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Let's move from good to great
By Ahmad A. Talib | [email protected]
THANKFUL: We need to look deep into ourselves and undertake a
personal transformation to bring us to
the next level
HAPPY New Year! May it bring happiness, good health and
prosperity to all of us. May it also bring
peace of mind and enduring harmony all round.
When we look around us, we have much to be thankful about.
There's more we want as a nation. With
good management and leadership, coupled with the desire to rise
and stand tall among others, we can
certainly be all that we can be. But we must clean up our act.
It's appalling to see litter being thrown out
of a Mercedes Benz just as the driver turns to take a corner. I
saw this just before reaching the Sungai
Besi tollbooth yesterday.
It is irritating to see a waiter taking an order without even a
word or smile. And equally as bad is the
cashier accepting payment without saying "thank you". I'm sure
many of us have encountered taxi
drivers running down the government simply because he has to
queue to fill up his tank with gas. When
asked whether he was happy with the government's one-off aid of
a set of tyres, he baulked and argued
that it was nothing.
"Berapa sangat harga satu tayar! Saman AES lagi mahal." (The
price of a tyre is nothing compared with
an AES traffic summons.)
I took a ride to a Felda settlement recently. I had a meal at
one of the stalls there, served by a middle-
aged man. The stall was clean.
When asked how life was treating him, Saleh said:
"Alhamdulillah. Tahun ini rezeki murah. Saya
bersyukur. Saya baru hantar emak saya pergi umrah. Insya-Allah
tahun depan saya pulak akan pergi.
Tahun ni saya besarkan sikit rumah. Durian runtuh yang Felda
bagi banyak membantu kami."
(This year has been good, thank God. I managed to send my mother
for her umrah. Next year, I hope to
go. I'm renovating my house now. Felda's listing has brought
much benefit for us settlers.)
On a MAS flight to Cambodia yesterday, I was surprised to be
greeted by the chief stewardess as she
walked the aisle enquiring about our breakfast on board. It
wasn't the best of breakfasts, but the
friendly nature of cabin crew members more than compensated for
the small roti bom.
For this country to be great, some of us need to change our
attitude.
We need to look deep into ourselves and undertake a personal
transformation to bring us to the next
level. If we don't litter, if we have a positive nature and
think positive, if we manage our resources
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better, if we remember to save for a rainy day, if we make
serious efforts to bond with each other, and
walk the extra mile, we can rise from good to great.
Next year will be a tough year. It's an election year. Much mud
will be flung. We pray for a good, clean
fight. I hope the nation will stay its course and continue to
prove to the rest of the world that our
diversity is our strength and charm.
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Happy new year to all of us, may it will bring us happiness,
good health, prosperity and everything that
we wanted based on our effort. Hopefully, this year is far
better than before and also bring peace of
mind and enduring harmony all around.
When we looked around us, there are so much things that we need
to be thankful about, Alhamdulillah.
With good management and leadership, together with desire to
rise and stand tall among others, we are
confident that we can achieve everything that we want and we can
be. But firstly, we must clean up our
negative act that can hold back everything that we should
achieve.
Its a disappointment to see a litter being thrown out from a
Mercedes Benz, it is also irritates us to see
a waiter taking an order without having a word or smile and
equally as bad when the cashier is recieving
our money when accepting payment without saying one magical word
thank you.
When the author took a ride a Felda settlement recently, he
asked an owner of the stalls there abot how
life has treat him up till now. He just said that, this year has
been good. He managed to send his motherfor her umrah, he also
renovating his house now.
The author also tells a story about his trip to Cambodia by Mas
flight yesterday, he was so surprised to
be greeted by chief stewardess as she asked about their
breakfast on board. He said that it wasnt the
best breakfast but the friendly nature of the crew member amazed
him and he just forgot about the
small roti bom.
The point is, for this country, our country Malaysia to be
great, some of us need to change our attitude.
We need to looked deep into ourselves and undertake the personal
information to bring ourself to the
next level. This is how we move good to great. We need a
positive nature and positive thinking.
This upcoming year is a tough year and its will always be tough
in the future. What we need is change.
We pray for a good and hope every individuals plays their own
part to change and move from good to
great.
