Mental Strength

It is one of those nights that I dun feel like sleeping early. Everyone is already asleep ...

I pondered earlier - If I don't do (work) what I am doing now, What can I do? There seems to be limited options for me. Maybe, I should change my attitude/mindset.

I can be quite a sports fan. One of my favourite is Thai - Boonsak Ponsana ... knew about him when he played and defeated against our player, Ronald back in 2004 during the Athens Olympics. Boonsak come across as a soft-spoken guy to me. Certainly, he, including many other sports champions, are of certain 'mental strength'. Today, he was playing against a higher seeded korean player in the semi-finals and that was telecast live on Channel 5. I taped it and watched earlier. I am amazed by his calm composure and strength to win the game and he will be in the Finals tomorrow. I am so happy for him. Again, I will be taping it cos will be taking the family out for a swim tomorrow.

Getting philosophical, I tot - in life, we need to endeavour with certain mental strength and not giving up so easily at the first/second/third failures. Also, for Boonsak, he has to succumb to the many pressures placed on him by himself, his coach, his supporters etc..., and he is being 'assessed'. We are being 'assessed' too...regardless of what we do in our job. Thus, it is important that we stand up to the challenge - Guess, there is no running away from it all.

At times, we may think we are not doing well, but others/bosses think we are. If so, does it then mean that we are doing OK? or we need to ask ourselves what is it we really want from life, from our work.