A Split Sandwich

A man with his white hair and some wrinkles on the corner of both of his eyes was sitting down next to a lady. Holding a butter knife in his right hand and his sandwich’s edge in his left, he was ready to cut it in half.

Now it’s split in half. He glanced at her and smiled, “I know you still want some more, here I’ve cut it for both of us.”

The lady didn’t say anything but grabbed his right hand with her left. The time stopped at the moment. Both of them were holding together with their other hands holding each of the split sandwich.

In memory of our dad, 16 years ago.

Today she chose to stay at home all day long, walking back their steep but yet beautiful memories.

Demanding and Happiness

My friend came by yesterday, bringing up her romantic problems (I know, some of you would scream “Oh Lord, not again!” LoL). She said that she feels that she also did many wrong things that’s why her boyfriend told her that it’s better for them to break up (I hate when people perceive relationship as a right-or-wrong thing). She’s the one who actually decided to break up but later on she changed her mind and called him.

She also admitted that when it comes to her boyfriends, she becomes so demanding. She even said that after it ended, she became more confused and agitated, even can’t sleep by herself that I had to let her sleep at my place last night. I asked her to face that this has become a pattern in her life. She broke up with some guys caused by the same problems. And on a different case, another friend of mine threw a question “it’s OK to be demanding, but on what degree and how severe?”

And to talk about it, the ‘demanding’ thing actually is not a real problem, either. What’s the root, then ? Oh well, like the latest Will Smith’s movie title, I believe it’s all about to pursue the happiness.

When we’re all happy from within, are we gonna be still demanding things or stuff from other people? Isn’t it scary when we expect that others will give (or should I say, ‘borrow’?) us a small piece of happiness? I’m afraid it’s true, when many people say love becomes cold, happiness has to be fabricated from outside of our heart, dedicated through material things and visible objects.

And when can we pursue our own happiness? When people give it to us? when people fulfill our expectations? When we achieve all our goals in life? When our insecurity issues have to be solved by putting all our high standards on their head? Godspeed.