It’s another 8 more days before I step into my 3rd decade. As part of self reflection, I tried to recall most events in my life so far. The things I’ve done in my 2nd decade had been so ermm… adventurous?

I’ve a lot of happy events and sad events.
I’ve a lot of “first times”.
I’ve experienced being pushed to the edge and really trying to give up on this life.
I’ve experienced being surrounded with many people who truly loves me.
I’ve pushed myself to do things I’ve feared.
I’ve watched whales.
I’ve eaten fire.
I’ve walked on fire.
I’ve been to Empire State Building,
I’ve white water rafted.
I’ve watched two operas.
I’ve trekked Appalachian.
I’ve found my true love and got married.
I’ve been to Great Barrier Reef.
I’ve met Anthony Robbins, my idol.
I’ve bought a few properties.
I’ve found a fix to my long term acne problem.
I’ve wrote to a magazine.
I’ve went to Disney World, Orlando… my childhood dreams.
I’ve turned half vegan.

It has been a really interesting ride so far.

I think my 3rd decade will be even better.

Can’t wait!

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. In less than a week, I’ve received two unfortunate news about two of my friends who lost their mothers. The worst was today’s sudden news of misfortune death. In addition to my sympathy for my friends, I sure miss my mum a lot.

Lately, I have been reading a lot of spiritual books and audiotapes. I have this desire to know more. I want to know the things beyond scientific explanations. I listen to tapes about Buddha and I am reading a book about Jesus. My intention is not to find a religion. I just wanted to know more.

There’s this really good book I’m halfway reading that talks about the phenomenon called “coincidences” and “luck”. When two incidents happen at the same at a certain time, could it be just a coincidence? Or could there be forces beyond what we can perceive/smell/taste/see/feel that are responsible for it? The author in this book is educating us about the universal force that encompass all of us. If you think about it, we are really nothing but a set of atoms. Just like how animations are made out of slides flickering so fast it’s transparent to our naked eyes, could there be more to this world that is way beyond what parts of our body are capable to sense? Very mind boggling but we all know it could be true. We are after all just a type of species in this world and we see the world as much as we’re capable of only.

As I’m reading this book, I take moments to think back about times when coincidences happened. Or the incidents that happened by “luck” which changed my life. A good example would be that really blessed moment when I meet my hubby. It happened by such a slim chance. The mere thought of a slight twist in the incident would have prevented me from knowing my soulmate makes me jitter.

Interesting subject. I think things really happen for a reason. It’s darn true for me. The happy and unhappy incidents in my past shaped who I am today. The people who agonized and hurt me, my mum’s death, my overseas experience, my changing of jobs, my business affair, the people I met, etc etc etc. Just so many meaningful coincidence in the past. Some I didn’t heed and now that I’m more aware of it, I am wondering how my life would have been if I took the signs. Oh well, no point looking back with regrets. I look forward to all the future coincidences.