Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Contentment of life

Q: How can one be contented with pursuing mental and physical satisfaction?
A: Unhappiness is caused by a loss of contentment which the result of unlimited desire. People who lead a simple life are often easily contented, while those who indulge in physical satisfaction are often not contented. One needs to strike a balance between mental and physical satisfaction. To learn to be contented, it is necessary to cut down the pursuit of physical satisfaction, and lead a simple life with a grateful heart.

Q: Do you ask somebody for help when you encounter a problem or do you solve the problem with the help of your own wisdom and the Master's teachings? The Master often reminds us to guard our conscience ourselves as she cannot possibly pay close attention to every single person.
A: Since your involvement in Tzu Chi work is a kind of spiritual cultivation, you should always keep these things in mind: be tolerant of adversity, remain vigilant at all times, respond promptly , and learn to 'let go' once the issue is dealt with. Sometimes, I do encounter problems. however, I am able to speed up my problem-solving gradually. As I no longer have any cravings, I have fewer problems than before. It is important to build a wide network of friends as you will meet wise people who can help you out when you encounter problems.

I get this above articles from the The World of Tzu Chi, 2007-11 edition by David Liu. Just makes me think of my life should be getting into simple and tolerant living instead of the unnecessary complicated pursuing that bring us the unhappiness. Let go gradually what we think we have to get more and more.....

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Upset for the sake of RM5 late charge?

Oooh..., in this lovely and sunny Sunday morning, it should make me great and spirit-uplifted.
Then, once I have checked the banking online credit card bill, ophhsssss, I spotted a Wondering 'late payment charges-RM5' in my last month statement.

A thousand Q in my mind even if i got pay it on the exact due date time.
Is the bank mistakenly charged and printed?
Is the bank hanky-panky treat with this 'hidden cost' stuff?

I got a bit mischievous and irritating, and make a call to this 'oversea bank' about the matter. What the operator reply make me more unbelievable and annoying, which is due to the 'Cheque' is needed for clearing for 2-3 days in central bank and then only the bank only 'recognize' the cheque once is cleared for this process.
Can I loose my temper and throw a tantrum like a toddler to this innocent operator, even if she agreed to waive it for this time but advised me to pay in early day than the due date?

Ya, a good reason and explanation we should really appreciate.
But, don't the bank understand the consumer's knowledge about those 'banking system process' is ZERO?
As a consumer do we have to know about the bank to process the cheque payment in 3-5 days early than the credit card due date?
OMG, then as this marvelous and well-known oversea bank SYSTEM should be enhanced to be more SMART enough to cater this rather than 'I' act as a 'fussy' bank customer, that really jeopardize my high-spirit passion for the sake of the RM5 late payment charges, to make this ridiculous COMPLAIN in this wonderful Sunday....

Just loose the temper away and let go. Cool down.