You Ain't Too Heavy, You're My Sista!

Letter to another friend....

Hello, how are you feeling?

Better now?

I know I could have texted you or told you verbally lah, but I just wanted to pen down my thoughts first, to be more coherent and more comprehensive.

I just wanted to tell you....

• You don't have to be 100% correct 100% of the time you know.
• It's ok to get only 10% correct 10% of the time, and to let go of the other 90% which is out of your control.
• Sometimes we have to learn to have a little faith that even if we can't control the other 90%, it will turn out ok.

That's what friends are for. They keep the faith for you when you no longer have any faith to believe. When you don't feel like you have the strength and energy to be postitive anymore, it's ok to borrow your friends' strength and faith and energy, until you've managed to gather enough resources to start believing again.

Don't labour under the misconception that you're perfect and and can do everything for yourself. That's a fallacy that will cause you to start expecting too much of yourself.

What you lack, I have; and what I lack, I need your help to fill in the gaps.

Together we make a stronger and better team. Together we can go through and do much more than we can on our own.

So it's ok to be weak sometimes. Just make sure you're surrounded by strong people.

You're not too heavy, you're my sister.

In fact, there's actually a song about this.

Lean On Me

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on

Please swallow your pride If I have things you need to borrow For no one can fill those of your needs That you won't let show You just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have a problem that you'll understand We all need somebody to lean on

If there is a load you have to bear That you can't carry I'm right up the road I'll share your load If you just call me Call me (if you need a friend)