Thursday, January 5, 2012

Day 777: Their Stories...

Today, I happened to catch up with two different friends of mine after a very long time. Over lunch with one and after work, with another.

Given that it had been a while since I had last caught up both of them, they had some very fascinating stories to tell me. Stories that revolve around how they are managing to turn around their lives after a very tumultuous times.

And these stories are always very fascinating to listen to! The things that they did ranges from putting their foot down and ensuring they bring order to their life by following strict organized processes (extremely detailed to-do lists and tracking), looking for new experiments (e.g. apprenticeship under a baker!), doing something completely crazy (e.g taking off to Korea for one whole week to work in an Italian cafe), ensuring that they spend some "me-time" no matter what, etc. etc.

Their stories were not just fascinating but inspiring too and it felt wonderful to be involved, even if it is by just listening to them! Both my friends looked and sounded incredibly happy and at peace and that was wonderful, especially since I know how much of a tough time they have had before! When they smile, you can help but smile too!

223 more to go.

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