During tough times, one can always draw comfort from one's family. This was one of the last few celebrations (we had many over the last 25 years, to be honest, thanks to the gregariousness of my mother Anna), so now that my parents are no longer around, I look to these pictures to remind me of those happy times untinged by the present worries. Your family is the most precious asset you can ever 'own' and all the money, fame and success in the world cannot buy you the good relations you have had with your flesh and blood. So, in a way, I pity the lives of the super-rich celebrities because the price they have paid for their relationship and time with their families is being compensated by being 'news' and 'gossip trash' for the ever probing media. Look at how messed up and coplicated the divorces of the famous actors like Seal and Heidi Klum, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Katy Perry and Russell Brand to name just 3 of many breakups this year alone.
Every Christmas and Chinese New Year's since the early 1980s, my mother would make it a point to call every single sibling of her family, young and old to house, and the noise and rowdiness was something which I miss this past year. Close friends and new acquaintences would also be invited, so every year for 2 times, we would have a full house.
Treasure your family, the good times and the bonds which keep us together, for money,success, distractions like a high flying job or career are fleeting and what matters is whether we have been good to our parents, our spouses and children and genuinely cared for the people that matter most to us and our society.
Seize the Day.
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