Mai pen Lai attitude has its drawbacks. It is used as cover for incompetence or plain laziness. But may be, overall, it is a wiser approach to life`s problems. Afterall, how can you pick up something new- a new career, a new relationships, a new outlook on life- without first letting go of the old? It is like trying to pick up a bag of groceries when your hands are already full. Most likely, everything comes crashing down, and you are left empty handed.
I want to beleive this, I really do, but part of me, the neurotic part, resists. I can not just let a problem go unsolved. To me, that seems like quitting, and quitting makes my skin crawl.
(inspired from Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss)
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