it's been a good down time this hols and i dont know if its the magnetic pillow i bought from an ex-student but i've been having weird insightful dreams of late.
last night in mid-sleep these words scrolled across my mind, 'work is something we are anxious to lose yet which may also cause us misery'. it's like a paradoxical cycle. we dread waking everyday for it yet we are worried when we're unemployed. that must suck for the modern man. i'm sure there are jobs which are rewarding and one could define their existence by it, but for most it has become both suffering to do or lose it. how did we create such a situation for ourselves?
ok enough rambling. it's strange how i dream of work and colleagues during vacation. i hope it doesn't portend something awful haha.or i'm just a worry-wart when it comes to work preps and deadlines. i can't even trust myself to completely switch off. haha
then i run into my neighbour in the lift today and she tells me her autistic daughter who just finished ITE has difficulty getting a job even at maccies because she's abnormally short. and this aunty is always smiling, a certain zen surrounds her. i remember always seeing her in the lift with her kid when i brought the tots down for their school bus every morning. how the years have flown. point is she's still as serene about her family life all these years. i've never once seen her lose it with her kid. i could certainly take a leaf out of her book about accepting your destiny with dignity.
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