Not a good start to a new week. I was abruptly awoken by dad this morning at 5am informing me that the two hamsters have escaped. The door was not latched properly and during the night, I guess the two rodents decided to make a run for it.
I have found one but the lighter grey hammie is missing. This was not the end of the saga. Dad kept blaming grandma for this but I told him sometimes this kind of incident happens due to our carelessness. We just need to learn from this incident and that's it. Because of that he got angry and said some unkind words.
I was tired. My tummy is still a little cranky. My headache is not that bad but still there. I could have retaliated but I did not. I decided to bring Sasha for a walk at 5.30am and I just prayed along the way. I came back an hour later and since I could not sleep, I decided to do housework - bathed all the pets, swept and mopped the floor and cleaned all the toilets.
It was a good let-out of steam by doing the above-mentioned rather than engaged myself in unnecessary conflict with dad.
What I have learnt from the above incident is this - I can do whatever necessary to keep the unity of the family in place and minimise whatever issues which we always rake up in a conflict but the other party also needs to do his or her part.
This was what I prayed when I was walking in the park. It is discouraging that here I am trying to do what is right but others are not making an effort to do the same. How will our differences be ever resolved if so long as one party is not cooperative?
Anyway, I shall not dwell on this but to give thanks that it happened and now I just need to move on. :) I hope the hamster will come out from its hiding soon. The light grey one is just so cute.
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." Luke 6:31
I have found one but the lighter grey hammie is missing. This was not the end of the saga. Dad kept blaming grandma for this but I told him sometimes this kind of incident happens due to our carelessness. We just need to learn from this incident and that's it. Because of that he got angry and said some unkind words.
I was tired. My tummy is still a little cranky. My headache is not that bad but still there. I could have retaliated but I did not. I decided to bring Sasha for a walk at 5.30am and I just prayed along the way. I came back an hour later and since I could not sleep, I decided to do housework - bathed all the pets, swept and mopped the floor and cleaned all the toilets.
It was a good let-out of steam by doing the above-mentioned rather than engaged myself in unnecessary conflict with dad.
What I have learnt from the above incident is this - I can do whatever necessary to keep the unity of the family in place and minimise whatever issues which we always rake up in a conflict but the other party also needs to do his or her part.
This was what I prayed when I was walking in the park. It is discouraging that here I am trying to do what is right but others are not making an effort to do the same. How will our differences be ever resolved if so long as one party is not cooperative?
Anyway, I shall not dwell on this but to give thanks that it happened and now I just need to move on. :) I hope the hamster will come out from its hiding soon. The light grey one is just so cute.
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." Luke 6:31
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