Project: Whatsit Wednesday

Whatsit Wednesday is all about saying one sincere and honest compliment to two persons close to me ... for one whole year. This project will conclude on the 3rd Wednesday of August, 2010.

I've decided to compliment each person using only a word. So here it goes ...

For tomorrow, Wednesday, August 26, 2009 ...

Sarah - Independent.

April Ann - Reliable.

Project: Whatsit Wednesday

Whatsit Wednesday is all about saying one sincere and honest compliment to two persons close to me ... for one whole year. This project will conclude on the 3rd Wednesday of August, 2010.

So for tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19, 2009:

1. On Romel: He is very smart! Why? I am amazed at the degree with which he knows almost everything, like its sooooo common sense to him, but not to me! Examples would be on topics such as management, business principles, psychology, even war strategies (from the book by Sun Tzu, the Art of War). Me? I have to do extensive research and read books and articles about it, and read them three or four times just so that I can sincerely say I have a firm grasp on what it means ...

And so we usually talk and discuss things, sometimes over lunch or dinner, at times before going to bed every single day. I usually start the conversation, tell him about my learnings during the day, share about some new amazing discoveries I've had (those AHA moments referred to by Oprah)while reading a book I just bought, or heard in the radio or in the news . Then we exchange thoughts on the subject matter, and then to my amazement, I always discover he knows about it already! Of course not perfectly to the letter, but mostly he knows the principles by heart.

He is THAT smart!

2. My daughter Myco: What can I say? She's smart too, just like her Dad! I read in her blog once how she defined herself based on her college degree. She jokingly described herself as a "jack of all trades, master of none"; about how her bachelors degree equipped her with a little something here and a little something there ... a little accountancy, a pinch of management, a dash of information management, a tiny bit of systems design, etc., etc,. I thought that was it, a negative description of herself and her skills. However, she continued by saying that that definition actually makes her "versatile", which is a positive thing. She's now getting her MIT, and i guess it would be safe to say she's smart enough to know what she wants and smart enough to know how to make it happen ... and more importantly, smart enough to have started working towards achieving them! If that's not smart, then what could it be?

See you again next Whatsit Wednesday guys!

I Wish You Enough ...

This is not my work. I came across this article and I feel posting it here and sharing this with my friends will be a good thing.

Please read on ...

Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, ‘I love you and I wish you enough’.

The daughter replied, ‘Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom’.
They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated.

Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, ‘Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?’.

‘Yes, I have,’ I replied. ‘Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?’.
‘I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,’ she said.

‘When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough’. May I ask what that means? ‘.

She began to smile. ‘That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone’. She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled! even more. ‘When we said , ‘I wish you enough’, we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them’. Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess .

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

She then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them but then an entire life to forget them.