What drives me?

Many people had asked me... "Hey, you're such a 'Bu Dao Weng' (the kind of rubber doll that never falls no matter how you keep punching it)... What drives you?"...

When I look back, indeed, its amazing to see what I went through in life. I had fallen so many times... but each time, I simply hung in there and made my way forward inch by inch... each time, I licked my bruises and wounds painfully... What I've endured came in many forms... physical, mental, emotional, financial, injustice, shame... you name it and I've probably been there...

So, if you ask me how did I do it? I honestly don't know. During all those tough times, there was only one thing on my mind... and that was... "it ain't so bad... it could had been worse"... and this one statement had carried me through rocks and spikes... fire and storm...

Sure, there were times where I doubted I was ever going to pull it off... but I just stayed focused and pressed on... So far, the saying of "if there's a will, there's a way"... had stood firm in my life...

Now... there's little that will ever daunt me... if I had been to the edge and back... what else could stand in my way... Life had not been exactly kind to me... but hey... it hadn't been that cruel either...

And despite all the imperfections in life that I had experienced, these same imperfections made my life perfect in so many ways... they allowed me to experience the many satisfying moments of surpassing the odds that has made my life rich and full... For me that's enough... I've learnt to count my blessings... not my misfortunes... I've learnt not look at what I've lost but what I've gained from the challenges that I've conquered... At the end of the day, it is not what I didn't have that had made me miserable but what I had that had made me happy...