Always thinking

Parents Instinct

My parents have been chasing me on the phone the whole weekend, everytime if it's not the reception problem of cell phone, I must be either on the move, or completely resting like a sunday afternoon pig. But, if I do pick up the call, the talk they put to me normally reflects something I have been currently enagaging, be it the way I make new friends, treat old friends, job performance, personal career planning, personal life. There is always something real to me that I actually worry, or have slight problem with, and both my mom and dad could sense it and point it out. That is quite an acomplishment! Take it as an example, they mentioned about the speed and the quality/amount of engagement I involve myself are very important to whatever I am planning and doing with my friends/partners. I tend to initiate something passionately, then get slack a bit, not enough of devotion. That is true for recent progress with our projects. I spend way-too-little time over the weekend to think about our venture. I spent literally 0 time on getting my parents visa to visit me. On the friends site, I got sloppy with a few friends I spent lot of energy to make. That will affect the actual friendship among us. Dad particularly mentioned the importance of making friendship personal, natural so mutual help is built on top of trust and true friendship. His lifetime experiences tell him it is not as important to know a lot of people, what it matters is to have a quality group of a few friends, or, as many as possible, to get acquitant and befriend with. These are the people that you could think of talking to when you need, vice versa. As one of top physicist in the country, my grandpa knew so many top scientists, however his mistake was he didn't make friends with any of them: names just don't count. It's the personal touch and attention. This could be the best lesson dad gave me recently. Good job!!

posted by Road less travelled @ 8:33 AM