It is my dad's birthday today. I gave dad a call and we talked for 45 mins. Oh yes it was a long distance call. But don't worry about my phone bill because Vodafone will charge me $2 for a call made to landline overseas for less than an hour. I became aware that dad is concerned about not going to have enough money to pay for his doctor consultation and medicine in the upcoming appointment with the eye specialist. Dad has glucoma. If money is blood, the specialists are like vampires, sucking hard! Every month I will send dad money and it still isn't always enough. Although it will be this time, I'm not feeling too good about the money stress associated with it. What am I going to do if I lose my job? How are my parents going to survive? My brother and sister each has a family with big expenses to manage because they each has two babies. This thing about money can really stress me out sometimes.
I'll make a promise to myself that I'll do all I can to secure this job. If taking care of my parents is a requirement in my life, I'll make sure I'll design my life in such a way it will meet this requirement. If not, my life fails. In life, when there is no choice, what do you do? You embrace the challenge, and you channel all energy into making life work the way you want it to. That, is what you do. That, is what I do.
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