Cold Shower and Half-Hearted Endeavours

Yesterday at work, a particular colleague had some makeover work done and turned up at work looking quite different from her usual self. Naturally, her new look attracted lots of attention and buzz.

Sweet girl she is, so good for her.

Until someone made a remark that she only takes the effort to look good once a month, albeit said with no ill intentions. And well that just got me thinking.

1. How often have we allowed our careless mouths hurt someone else, (although) without meaning it?

At times, the impact may be so severe as to dampen the other’s spirits forever. Say the person has taken long to finally muster up the courage to speak in public. A remark on the person’s voice sounding somewhat like a squeaking hyena will hardly do wonders for the person’s esteem. In fact, it may even cause that person to shun public speaking for the rest of his/her life!

A mere word from us, but a huge and lasting impact on the recipient.

2. Do we go though great pains to excel in something just for a brief period? Is there consistency and follow through?

Remember a hobby or interest started at a spark of a moment?

Went all out to buy a gleaming new golf set, matching gloves and soft spikes shoes, a whole load of collared tees only to lose interest in the game after a few swings at the driving range.
A sudden passion for origami/sudoku/baking, only to see another white elephant accumulating dust in the already pilled high stack of equipments and tools (courtesy of previous attempted endeavours).

At what point do we decide to pull through until we at least achieve something. At what point do we decide to bite the dust.