LOVE, Kloudiia

We are all susceptible to this flaw. Yes, all of us.

We take for granted many things and many people. Like country security. Blame or credit it to the excellent governing of Singapore that allow our citizens and residents to live in a life of security and comfort.

In today’s TODAY, someone wrote in to express his disbelief and horror on his experience at the check-in counter of Valuair at our famed airport. What happened was this – he approached the counter staff, greeted her but his friendliness wasn’t being reciprocated. Courtesy of our airport staff – checked.

He successfully checked in, together with his wife. Seemed like a smooth process, doesn’t it? The issue is this – he was holding an absolete passport of his wife without his own knowledge. Security – checked.

After he checked in, he routinely took a look at his passport before discovering the big boo boo. Of course, he didn’t take that flight, but made a dash for home immediately to collect his real passport, while alarmed that he, a short-haired man could be mistaken for the woman with long hair in the passport he used to check in.

I felt really blessed to live in Singapore, a place where I prided on our security. Especially when I have travelled to some places where this area is probably not as tight as we have in our homeland. I guess because of this well-known fact, we could have let down our guard and became blinded to some signs.

Being constantly aware and alert is not only imperative in the country level, it is as crucial at the micro level – among our neighbourhood, our community and most importantly, our family.

Imagine if you begin to take your partner for granted that they have to perform certain duties out of obligation, would you still appreciate them for doing so?

One of the reasons why relationships start to sour is because people have failed to recognise the others’ efforts. Sweeping it away conveniently by treating that as something to be expected could lead to the breaking down of marriages at a rate faster than what one could imagine.

I truly hope we can start to keep our eyes, ears and heart open, at all times in our lives.

[tags]national security, taking for granted, expectations, relationships, marriage[/tags]