what more can i ask for..

a friend asked me this question that got me thinking.

"ARE YOU HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE NOW? SATISFIED?"

the old me would have immediately answer - no la! i wan xxx and xx and xxx, etc

with the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, ive realised there are much more and too much i-would-love-to-have.
but i realise compared to many, im already v fortunate.
i should count my blessings.

other den a job stability, there isnt much that i dont have.
happiness dun come in terms of wealth.
rather it comes with the fufilment you feel in life.

i used to resent/envy/grumble why ppl have this , why ppl have that but why doesnt it happen to me.
but when i/we do tat, why dont we think of it another way - i have food on my table, cloth to cover my body and a warm bed where i can rest at nite.
what abt those ppl in the 3rd world countries?
what do they have?
i bet they wish for a great deal less den what i have been doing.
to them, a shelter, food (even jus a slice of bread) is god's gift to them.

honestly, i am grateful for what i have till date.
i have an eccentric but loving family, extended families.
i have a bf whom i love and whom i believe should love me also la. hahaha
i have friends. not many but enough.
i have the ability to buy myself clothes/bags/shoes and most of the stuff i fancy.
im blessed with adequate brain capacity to start on my degree studies.
i hv fun colleagues.
seriously theres more den what a gal can ask for.

if i say i dun wan to earn big bucks, travel everywhere, have beautiful stuff, IM LYING.

but right now, at this moment, there is nothing more i can ask for.

thank you , everyone and anyone who added/contributed to my current fufilling life.
:)

xoxo
ffz~