*sigh* Sometimes, life's just not as straight forward as it seems. Many likened life to a marathon, whhich some started off very well, but just did not get to finish the race.
Its half way through yet another semester for me. Amidst the business, I seemed to have lost myself once again. Feels like i've forgotten what i really want in life. All these set me to wonder if there is a true purpose in life. All the church-going hasn't really transformed me into a faithful follower of what a christian should believe. haha... Well, that's maybe because I am really not like Paul - with all his fanciful tale about a beam of light falling on him when he was on his way to damascus which eventually led him to the discovery of his true 'calling'. haha.. Okok, enough of these churchy rantings. All these stuff seems to be replaying so many times in my life that I simply lost count.
Back to the topic.. are there really some kind of purpose for our existence. Is human life just like the life cycle of any other organism on earth - nothing more than a way to prolong the life of the species through constant renewal and regeneration, but in a more fanciful manner (given our unusual intellect)? Do we create purposes for ourselves so that we might live purposeful and fulfilling lives? Tell me what you think if you see this?
gee.. i really hate periods like this :(
updates... (pls bear with my rantings...)
The school's curriculum has finally lauched into its full swing... and it seems like this sem is busier than before... with 25 AUs on my belt, and pending 3 AUs more....nasty and boring subjects like Professional Communication (some course on resume writing and prep for intervews) and Engineers and Society (brain-washing subject taught by a boring lecturer).. projects to do... reports to complete... half the people whom i used to meet daily gone on missing and overseas... things are quite different. Well, not that I haven't expected it.
Amidst all the academic pursuits, I am not neglecting my poor actin and mysin... keeping to a 3 times a week workout regime is trying... but,nonetheless, it has kept me feeling fresh and alert....
I guess that's how things are supposed to be like when you get pulled out of your comfort zone. Being busy is want i always wanted. I've lived feeling more fulfilled and less time to waste....less time to emo... when time becomes a precious commodity.
I once heard a message on "living your dreams" by a pastor in church. He said that the most dangerous items in my household's not the sharp objects and tools... but the arm chair. Too much rest.. or sloth... robs us of our potential to realise our dreams.
This semester is going to be good. I am moving one step nearer. ;)
Amidst all the academic pursuits, I am not neglecting my poor actin and mysin... keeping to a 3 times a week workout regime is trying... but,nonetheless, it has kept me feeling fresh and alert....
I guess that's how things are supposed to be like when you get pulled out of your comfort zone. Being busy is want i always wanted. I've lived feeling more fulfilled and less time to waste....less time to emo... when time becomes a precious commodity.
I once heard a message on "living your dreams" by a pastor in church. He said that the most dangerous items in my household's not the sharp objects and tools... but the arm chair. Too much rest.. or sloth... robs us of our potential to realise our dreams.
This semester is going to be good. I am moving one step nearer. ;)
counting down...
its finally less than 2 weeks before back to sch.. to be exact that should be 12 days? Sweet! So many things that i need to do before getting back to those books again... photocopying some books... get some new shoes.. etc etc...
And I just realised that this coming semester will be so different... i guess it'll probably more of me spending more time with the books and gym.. afterall i won't be seeing so many friendly faces next semester - at least a dozen of them will be on Industrial attachment! Quite a few are flying overseas to places like france, switzerland and denmark for student exchange programme. wish that everyone will have a fruitful time.
in the meantime, it will be more fun and meet up with friends, to catch up and to say farwewell :)
And I just realised that this coming semester will be so different... i guess it'll probably more of me spending more time with the books and gym.. afterall i won't be seeing so many friendly faces next semester - at least a dozen of them will be on Industrial attachment! Quite a few are flying overseas to places like france, switzerland and denmark for student exchange programme. wish that everyone will have a fruitful time.
in the meantime, it will be more fun and meet up with friends, to catch up and to say farwewell :)
emo emo again...hahah
It took me a moment to decide if I should write this post. haha, that's cos' I think it's gonna be too emo...haha... so what should I do?... But I recall reading on a fren's blog (who started blogging again after a long hiatus), that he's writing neither to entertain nor to please.... Afterall, this is my place where I scribe my reflections, thoughts and initimate feelings.... so I am just gonna write anything that pleases me.. HAHA..
Over the past few weeks, I have been pondering deeply on 'loving'. It started off when I saw a very impactful string of words on a friend's blog.... "You can have everything, but if you haven't love, you are truly nothing..." Those familiar with the bible would know that's the origin of this teaching. This isn't the first time I heard this, but this time round, these words kept me thinking for a long long time. I guess these are the word for this season of my life...
Everyone must have had some bad experiences in life. Some, we chuck aside... we run from them... (and a fortunate few ) we are able to resolve... but there the ones which we simply have no power against. We build tall walls to defend ourselves.... when these experiences gets too painful, we try to anesthetise ourselves.... Sometimes we even mutilate ourselves from within with the harshest self-condemnation. What's left over after such horrid treatment is nothing but a badly scarred soul that bleeds for acceptance...cry for comfort..yearns for love.
Personally, i think the most brutal wars are not waged with swords, but those that battles within the heart. In a materialistic, superficial world today, where only the affluent, successful and beautiful gets a share of the limelight... many who find themselves far from such qualities often feel insecure, inferior and unloved. They struggle to change. Many flock to gymnasiums, beauty parlours, aesthetic clinics to get a make-over to look like the next "Brangelina".... not to get a fix for their physical flaws, but a cure for their broken self-esteem. Students no longer study for their passions. They put away the drawings of their ambitions they drew in during their childhood, and aimed hard to do business and finance for the dollars and cents. So many marriages are on the rocks, with divorce rate rocketing off the roof, few in the world now belives in eternal love.
I am not immuned to all these. So many are the times when I feel lousy and inferior compared with others. I struggle with insecurity, and lived with my heart all hardden-up, dead and unable to love... even to the extent I withdraw from people and choose to stay within the comfort of my home.... But there is definitely a better way. STOP CONDEMNING YOURSELF. STEP OUT TO LOVE. Shower care for people... It gonna take effort and practise... It may be painful... But thats life.
I love the words of my A level biology teacher... "Only dead people has no problems..."
So.. make someone's day, and he will make yours ;)
Over the past few weeks, I have been pondering deeply on 'loving'. It started off when I saw a very impactful string of words on a friend's blog.... "You can have everything, but if you haven't love, you are truly nothing..." Those familiar with the bible would know that's the origin of this teaching. This isn't the first time I heard this, but this time round, these words kept me thinking for a long long time. I guess these are the word for this season of my life...
Everyone must have had some bad experiences in life. Some, we chuck aside... we run from them... (and a fortunate few ) we are able to resolve... but there the ones which we simply have no power against. We build tall walls to defend ourselves.... when these experiences gets too painful, we try to anesthetise ourselves.... Sometimes we even mutilate ourselves from within with the harshest self-condemnation. What's left over after such horrid treatment is nothing but a badly scarred soul that bleeds for acceptance...cry for comfort..yearns for love.
Personally, i think the most brutal wars are not waged with swords, but those that battles within the heart. In a materialistic, superficial world today, where only the affluent, successful and beautiful gets a share of the limelight... many who find themselves far from such qualities often feel insecure, inferior and unloved. They struggle to change. Many flock to gymnasiums, beauty parlours, aesthetic clinics to get a make-over to look like the next "Brangelina".... not to get a fix for their physical flaws, but a cure for their broken self-esteem. Students no longer study for their passions. They put away the drawings of their ambitions they drew in during their childhood, and aimed hard to do business and finance for the dollars and cents. So many marriages are on the rocks, with divorce rate rocketing off the roof, few in the world now belives in eternal love.
I am not immuned to all these. So many are the times when I feel lousy and inferior compared with others. I struggle with insecurity, and lived with my heart all hardden-up, dead and unable to love... even to the extent I withdraw from people and choose to stay within the comfort of my home.... But there is definitely a better way. STOP CONDEMNING YOURSELF. STEP OUT TO LOVE. Shower care for people... It gonna take effort and practise... It may be painful... But thats life.
I love the words of my A level biology teacher... "Only dead people has no problems..."
So.. make someone's day, and he will make yours ;)
this 3-month break is really too long and unbearable.
ok, call me a weirdo or whatever you want. But i really hate long breaks like this... let me see... what i've done this holiday...
1. watch more movies than the number of movies i've watched the last 3 years added up
2. tutored some nice kids for 'o' level physics
3. hit the gym again after a 6 months break (my gym partner is recovering from a broken wrist)
4. met up with different group frens on and off to catch up with them after a busy semester
5. 'chup-in' the school's freshmen orientation camp, acted in 'fright nite' production of the camp
6. slept late... wake up late....
7. celebrated my 23 birthday with loved ones and frens
..... this looks damn depressing. like walking aimlessly in a valley.
I need to start living for my dreams.. and start soaring for the sky!!
1. watch more movies than the number of movies i've watched the last 3 years added up
2. tutored some nice kids for 'o' level physics
3. hit the gym again after a 6 months break (my gym partner is recovering from a broken wrist)
4. met up with different group frens on and off to catch up with them after a busy semester
5. 'chup-in' the school's freshmen orientation camp, acted in 'fright nite' production of the camp
6. slept late... wake up late....
7. celebrated my 23 birthday with loved ones and frens
..... this looks damn depressing. like walking aimlessly in a valley.
I need to start living for my dreams.. and start soaring for the sky!!
Defining: Love
I must have heard a few dozens of definitios and sayings concerning love. But i think the bible gives the best definition, in my opinion ;D
1 Corinthians 13 (New Living Translation)
1 Corinthians 13
Love Is the Greatest
1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13 (New Living Translation)
1 Corinthians 13
Love Is the Greatest
1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
Validation
Recently, I read a pretty inspirational article from NewPaper (hmmm... ), which i hardly ever come close to reading - for the fact that I am not such a die-hard soccer fan or sports junkie. It surprised me at first that they do post some good stuff afterall, its from some local tabloid. OK, let's get it clear. This isn't some emo thing that you've been reading (as those in my previous blog entries), but something i think that's worth learning....
The article talks about the issue of self validation. In a nutshell, people are either internally or externally validated. Some quick defs:
Internally validated: People who look to themselves as the ultimate arbiter in value judgements.
Externally validated: People who primarily look externally for approvals and appraisals for their self-identity.
So like anyone, i did a quick mental assessment to see which camp i belonged to. Well sadly, I think i am the more frailed, latter.
The article went on to paint some scenarios to further illustrate the difference between the two traits..
"If you're internally validated, your evidence would from within yourself. Such a person culd design a building that wins many architectural awards but if he does not feel that it is special, all the outside approval wont't convince him it is". Sounds cocky? well, i say thats some character. But at least, an internally validated person stands for himself and not cry for approval from somewhere (be it from the top (if you are a God abidding soul ) or from your surrounding (if you too afraid to lose people around you for what you stand for).
So next comes the BIG Q, "What should I do to make yourself more internally validated?"
Well, it says, "You need to develope new patterns and ways of thinking. You have to break your old habits and trait yourself to have good habits. Being internally validated comes primarily from self confidence, which in turn comes from experience and reflection. If you've done something successfully for 10 or 20 years, you're probably self validated about that activity....So reflect hard and gain experience in these areas. Then monitor yoursel to see whether you are being needlessly swayed by your peers or whether you think and feel that way. Don't mindlessly follow or obey others. Be your own man."
oh, BTW...This actually comes from a dating section of Newpaper....the article below this one was, "How do I approach the hot girls in the clubs?". Shallow! hahhaa. so are you quite surprised at their wisom (or course, this comes after some of my careful censorship)...
The article talks about the issue of self validation. In a nutshell, people are either internally or externally validated. Some quick defs:
Internally validated: People who look to themselves as the ultimate arbiter in value judgements.
Externally validated: People who primarily look externally for approvals and appraisals for their self-identity.
So like anyone, i did a quick mental assessment to see which camp i belonged to. Well sadly, I think i am the more frailed, latter.
The article went on to paint some scenarios to further illustrate the difference between the two traits..
"If you're internally validated, your evidence would from within yourself. Such a person culd design a building that wins many architectural awards but if he does not feel that it is special, all the outside approval wont't convince him it is". Sounds cocky? well, i say thats some character. But at least, an internally validated person stands for himself and not cry for approval from somewhere (be it from the top (if you are a God abidding soul ) or from your surrounding (if you too afraid to lose people around you for what you stand for).
So next comes the BIG Q, "What should I do to make yourself more internally validated?"
Well, it says, "You need to develope new patterns and ways of thinking. You have to break your old habits and trait yourself to have good habits. Being internally validated comes primarily from self confidence, which in turn comes from experience and reflection. If you've done something successfully for 10 or 20 years, you're probably self validated about that activity....So reflect hard and gain experience in these areas. Then monitor yoursel to see whether you are being needlessly swayed by your peers or whether you think and feel that way. Don't mindlessly follow or obey others. Be your own man."
oh, BTW...This actually comes from a dating section of Newpaper....the article below this one was, "How do I approach the hot girls in the clubs?". Shallow! hahhaa. so are you quite surprised at their wisom (or course, this comes after some of my careful censorship)...
二十三岁。。。
小时候，每当过生日的时候心中总会带着期待， 因为我知道身边的家人与朋友们都会带着祝福话语，礼物，以及把所有的目光投放在我身上。受宠的感觉真的很好。
光阴似箭，不知不觉地今年就是我的二十三岁生日了！今年如同往年，朋友们都很主动地和我一起庆祝生日。。。我感到非常感激。可是，在快乐的当儿，自己内心的深处却默默的希望时间能够放慢脚步。虽然又大了一岁，但我觉得我的人生体验太枯燥乏味了。有时真希望时间可以逗留在某一些时刻。但人逼近还是得长大，我又能如何呢。。。
渴望今年会是我人生的转捩点吧！往灿烂的人生道路奔驰！
光阴似箭，不知不觉地今年就是我的二十三岁生日了！今年如同往年，朋友们都很主动地和我一起庆祝生日。。。我感到非常感激。可是，在快乐的当儿，自己内心的深处却默默的希望时间能够放慢脚步。虽然又大了一岁，但我觉得我的人生体验太枯燥乏味了。有时真希望时间可以逗留在某一些时刻。但人逼近还是得长大，我又能如何呢。。。
渴望今年会是我人生的转捩点吧！往灿烂的人生道路奔驰！
Beautifully Imperfect
"Beautifully imperfect" - these are the words that came to my mind today while I was on the train (leaving my mind to wonder about when i listened to my playlist). I remembered seeing these words the first time in a local paper, which featured couples who are not the typical 'Prince Charming and Snow Whites' in fairy tales... they were more like 'Beauty and the Beast' sort...haha
I figured such expressions are known as 'oxymorons', or a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms...How can (physical) beauty exist when (physical)imperfection exist? I guess the answer is simple when you look at their faces... it was because they have love. Love perfected their imperfections.
I figured such expressions are known as 'oxymorons', or a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms...How can (physical) beauty exist when (physical)imperfection exist? I guess the answer is simple when you look at their faces... it was because they have love. Love perfected their imperfections.
H1N1 arrives in SG...
Although this is a serious matter.... there's a nice vid made by Mr. Brown and Co. to lighten the mood haha..
Here's their rendition of Wondergirls' - Nobody. Enjoy!
Here's their rendition of Wondergirls' - Nobody. Enjoy!
永恒的爱存在吗?
我今天看了一部非常棒的爱情片.看完之后有了许多感想...
剧中有一句令我赞叹不已的话:
"如果爱上一个人,怎能不害怕分离? 而我们必须接受事实...人长大了,寂寞就是没有了爱.这种空虚不是朋友或家人能个取代的... 即使是短暂的爱过,也会刻骨铭心."
记得有人说过:"爱情犹如烟火". 烟火释放出的光芒, 璀璨夺目,照亮着人生中的黑暗. 但刹那间,也可能就消失了. 这样的爱值得追求吗?
剧中有一句令我赞叹不已的话:
"如果爱上一个人,怎能不害怕分离? 而我们必须接受事实...人长大了,寂寞就是没有了爱.这种空虚不是朋友或家人能个取代的... 即使是短暂的爱过,也会刻骨铭心."
记得有人说过:"爱情犹如烟火". 烟火释放出的光芒, 璀璨夺目,照亮着人生中的黑暗. 但刹那间,也可能就消失了. 这样的爱值得追求吗?
I Just Want You
I Just Want You - Planetshakers
More than a nice melody,
More than the sweetest of words,
This is love i have found,
and with this love i am found.
I just want you Jesus, i just want you my Lord,
I just want you Jesus, i just want You.
Never could i comprehend,
The love you so freely give,
Never could i be with you,
But you love covers all of my sin.
I just want you Jesus,
I just want you my Lord,
I just want you Jesus i just want You.
There is no greater love than Your's,
Nothing else could ever compare,
And even if i search all the world i will never find a love like your's, God.
There is no greater love than Your's,
Nothing else could ever compare,
And even if i search all the world i will never find a love like your's.
I just want you Jesus,
I just want you my Lord,
I just want you Jesus,
I just want You,
Jesus
感恩的心
上个学期的考试今天终于放榜了。说实话，我对这次的成绩放榜并不期待-因为我总是觉得这次的表现并不理想。虽然说，我在这个学期所付出的努力好比上的学期多了许多，但却觉得自己似乎在课业上领悟得不多。
虽然说不在意，不知怎么的，今天十一点五十九分，我便守在电脑旁了。在领取成绩的那一刹那，我感觉到了瞬间的安慰-这应该是因为觉到了所得的成绩虽然比预期的好。但奇怪的是，这瞬间的安慰转眼间演变成了一种苦涩的失落-因为这次的表现和上个学期相比可算是差强人意。。。这种感觉究竟是因为我的要求太高？还是，这只是人性自古以来都甩不掉的“贪念”呢？我真的搞不太懂！
今天乘闲着没事干的时候，我无意中来到了网络的上的一个部落格。 作者在部落格里抒写了一些不如意的经历。但是，令我惊讶的是，她竟然在这种情况下还能保持着乐观、积极、感恩的态度。而我生在的处境，比她好许多，却为一点小事搞得不愉快。嗨。。。 我该知足了！
虽然说不在意，不知怎么的，今天十一点五十九分，我便守在电脑旁了。在领取成绩的那一刹那，我感觉到了瞬间的安慰-这应该是因为觉到了所得的成绩虽然比预期的好。但奇怪的是，这瞬间的安慰转眼间演变成了一种苦涩的失落-因为这次的表现和上个学期相比可算是差强人意。。。这种感觉究竟是因为我的要求太高？还是，这只是人性自古以来都甩不掉的“贪念”呢？我真的搞不太懂！
今天乘闲着没事干的时候，我无意中来到了网络的上的一个部落格。 作者在部落格里抒写了一些不如意的经历。但是，令我惊讶的是，她竟然在这种情况下还能保持着乐观、积极、感恩的态度。而我生在的处境，比她好许多，却为一点小事搞得不愉快。嗨。。。 我该知足了！
Cherish
I read something i really liked on facebook. Thought i should leave it here to share, and to remember. Here it goes:
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.She told her boyfriend,"If I could only see the world,I will marry you."
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.
He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:
"Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine."
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
Life Is a Gift
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on
your face and think: you're alive and still around.
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.She told her boyfriend,"If I could only see the world,I will marry you."
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.
He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:
"Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine."
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
Life Is a Gift
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on
your face and think: you're alive and still around.
The Ferns and Bamboo Story: my perspective.
I am sitting my room, idling again. Looks like I am back again in this cave, finally. This is where I like to ponder about life's issues, with my favourite playlist playing.
Away from the heaps of homework and readings during the academic semesters, life's suddenly tranquil and slow-moving, with a hint of laziness. Aimless it may seem, but I guess I can afford that. I need a break. The thought of going back to another round of paper-chasing's unthinkable now.
I was told of a story lately, about a man who was probably in the darkest hour of his life. Soaking in his despair, he contemplated to end his life. But I guess fate found him to be in a forest bursting with vegetative life. Striving on the forest floor were ferns, with bamboo sparsely distributed among them. Then, a Voice questioned that man,
" What is the difference between the bamboo and the ferns?"
As if the question was rhetorical, the voice answered,
"The ferns are short, but grow and reproduce rapidly, spreading across the forest floor like wildfire. The bamboo tress are tall and majestic, soaring up the sky towards the warmth of the sunlight. But tall as it may seem, it's roots runs deep into the ground. It takes a long time for its roots to grow far and deep into the soil, before it is ready to grow upwards into the sky."
I find this story very analogous to our lives. Very often, especially during transitional stages of life, we find ourselves trapped in the valleys of life. Or we find our lives on a plateau, wondering when we can scale greater heights. I guess these are the times when when our 'roots' are growing deeper into the ground to prepare us for the growth that will soon come - if we do not lose hope.
Away from the heaps of homework and readings during the academic semesters, life's suddenly tranquil and slow-moving, with a hint of laziness. Aimless it may seem, but I guess I can afford that. I need a break. The thought of going back to another round of paper-chasing's unthinkable now.
I was told of a story lately, about a man who was probably in the darkest hour of his life. Soaking in his despair, he contemplated to end his life. But I guess fate found him to be in a forest bursting with vegetative life. Striving on the forest floor were ferns, with bamboo sparsely distributed among them. Then, a Voice questioned that man,
" What is the difference between the bamboo and the ferns?"
As if the question was rhetorical, the voice answered,
"The ferns are short, but grow and reproduce rapidly, spreading across the forest floor like wildfire. The bamboo tress are tall and majestic, soaring up the sky towards the warmth of the sunlight. But tall as it may seem, it's roots runs deep into the ground. It takes a long time for its roots to grow far and deep into the soil, before it is ready to grow upwards into the sky."
I find this story very analogous to our lives. Very often, especially during transitional stages of life, we find ourselves trapped in the valleys of life. Or we find our lives on a plateau, wondering when we can scale greater heights. I guess these are the times when when our 'roots' are growing deeper into the ground to prepare us for the growth that will soon come - if we do not lose hope.
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