Roaring Tiger Year!
It’s funny to see how all of us reacted when one of my colleagues said that it is advisable to do some transactions at bank today (first day of spring 立春), particularly depositing money or a cheque to your own account as it symbolizes good fortune and wealth for the rest of the year. The whole office gone all energized and excited about it, so of us will go to the bank later at lunch to do that. :) Later I saw a FB post by WSL telling us what auspicious colours to wear during CNY so I forwarded to my colleagues also. They went to print it out and pasted it on the notice board to remind everybody!
That is the thing I always like about Chinese New Year. It symbolizes a fresh new start of a year, and that we are able to fix the problems and hope for the better. It’s just like pressing the ‘RESTART’ button on your PC. New Year = New hopes. “I had a bad year, but it’s over now. I will have a better year this year.” The thought of able to start all over again with new fortune waiting ahead of us is always motivating and inspiring.
However not everybody gets to ‘restart’. I received a shock and sad news yesterday that my friend’s mother passed away unexpectedly, very out of the blue. Two more weeks to CNY but she couldn’t make it. This happened to my grandma and one of my aunts also. They left us just before CNY. Life is so vulnerable isn’t it? While we always hope for a better and wealthier year (reflected in most of our CNY greetings like Gong Hei Fatt Choy), we should also be appreciative of what we have, and be thankful of our ability to breathe and open our eyes everyday to see this beautiful world. And we also should not take our loved ones for granted. Tell them you love them when it is not too late. So to my family and friends, I LOVE YOU, and here is to a healthier and happier Tiger year! ♥
