24 Hours

Maybe I have written on this theme before but a basic motto for my Bangkok is your life here can change right around in 24 hours or less.   And you know what?  It just keeps happening and this week is yet another testament to this personally held motto.

I am getting ready for a visitor from Australia next week.  Then Tuesday, there is news that the visit is off, and is off for very good reason.  I am involved in planning a key meeting which Tuesday night went from Wednesday to Friday.  I plan my work this week to include a colleague now in Yangon for work.  Tuesday I find out that his return flight has been put back 24 hours by the airline.  So I will not see him this week.

All this does not really matter but it does colour life in my Bangkok and it does make the point.  It means always be flexible; always have Plan B or just accept what it is that one can achieve in life and be happy with that. 

If I remember correctly, John Lennon had a line - "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans".  My Bangkok tells me how true. 

Another basic life motto for me is that control does not work.  My Bangkok serves to show how true this is.