Promise
it's been a long and hectic week. probably the busiest i would say, of the entire year so far. never before have i felt so tired that i felt like i couldn't hold my body together and that it was just going to fall apart.
and amidst all the crazy workings of the week, i learnt the virtue of patience, and tolerance. i can't say i've been either of those two very much over the past two weeks, but i can certainly say that at the end of the week it has hit me how much i am lacking in these qualities, and how much i need to work on being more loving towards others around me even when i am stressed, annoyed, or cranky.
over the weekend, i did a number of crazy things. it was the most stalkerish night of my life, but also one of the ones that make it into 'days i'll remember of 2008;' alongside with nights at rye, the night out at docklands, movie nights, hotpot, etc.
sitting in school grounds that we half broke into, staring into the space that stretched beyond me, under a starless sky with two of my high school friends.. i was taken back to my very first day at balwyn high. and i thank God so much that despite the resistance i put up moving to Australia, i came anyway and am now the better for it, and i have all the wonderful people in my life as testament to that. if i could do things over i would not change a single thing about where i am today. (okay so maybe there are one or two things..lol) but i thought of all the other people sheltered under the same sky, and felt like we're all really not so different from each other at all. we all know the same basic needs and feel the same things. we go through the same difficulties and hardships, and take pleasure in the same joys.
the world is so big, and we are so small.
today marks the start of a new week. unlike the last 2, this one shall be a bit of a breather. it is a week of reflection, thanks to an email i received over the weekend that made me think about the way i live my life, and who i want to be.
"Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful." 1 corinthians 4:2
and amidst all the crazy workings of the week, i learnt the virtue of patience, and tolerance. i can't say i've been either of those two very much over the past two weeks, but i can certainly say that at the end of the week it has hit me how much i am lacking in these qualities, and how much i need to work on being more loving towards others around me even when i am stressed, annoyed, or cranky.
over the weekend, i did a number of crazy things. it was the most stalkerish night of my life, but also one of the ones that make it into 'days i'll remember of 2008;' alongside with nights at rye, the night out at docklands, movie nights, hotpot, etc.
sitting in school grounds that we half broke into, staring into the space that stretched beyond me, under a starless sky with two of my high school friends.. i was taken back to my very first day at balwyn high. and i thank God so much that despite the resistance i put up moving to Australia, i came anyway and am now the better for it, and i have all the wonderful people in my life as testament to that. if i could do things over i would not change a single thing about where i am today. (okay so maybe there are one or two things..lol) but i thought of all the other people sheltered under the same sky, and felt like we're all really not so different from each other at all. we all know the same basic needs and feel the same things. we go through the same difficulties and hardships, and take pleasure in the same joys.
the world is so big, and we are so small.
today marks the start of a new week. unlike the last 2, this one shall be a bit of a breather. it is a week of reflection, thanks to an email i received over the weekend that made me think about the way i live my life, and who i want to be.
"Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful." 1 corinthians 4:2
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