Rule No.21 - Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder

Even during tough times, like having to say goodbye to your best friend for the millionth time in your life. I remember our first goodbye like it was yesterday. I was on the floor in the lounge, all the furniture was gone and I was sobbing into the phone barely able to speak. We were 11 at the time and have never lived in the same town, or even provience since. But here is the wonder, after all these years of being apart, and millions of miles between us, our friendship just gets stronger and stronger. Which doesn’t help the goodbyes.

Our most recent goodbye was on Monday, and I sobbed like a child all the way home. I consider myself extremely lucky to have her in my life. Not many people get to say they have had a friend since they were in their mom’s bellies and then not let anything, including distance, ruin it. We often speak about how one day we’ll be 80 and she’ll still get me to tickle her back, and I’ll still make her giggle with all my crazy stories and we’ll complain about our hair and weight and share slippers.

I miss you, and wish for the day that we can call each other to go for a cup of coffee round the corner. But until then, you’ll always be my Wonder Woman and forever my best friend.

Comments

Sookie Lala said…

Mwah!. Cried like a little baby... And I never agreed to share my slippers ;-)

23 June 2011 at 15:24

Rule No.33 - Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day

Okay, rules are back and what a classic one! This quote is by Harry S Truman. He was the 33 rd president of America, historians call him “a controversial president”, the band Chicago wrote a song just for him and he has a commemorative holiday in his name on the 8 th May in Missouri. This is brilliant advise, not in the literal sense, well, that too, but if you having a seriously bad day, don’t make things worse by deliberately doing something that will bite you in the bum later. I did this the other day, so I am talking out of experience here. I went into a situation and then on the way out, after realising it was a bad situation, I kicked a fresh turd cause I was so mad. (again, not literally, although, that might have been a better idea in hindsight) My advise in this circumstance is to stay indoors that day until you have calmed yourself down. I’ll leave you with another quote from Truman : A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who ...

Rule No.59 - If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

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Rule No.6 - Don't panic

Panic is a sudden sensation of fear which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic f ight-or-flight reaction. It also rhymes with manic and tannic. Perfect example of when to not panic and then when to start panicking. My very first night in my new flat here in Cape Town, I was woken up by my curtain being opened from the outside. Odd, first of all, because I live on the first floor, and second of all, because there was a man, well boy, suddenly staring at me from my window. A little shocked and confused, but not panicked, I squinted through sleepy eyes and said "hello". He looked at me, a little confused as well and greeted back. Then I asked him what he was up to at my window so early in the morning. "Washing your windows", was his reply. Okay, so it's Monday morning, my first night in this complex, maybe Monday morning is washing...

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