Life's the greatest teacher

Yesterday I took a bus to go somewhere and the passenger who was sitting next to me was chatting with me, though not to my liking. But he asked me a question, "Do you always travel alone?" to which I responded, "Yes." The passenger asked me why and I told the person that it gives me time to reflect on the things of life. Ever so often we are so busy thinking about what we are doing, what we have done, or what we are going to do. But, do we ever take time off for ourselves? Do we ever take the time to reflect on the things that happen around us to see what we can learn from them? You know, just a few hours ago while I was taking a shower, the soap slipped out of my hands and fell. Every time I tried to grab it, it would go further away. So I thought, "wow, look at that!" For just a few seconds I couldn't get a hold of the slippery soap. And I thought, "What can I learn from that?" What came to mind immediately was "words". We speak sometimes amiss. Like the soap, words may slip out of our mouths, but when we reflect on what we've said we realize that it was a slip of the tongue. The problem is that words can be dangerous. Slippery words can be very dangerous. They may get us into trouble if we're not careful. So, if we mistakenly say something we should quickly correct it before the little flame that it may light burns a whole city. You know, when the soap fell, I had to bend over towards the floor to pick it up. So when we perceive that our slippery words may affect someone or change the status quo negatively, we should humbly do whatever we can to deal with it. As I've said, life's the greatest teacher! Isn't it?

Life's Meaning

Today, at this time, Prince Harry is getting married. As I look on at the proceedings and the procession, I can't help but remember the day when his mother, Diana, got married. I remember lots of things. I remember when he was born and when his mother died. I think his mother's life and death has left a great impression on the minds of people, and to a great extent has influenced people's popular support for Prince Harry and his bride. The thing is that the whole history of this royal personality seems like yesterday. Time really flies! But what does life mean to us. People are born, they live and die. Life itself seems to come and go fast. So what does life really mean to us? Well, I think Lady D has answered this question by her very life. Even though she's not around now, she has left the world a legacy that would forever remain with us. Because of all the good that she has done for people, because of the way she was dedicated to caring for and raising her sons, because of the lasting impression that she has made on people, she lives on in the memory of the people, and in the lives of her sons. Her short life has been made eternal, in that her legacy would live on for ages and ages to come. So, what does life mean for us? We should reflect a bit on who we are, what we're doing in our lives, and how we would like to be remembered. For one thing, we should live in such a way, so that when we're gone our legacy would live on.