Rule #81: Never forget that pain aids growth.

Have you ever looked down from your kitchen window and wondered what would happened if you were to jump down? What it really feels like to throw your whole body into the air from a really great height? Which of your bones would break first when you hit the concrete floor? What kind of position would you be in when you’re falling- flapping your arms and legs or just straight? As crazy as it may sound, that is really how curious I can get.

Being raised in a house on the 10th floor since I was a baby, my sister used to threaten me by throwing my stuffs outside the window if I didn’t listen to her- She’s a meanie! There were days my stuffs literally dropped and some I never gotten it back because it would get stuck in between our neighbours’ windows below. There were also days we would do experiments throwing different things and have our own competitions of which our items would make the loudest & fastest drop. Complaint letters were sent to our mailbox to the extent that my parents almost had to pay fines for the litters we threw. Nonetheless, we enjoyed doing things like that! Furthermore, my family loved going to theme parks. I took my first inverted-or-whatever-you-call-it rollercoaster when I was still in my lower primary- surprisingly my height was tall enough for a tender age to enter the extreme rides. So I pretty much spent my childhood doing crazy stuffs especially when we go overseas! Needless to say, I have no fear of heights. I simply love the adrenaline rush.

However, when I look outside my kitchen window, it's different. Besides the sense of freedom it gives and how exhilarating it would be to jump down, I tend to wonder about people who are actually thinking of committing suicide. I put myself in the shoes of those people who are facing real problems; divorce, abuse, teen pregnancy, drugs etc. and imagine a lot of things in the head. I would give a little prayer to these people so that they will have strength and patience to carry on with life.

In our moments of weakness, sometimes we forget that our sadness is temporary. It only takes a few minutes of reflection and reality checks to realize just how insignificant our problems are compared to the major world issues today.

Wherever you are, just know that, you are not alone. xx



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