point to ponder.

today i sat in the cab of an diesel tanker, to escort the driver into the base, inside his cab what greeted me was completely unexpected... i wasn't greeted by your usual porn pin up's as i usually would be...or car's at the least... along with the porn... this guy was a new guy to this company... he had a little make shift alter.. of some buddhist origin and he had jasmine flowers on the alter... just below the alter i saw a picture...figured it was his three kids...
so out of curiosity i asked him... your kids? while pointing to the pic... he nodded... and smiled... we talked a little.. then he went on his way... before he left i asked him how he maneged... three kids and a wife.. that wasn't working... he simply said.. that he was contended... quite a big word.. i thought... considering we were both speaking in a mix of english and hokkien... but the look on his face told me he was...