Got this great mail from a friend. Something to think about in the weekend.

John Bouton, a major league pitcher, said, ?You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.? Wow! So what are you gripped by? What is your family gripped by? Money? Status? Stuff? Do you have possessions or do your possessions have you? Simple questions with hard answers. Think about what your kids are learning by your lifestyle. Don?t shortchange them with a house immersed in materialism.

I remember an incident where we were going out on an overnight trip to an island three months ago.  There were about 8 of us in a van.  We needed to drive more than a  hundred kilometers, then take a ferry to cross to an island where we would enjoy a nice beach.

The ferry only departs once every 45 minutes, and we were a little bit delayed.  So I had to drive a little bit faster and admittedly a bit more reckless to make time.We  arrived at the ferry pier with just minutes to spare.  The whole trip took about 2 hours, and we arrived trying to rush.  The whole episode of driving was strained, and got into the nerves of everybody as it was almost a rush.

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