Your sound

I was engrossed in the sound of your violin,

You tighten your grip on the bow,

Bowing on the different strings,

Fell in love with the melody.

The sound of waves hit the shores,

This is the paradise that everyone dreamt of.

I was taken back of how wonderfully you could play,

If only everyone could stop and hear you.

But in this place, there is only you and me.

I move my lips, barely making a sound,

But you could hear me,

I could sit here all day,

Just listening to your music.

I want to tell you that I would always be your audience,

Even if nobody wants to hear you.

But in this empty big space,

When there is only water and land,

Only you and me,

With the sound of the violin that fills the silence.

And the irony is that

I was deaf and you were barely making a sound.

-Inspired by Lana Del Rey haunting music-

Wise words

• mr lim's comment on "money isnt everything"

• It is my experience that if you do something solely for the money, you will not succeed in getting the money and even if you do, somehow the success will leave a bitter aftertaste or lead to some unhappiness or it will very quickly go away somehow somewhere. But if you do something for the love of it with money as coming in as a result of or a reward for the good work done, it will make the whole thing very meaningful and that feeling will drive you to do more. Money should not be the goal but the result of the achievement of a non-monetary and meaningful goal. The problem I think for most people is that they commit themselves to too much financial obligations (credit cards, expensive cars) early in life and thereafter have to do all sorts of things to get money to pay off those obligations and to make ends meet. In the scramble to catch up with the repayments, they screw up their priorities (their health, relationships, the things that money cannot buy) and end up a mess of themselves and their families. So, it is imperative that we have a longer term smart financial plan. Don't rush into buying things. Don't look too much at things. Money and possession, while important, should not be the main priority. Ultimately, and I can attest to this truth, money and possession do not give that kind of happiness, rather joy, and meaningfulness in life. Relationship for instance, I think, rank much highe