Seeing things

When you know that you have only a few months left to live, the world suddenly changes. Everything takes on a new meaning...things which did not matter in the past is in an instant magnified and everything leaves you thinking, rethinking and think again. It's almost as if one is holding on desperately to whatever is left till the very last second it is. Afterall, what else can be more precious than life itself?

There is a story of a girl who was dying. She was granted the wish of going back to the happiest day of her life and live through it again. At the last 60 seconds, she felt that it has gone too fast. The look that her mother gave her was not long enough, the time just went by too quickly. At that moment, she realised she has not lived her life to savour the important moments but had just allowed them to pass by her.

Maybe sometimes one sees things more clearly in a different circumstance, like what Fiona said to Shrek, "You have 3 lovely children, a wife who loves you and friends who adore you but why is it that the only person who can't see that is you?"

Our barrier can sometimes be ourselves.