Blessings – It happened again

PAPA Coaching Newsletter # 132 (85 for 2015)

This is another post that I write with a feeling of gratitude and thankfulness.

In an earlier post I wrote that our car was knocked from behind while waiting for a traffic light to change. As a result, the boot was not able to close. Unknown to me, the boot light is on because the boot is open. The consequence is the battery gets drained. With the car battery dead, we cannot start the car. Managed to get a battery replaced. Then we travelled to Kuantan to get the car repaired.

Two days ago, I drove down to Malacca with my sister. We had dinner at a restaurant. After dinner, we got into the car to go home. The car could not be started, it went dead. No lights whatsoever on the dashboard. My sister went back to the restaurant to seek help. Interestingly, a family celebrating the father’s birthday stepped up to help. The son helped to jumpstart the car. Unfortunately, the car did not respond and therefore cannot be started. Conclusion: not the battery. The daughter then called her mechanic to help. It was past 9 pm. The mechanic offers to come tomorrow morning. Then the father asked us where we stay. He then instructed the son to send us back to my sister’s house.

What can I say?

I am grateful to the family who are strangers.

I am thankful the car stalled in the car park of the restaurant and not in the middle of the highway.

I am grateful to my God for having providing me angels when I needed them.

For these I am grateful and thankful

Question: What are the things you are grateful for?

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Chin Yook Kong, PhD.

Life, Executive, Transition Coach/ Professional Trainer

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Death and Dying – Tire Hits The Tarmac

PAPA Coaching Newsletter # 131 (84 of 2015)

It is always interesting for me to anticipate the tire hitting the tarmac as the plane descends. It is a feeling of joy and worry. I am joyfully worried. Joy in that I know I have reached my destination – I am reaching my destination is more accurate. The plane had touch down and I am in the final lap to reach my destination. There is still the duration for the plane to taxi to its parking lot. After that there is the baggage and custom clearance and finally taking the cab to my final destination.

As the plane is touching down I am also apprehensive. Nervous and worried that the plane might under shoot or over shoot the runway. Will the tires be able to withstand the pressure when it hits the tarmac? There can be a hundred and one things to be apprehensive about.

Now the tire had hit the tarmac for me in another situation. My bronchoscopy report had come back and the prognosis is that it is lung cancer, stage four. Now I am waiting for the plane (my health) to taxi to its parking lot, have my baggage and custom cleared and taking the cab home. How long in terms of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years will this take?

I believe it will be 15 years. Well, statistically, it is not so optimistic. So lets wait and see.

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Chin Yook Kong, PhD.

Life, Executive, Transition Coach/ Professional Trainer

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Meaning – forgive unreservedly

PAPA Coaching Newsletter # 130 (83 for 2015)

To be human is to be able to feel, to experience and to display emotions.

A young man was heading for home after a game. He was looking forward to the food prepared by his mother. His mother was happily setting the table for the family meal. The young man did not make it for his meal. His motorcycle was rammed from behind and he died instantly.

At the mortuary, the mother of the young man met the driver of the car who had rammed into her son. The driver earnestly seeks forgiveness for having caused the death of her son.

The grieving mother with tears streaming down from her face calmly pacified the distressed driver. “My son is dead. There is nothing I can do about it. I am sad, but I cannot be angry. I leave everything to God”.

The meanings we put into our experiences defines us as human. Our core being as a human is usually put to the test when we are in crisis – death, sickness, disasters, etc. To be able to forgive unreservedly is one of the values of being a human.

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