To live an optimal life...

I saw the following writings on a friend's facebook wall post:

人生最遗憾 ： 人死了，钱没花完。
人生最痛苦 ： 钱花完了，人没死。

and I am inspired not to live my life as it is but to live it to the fullest. Of course, a friend remarked that these words are true only with all responsibilities to the people around me taken care of. And with that, I no longer think my life should revolve around just home and work but to enjoy living.

I have decided to see how far I can see this world with my own eyes. I shall be embarking on a journey soon...

[Read off an email] Slow Dance

I was clearing my mailbox the other day and found this email with a beautiful poem:

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's
Erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun
Into the fading night?

You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,'Hi'

You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast
To get somewhere
You miss half the fun
Of getting there.

When you worry and
Hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.