(2/2) “An important life lesson that my mom taught me is to keep staying positive. One thing about her is her infectious positivity – even when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer, she kept on saying ‘you know what? I am okay and I will be okay’. We all know the survival rate for cancer is very low, but now she is recovering. Of course we don’t know what will happen in the future, but because of her positivity, it has brought her through it all.
She was suffering so much from cancer. She was in so much pain and discomfort but she never bothers us about it.
She would always say ‘nevermind, just go do your work, don’t worry about me, I am okay’. She tries to stay as independent as she can. We really appreciate our mother’s effort, she is the one always pushing us to do better and tell us not to be contented with a 9-5 job. It made me want to achieve bigger things.
Growing up as a kid, I always dreamt of making a change and contribute to the society in my own tiny way. It is all influenced by my mother. She is the most important woman in my life. She is a very strict mom and she always teach me to respect others and to help others. She is my inspiration from when I was young until up to this day.
The life lessons that she taught me has been useful for running my own startup. We always go through ups and downs – in fact, we always go through more downs than ups.
What people see on social media are always half the truth. Most of the time they don’t see what is behind the scene – all the shouting and arguments. Always be positive and look at things from different angles. That’s how you can fix your mind and go through these issues, one step at a time.”
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(This post was first published on July 19th 2018)
