Irrelevance

In the post on 28^th January (Chemotherapy Cycle #09 Comment #01), I was questioning myself whether been able to post on my blog “on the go” with mobile blogger apps will cause me to succumb to the temptation of posting what I will term "irrelevance" and if I analyses my posts since then, I would not classify my posts as irrelevant but then that is also subjective depending on the readers.

I often quirk about people who will post on their blog or Facebook about what they are eating “now” by snapping a picture of the food and immediately uploading the pic and post some comment. When I say this, it is will some “fear” as I have friends and relatives who does it and my wife does too occasionally. I “fear” that I will get flamed for it.

Anyway, the above is just an example of what I termed irrelevance unless the person is a foodie and is posting it on a blog or Facebook dedicated to food or the comments posted has some relevance such as “This is one of my friend’s favorite foods. It reminds me to get in touch with him/her because we had not met for a long time”.

You might be wondering why I am tethering on the ‘political” by writing about others’ irrelevance? My chemotherapy started on 22^nd August 2012 and since then, everything in my life is about relevance and what do I mean about relevance? In my posts, I had often emphasised about relationship, the relationship with spouse, family, friends, colleagues and I might add acquaintances. These are the things that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. Would you remember or would your friend remember what you ate 1 week ago for lunch unless it is a special lunch like a birthday or anniversary? But then I would classify that as “relevant” since it is about relationship, the celebration of significant moments in your life like birthday or anniversary and time spent with loved ones.

Time spent with Josie and Nathan had taken on added relevance and thus any distraction is an affront to that relevance like my “addiction” to TV or Josie’s to Korean drama because these take away possible quality time but it is always difficult to kick “addictions”.

I guess what I am trying to say is to be mindful of what are the relevant and important things in your life. Don’t let the mundane take over your life such that you lose sight of what are important. I will not list what should be considered important for that is for the individual to assess but I know what is mine, the presence and love of God, the love of and for my wife and son, cherishing family and friends, gratitude towards those who are concerned.

I had a small scare yesterday as I cut myself in one of my fingers. It was a small cut but a deep one and due to my low platelet count, clot could form fast enough and it bled profusely. After the initial bleeding had stopped, the wound opened up twice again and bled. Had no choice but head to the hospital to have the wound sealed with tissue glue as the cut is too small for stitching. Contacted Nathan’s god-parents as they worked nearby to ask them to “standby” and they were on my case constantly with messages asking for updates and were almost ready to come to hospital to bring me home just in case I could not drive. This is what I call relevance.

I thank God for the relevance and for His presence and In Him We Trust.