Happy Chinese New Year!
I remember when I was a child, I always enjoyed the Chinese New Year celebration. It was probably the best time of my life every year. It was not just the Ang Pow but there were more to it - fire crackers, mandarin oranges, playing cards (the only time we could play cards without getting scold), lots of joy and happiness.
Those were the moments that I treasured the most in my life. Things are different now. I do not get that same feeling as I used to have and I know I will never get it back.
What I want to say here is that, we have to live with the present moment in mind in order to create that memory. And when we are in it, we give our best, we make full use of the time, we enjoy the journey of doing it.
Time flies like a river of no return. It’s like dropping a piece of paper. It flies down and stay there forever. We can see it, we can remember it but we cannot change it. Whether it is happy, sad, or something nice to remember, it’s all depends on how we create it today.
The same principle applies to Toastmastering, what we do today will have an impact on our future. Take every opportunity to participate, take every opportunity to speak, and when we do it we shall give our best.
I remember Stephen Fernando said that to be a better speaker, we shall speak more and do more speeches. Try your best every time you do your speeches. It is more effective that wait until you are ready to do your best speech because that best time will never come if we don’t start it now.
So treasure your moment now for the moment to treasure in the future.
~ Victor ~
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