire to travel. In fact, in combination with talking travel with my friends here, it has made me almost willing to never return home.
*Girls. There is so much I have to say about them. I will start by mentioning that I feel blessed to have them in my life. Firstly, there are the girls in my family, who care about me and do nice things for me, and spend their time with me. There are girls who I have met and get along well with, and talk about life with (I love talking about things that are important in life). There are girls here in Malaysia, including the exchange students, who I have got to know and give me much joy popping in and out, doing their thing and making life so pretty. I love seeing girls be girls. I love how guys and girls interact, and compliment oneanother. I love being trusted by girls, and have them include me in their lives. It also makes me happy to be able to bless them somehow, help them out, or at least be there for them. It also makes me happy knowing that even though I'm not ready for a relationship now, one day I can make a wonderful girl my wife.
*There are so many more things that are making me happy, including my family (who love me very much), music (which means the world to me), the beautiful world around me (which excites, intrigues and blesses me constantly), humour (which I conciously and subconciously utilise daily) and of course God (who made all these things, and me to enjoy them :D ).
So that tells you a little about how I feel about life at the present, and what I tend to do about it, to continue such fantasticness in my life. I shall return to you at a future date to further entertain your curiosities ;)
Eden
