fundamental lack of discipline

Lessons I have learnt today:

- Always spell-check your cv. Your credibility as a future employee is not supported when you can't spell your own name, company, or basic terminology like "cheque," "vehicle," and "professional."

- Business should always adopt a filing system that people can easily understand, that ensures efficiency and easy location of needed files. It will save a lot of time and sanity.

- One way to make a person feel like crap is not to offer them something you've offered everyone else in the room. The item can be as simple as a smile or a cup of coffee... or as elaborate as love.

- Technical problems will grow as a fast as technology develops.

- Ignoring someone when they reach out for comfort is a sure way of cutting them deep and losing their trust in you.

- Laughter is a temporary - but often underestimated - source of stress relief.

- Sleep, in all its pricelessness and speed, can never be caught up to.

- Never do things just because it feels right at the time. This rule includes things like buying clothes, sending an sms that could possibly be misinterpreted, kissing someone who you're not ready to commit to, kissing back, racist jokes, maxing your credit card, gossiping or shaving your eyebrows.

- If you must OD on anything during your lifetime, make sure it's water, or faith in something stronger than yourself.

- Hope (despite its nature to lead you to dangerous territory that with high-risk hurt) is the essence of progression and achievement. No one would strive for anything if they didn't believe (just a bit) that it was possible.

- Never underestimate the time saver of colour coding and alphabetising.

- Just as cooking is hard when you're hungry, prayer is hard when you're hurt and dry. But both are essential to live life with vibrance.

- Just because people appear confident, it doesn't make them any less weak. Strong people will falter, and all heroes have their kryptonite. Even God died a brutal death. Whether it is tears of humiliation or bloody sweat, one must not be judged by how strong or weak they are, or what makes them fall. Rather, one mustn't judge at all.

- Band-aids of all shapes and sizes are appreciated by a wounded soldier.

- Hearts are fragile. Sometimes keeping distance due to fear of breaking one is more admirable than fighting for one you don't intend to nurture.

- Trust in the midst of turmoil is the true test of a worthy warrior. Anyone can be brave from a safe distance... but only the worthy still hope as they are wounded and dying.

- The person who invented beds probably never comprehended that their invention would be the subject of almost every person's dream at some time or other... in the same way, your small and simple contribution to the world may have impact on those you will never meet. Don't underestimate that.