Comet

Be bright, be significant, even if it is just one moment....

I am touched by the people I meet in my lifetime thus far of 32 years (or so). The diversity is unimaginable: from the people whom you see daily that makes that little but important difference  in my life, to those whom we rarely see and take those difference for granted, and there's also people who come and go in a flash of an eye - bright, significant, and they are gone in an instant.

Halley's Comet, is probably the most popular comet known to the general population. It is readily visible to the naked eye as it flashes across the heavens to give us that bright spark. It leaves an impact if we ever catch one. And it occurs once in every 75-76 years. Most people if taken the time and effort to seek it out would see it once in their life, while selected few will be able to experience it twice in their lifetime.

Now I'm not an astronomy buff, but put it in context to the people we meet. How often do we believe the existence of a Halley's Comet within a person? The person whom we thought only exist in the books we read or in the lives of others....Are they really that rare? Or are they just like the comet, that may come by once or twice in our lifetime......the only problem is if we had put in the effort to seek it in the first place....

I was a little over a year when I met my great grandfather, just as how Ezra is a little over a year when he last saw his great grandmother. It probably meant little to us at that time and would still not mean much as we grow without a memory of it to make it significant to us. But perhaps we are the Halley's Comet to the great-grandparents generation. They waited a lifetime to see the 3rd generation after them, and everyone in between would bear witness to that brief encounter where everyone's face was beaming bright on that significant event.

Sometimes we cannot just leave nature to take its course but I feel we as fellow human beings should seek to be a comet to our fellow brothers and sisters of our life. Even if the contact between people is brief, make it bright and make it significant. Just as a comet that we cannot keep because it does not belong to us.... we can live in the memory of that moment and know that we were touched for a lifetime.

*Dedicated to my late grandmother and everyone else who came in contact with my life. Thank you

Character

Recently my friend sent to me this wonderful quote which I am compelled to share:

"Forget the harm that anyone has done to you, and forget the good that you have done to others. If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, all is lost"

It amazes me how the above quote is made up of words that are simple. When strung together it echoes a simple message that is simple to comprehend. Yet how often do we truly allow such simplicity to absorb into our life?

Just a little Sunday thought to ponder upon. Many thanks to Sarves for the wonderful quote.