All that I need

We've been here for over 2 months. We are all have been settled quite nicely. But yet our container of stuffs is not  here at this moment. At first it bothers me. We got limited clothing, limited tableware and kitchenware, none of our personal and old loved personal pillows, blanket or other comforting items.

But you know what? After  while it doesn't seem to bother me anymore.  I mean I of course still miss our personal stuffs ( old photos, books,my PC, my oven, my kitchen gadgets !!!etc) but this experience shows me that... we can survive with the minimum of stuffs and still be happy . It is all in our mind set !

We can be fussy about food , high maintanance in daily life, compaining alot  about what we do not have.  The list can goes on and on and on...... I am always try to be positive ( trust me sometimes , in one of those days, it is not easy ) but again... it is all in our mind. To be happy is indeed a CHOICE .

It is up to us to live as a grumpy person about everything , everyone ! Or we can  be grateful about everything even for the most simplest thing !

I can complaint about : not to have a outdoor yard anymore, not to have our car, not to have daily sun for our laundry, not to have the chance to eat nasi lemak daily for breakfast, not to have the space like in KK, not to be able to speak Malay or English, not be able to read everything ,..... etc etc etc...
I can set my mind with the words : I HATE......   this .. I HATE that... I  HATE .....

Or  I  can choose to be grateful for : the nice aparment we have, the nice surrounding we have, The nice view over the park, The good transport system here, The job that my husband has, the opportunity to be able to experience life in this part of the world, and even for the cold and chilly  weather (so I can put on my knee lenght boots over my skinny jeans :P ) To be grateful that we are still together as family even though we have moved.

It is nice to have all the fancy stuffs in life ( well I am not  a fancy person at all ) . I am simple,  practical and an easy going person. I can eat in the local eatery or in the 6 stars  Michellin restaurant  ( if somebody wants to treat me kekkekeke)  . I don't have problem to take bus , subway, to dress down or dress up if the occasion rise, I don't main to bargain, I must say I have a low ego :). And I dont feel shy to tell my BMW's owner friend that I took buses .

What are you grateful for?

Try to ask this to your children as well.
Teach them to see things from a different  light.  It will work wonder when they keep telling you : mom, my friend has this this this, and went to here there here, and buy that this that......
instead of counting what they dont have, it is better to be grateful of what they have.

Don't you agree?