of yellow hats and rose-colored spectacles

too cute eh? (photo credits go to google images again). these pictures literally depict yellow hats and rose-colored spectacles. as i have unreliable taste in fashion and an utter lack of fashion sense, you should stop reading right away. but then if you decide to read on, you're in for something else--a dose of a wanderer's rambling--a lesser evil compared with seeing me wearing the two pieces together, hehe :)

although these two have technical meanings, ie, the yellow hat which is one of de Bono's six thinking hats and the common expression, "looking at things through rose-colored glasses", they are my personal symbols of happy thoughts and healthy optimism.

when you have just turned 26 some days ago, and you're one of those self-proclaimed "i'm in a an extended quarter-life crisis" drama queen, visual reminders of positive thoughts are as helpful as your comfort food, minus the calories. (the extended quarterlife crisis seems to point at an increased life expectancy too, aack! but that is a completely different story)

nobody is spared from experiencing difficult and trying times, we all go through rough patches along our respective journeys. it sounds cliche but each of us had a bite of this bitter truth when Asian countries were hit one calamity after another just weeks ago. i also witnessed the truth in this when i hear of the problems other people go through.

speaking of other people's concerns, i have a little secret to share, i subscribe to a daily prayer request where i receive emails of prayers from other people. i came across the site when i was desperately seeking help in praying for myself and my loved ones so i initially posted my own prayer. i believed praying with other believers is stronger than praying alone. the more the manier :p hehe. whether or not we admit it, we all could use help from other people praying for us. i thought it was good to also pray for others for a change. we are happy when our prayers are answered, but believe me, it;s a different high when someone you prayed for gets his/her prayer answered.

so, what is all the rambling about yellow hats and rose-colored glasses? perhaps it's just about a simple wish to keep our heads above water, when our problems seem to be bigger than us. when the inevitable comes, we can all just grab our yellow hats and don a pair of the rose-colored specs, to see that things are not as bad as waht they seem. it would be wonderful to imbibe an attitude of looking at things in a more positive way and keeping the faith that things are going to get better.