I am grateful to the Irish nuns for providing me with a solid and well-rounded education and for teaching me the positive universal values of what being a human being really means. They taught me decency and good behaviour.
Although I lost my mother at a very young age I did not turn bad, though for many years I was truly rebellious. However, I now realise that it is in my nature to rebel against anyone or anything that tries to impose its will on me.
I am now aware that it is my strongindividualistic and artistic inclinations that have determined my nature and the Irish nuns had, in a way, encouraged me to develop my own character. They helped channel my creative and rebellious energies into wholesome and beneficial pursuits.
I still feel very close to Ireland and its people, although I have never visited its windswept shores. The Irish have always impressed me with their resilience in the face of adversity, with their stamina for springing back with fortitude, with their natural talents in writing, poetry, painting, song and dance.
People say an Irishman is a mad man. They have such a capacity for enjoying life and love. Well, this is what life is really about – enjoying all that it has to offer. The Irish nuns taught me to cherish the time we have left in us and to live life to the fullest.
Source: thestar.com.my
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