I remember once with my girls we read about other’s culture, and there’s one African \/ Asian culture that instead asking,”how are you?”, they would ask,”what is new with you?” My bad memory…:(<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Last week 2 people asked me these sort questions, and I don’t think I gave them a lot “exciting” things. \ud83d\ude42 Life is pretty much standard on the surface for me. Just to name the routine: eat, work (a lot IT stuff which some people would shut down if I explain the details), spent times with my girls, sent my wife to doctor appointments, updating our parents and checking on them, meet up with friends \/ new people (online & in person), bit of gardening each day (watering, cutting out sick plants, pulling out weeds, composting), spending time with the Lord and my wife, and lastly sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess some people live for excitement (I confess I used to look for exciting stuff in my younger days), and some people need excitements in their life to boost them up (I also need some dose of excitements \/ things to look forward), and some people “exciting” things just happened around them. Again what is exciting to one person may not be exciting to another person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what excites me these days? There are many. But here few things that I give thanks to God for: if my parents are alive & healthy, my wife excel and up in health, my girls have a right attitude, i am healthy and able to do things, others who’re excelling and done great and good things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess life is always exciting if lived before the presence of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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