a lesson re-learnt.

blunt your senses a little, judge less quickly, let go of things faster and one'll lead a more enjoyable life.

being accountable is important, but more importantly, to whom?

there used to be a point of time when i am easily frustrated. frustrated because i want to be accountable to everyone around me. i constantly try to "improve" myself; using other people's critque and comments as a reflection. to be a better person.

or so i thought.

in retrospect, it wasn't so much of me trying to be accountable to people around me; instead i was trying to please them.

everyone has expectations; some lower than others and vice versa. trying to live one's life in accordance to others' yardstick is a tiring and painful lesson.

the key to solving this problem, therefore, is to filter.

i need only to be accountable to God, so it matters not how other people view or treat me. what matters most is that i am doing the right things, in the eyes of the right person.

this was a lesson i learnt some time ago, but i guess i forgot about it and had to be reminded of it again.

no one else can dictate how you feel or react, so in any situation, its what you do that matters. do you respond or you react? 2 words that seem to mean the same thing, but in reality don't, will steer the course of your subsequent actions.

this comes as a relief, so yes. thank you all for the reminder =)