I felt that we had a pretty close and meaningful chat, a heart-to-heart talk for the very few times.
He told me
"Life is short, don't waste them.
Optimize your resource and time,
use them to the fullest so you won't regret as much as I do. "
Humans, yes a person is actually capable of doing many things. But just take a moment to think about this, how much buffering time do we waste every day between each chores we do. How can we use the extra buffering time between our daily activities to learn something new, practice something or do something meaningful?
He then told me that an uncle once told him that,Life after eighteen is like a rocket,
Your life's goal is to fly and reach a destination,
Perhaps a star or planet far far away.
But bear in mind that every 5 years,
You've got to examine, steer and re-navigate your direction,
So that you won't stray away from the right path
or just purely there's a need to change your direction
because our goals, direction and meaning in life changes as we mature.
Interesting analogy, isn't it?
So, the one you yum cha with was your mentor. Wise one. His words are quite a thing to contemplate on.
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