Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
emails galore
Tried to clear my office PC’s Microsoft outlook. Took a few minute just to empty my ‘deleted items’. Now my emails amount to about 1.7Gb. Realised I screen thru 30-50 emails a day. ha
Sunday, November 08, 2009
The heart of time
I find it important to catch up on some reading even though life can be very hectic at times. I just completed a quick read thru my housemate's "One month to live" by Kerry & Chris Shook and a little start for "Approval addiction" by Joyce Meyer & "Walking in your shoes" by Robert A. Schuller. Decided to put on hold Nelson Mandela's autobiography until after my exams, but, my, what an interesting childhood he had in africa. =)
In "1 month to live", the authors talked about how would u live your life if you were being told by the doctor that uu only had 30 days left to live. It expounded on the 4 points of:
Live passionately (living each day as if it were your last)
Love completely (showing others love that transcends & transforms)
Learn humbly (growing thru your problems and pains)
Leave boldly (creating a legacy that will impact generation)
It really got me down to see the core of life and helped see what worldly things that easily entangle my thoughts and cripple my values when I don't get down on my knees.
"Guard the secret theater of your heart. See nothing there that you do not want to see happen in reality."
-Roy H. Williams
Lately while having lunch with my colleagues, we chatted about food and when I talked about the good chicken rice restaurant, having it with a couple of loved ones with the various dishes served, they pointed out to me that I am smiling from ear to ear and said that I am such a simple person to be satisfied. ha. happy only. Well, with a 160GB iPod in hand, fun colleagues, wonderful family, great roommate, nice cell group, caring ppl ard and my bro is visiting soon, how not to?
It's a sunday at about 6.20pm, the sun is setting and i am a day closer to my exams and tax submission deadline. But thank God that today happened and there's tomorrow to wake up to.
oh ya, my architect-to-be sis showed me an awesome YouTube video of a gifted man who has photographic memory n able to draw out the whole city of rome in panoramic view after taking a 45-min helicopter trip.
hmm...
heard this story abt a man who went to the market to buy some fruits and saw God actually manning one of the stalls. So he walked towards it and God asked him, "what do u want?" The man hesitate for a while, thought it over and said, "I want joy, peace and happiness for the rest of my life". God replied,
"Sorry, I don't sell fruits. I provide seeds."
This story really got to me when i first read it, hopefully i'll always sow the right seeds n reap the harvest.
Nothing to say, 3 quotes to end this. Don't wanna be a 'quotey' person by the way, but too nice to be left untyped, hee. let's learn to live fearlessly & unselfishly for God.
In "1 month to live", the authors talked about how would u live your life if you were being told by the doctor that uu only had 30 days left to live. It expounded on the 4 points of:
Live passionately (living each day as if it were your last)
Love completely (showing others love that transcends & transforms)
Learn humbly (growing thru your problems and pains)
Leave boldly (creating a legacy that will impact generation)
It really got me down to see the core of life and helped see what worldly things that easily entangle my thoughts and cripple my values when I don't get down on my knees.
"Guard the secret theater of your heart. See nothing there that you do not want to see happen in reality."
-Roy H. Williams
Lately while having lunch with my colleagues, we chatted about food and when I talked about the good chicken rice restaurant, having it with a couple of loved ones with the various dishes served, they pointed out to me that I am smiling from ear to ear and said that I am such a simple person to be satisfied. ha. happy only. Well, with a 160GB iPod in hand, fun colleagues, wonderful family, great roommate, nice cell group, caring ppl ard and my bro is visiting soon, how not to?
It's a sunday at about 6.20pm, the sun is setting and i am a day closer to my exams and tax submission deadline. But thank God that today happened and there's tomorrow to wake up to.
oh ya, my architect-to-be sis showed me an awesome YouTube video of a gifted man who has photographic memory n able to draw out the whole city of rome in panoramic view after taking a 45-min helicopter trip.
hmm...
heard this story abt a man who went to the market to buy some fruits and saw God actually manning one of the stalls. So he walked towards it and God asked him, "what do u want?" The man hesitate for a while, thought it over and said, "I want joy, peace and happiness for the rest of my life". God replied,
"Sorry, I don't sell fruits. I provide seeds."
This story really got to me when i first read it, hopefully i'll always sow the right seeds n reap the harvest.
Nothing to say, 3 quotes to end this. Don't wanna be a 'quotey' person by the way, but too nice to be left untyped, hee. let's learn to live fearlessly & unselfishly for God.
This is your life.
Are you who you want to be?
-Switchfoot
Security is a superstition.
It does not exist in nature,
nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run
than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure
or nothing.
-Helen Keller
Don't ask what the world needs,
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive.
-Howard Thurman
Are you who you want to be?
-Switchfoot
Security is a superstition.
It does not exist in nature,
nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run
than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure
or nothing.
-Helen Keller
Don't ask what the world needs,
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive.
-Howard Thurman
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