Changes

Change is something that happens constantly in our life

The frequency, well, is then determined by how much we're letting it happen

It's common that...

As time goes by, people settled down

We get comfortable with the current situation...OR...

We struggle in the situation but what it takes to make a change is often deemed to be too hard

So...

It's perfectly fine to not change if everything's going well

But...

You wouldn't thought of changing if everything's really going well, right?

However...

We resist to change most of the time, as we're afraid that things will get worse, and we'll lose what we're holding tight now

I'm going through a life changing stage at this moment of my life

When everything in life seems to be uncertain, and it almost feels like somebody is controlling my fate and my future

But one voice in my head always remind me that He is actually in control

It's just so hard sometimes to believe in that voice yet it's 100% true

How to believe in something that you can't touch or see?

It takes a certain level of trust, to go the distance and start to believe

It's by having faith, it's by knowing good things will happen eventually

I guess this kinda attitude changes the way to do things unknowingly

And thus affect the outcomes of many little things indirectly too

All and all, it's that little first step...for a change...to make life works

Play-Doh? Do you remember?

There's this small stories behind this little invention

Originally the clay was created to clean wallpapers because of the effect of gas-heating. But soon when other form of heatings come into the market, gas-heating was slowly being replaced and thus the demand for the clay for cleaning dropped. Approaching the end the his business, Joe McVicker almost gave up until his sister in law, a teacher in kindergarten, asked about the clay's safety and mentioned how fun it actually was for children. And then, McVicker's dying business was given another chance to prosper again, to an even greater scale he couldn't even have imagined.

Life's like that I guess? When it almost seems to be hopeless at some point, this is when you make tiny little change, to make it work again!

T-Mac

T-Mac

He'll never be like how he was like

After numerous injuries, this scoring champ was never the same again

But the passion and love for the game kept him going

I guess that's life

You're given whatever, if you don't embrace the whatever

You'll be just like saying "whatever" to your life

With Great Reward, Comes Great Sacrifice

At this stage of my very life

Kids Sunday School teacher Anuska just taught the kids and me a very important concept

"With Great Reward, Comes Great Sacrifice"

 Although a simple phrase like that, probably means:

Sacrifice= Be obedient and quiet, listen to the teachers

Reward= Gummy Babies

To the kids...

To me, it means a little bit more~

I've always been a person who wants to get things done quickly, and somehow sometimes expected to see the result immediately

I embrace the "get things done quickly" spirit in a way that it keeps me awake

But this attitude can't be used in every situation

Sometimes, patience plays an important role

Sometimes, good things are worth waiting for

Sometimes, you just have to wait!

Patience, slow to anger, tolerance, keeping composure

They're all related, in a way that they test your ability to WAIT

With this knee injury

It comes together with a lesson of "Obedience and Patience"

Temptations are all over the place

The sound of bouncing basketball is enough to fire me up

The combo sight of ball+rim, you can imagine...

How I wished I can play~~~

I violated the "REST" rule...I have to wait longer now

God's teaching me a lesson I guess...

To WAIT, for every good things in life~

From old friend siewmay, I've learned the way to put this patience thing to use

She's a girl with tremendous patience and love for others

Putting others first, and ownself last

That's not easy and yet she demonstrated this to me everyday

If not with great ease, it's with great sacrifice

I've never thought that we would meet this way this time in Australia

Somehow, God brought her here, even at some point it was almost completely hopeless for her to come already

I'm grateful for a friend like this, a friend who understands

知心的会走更近, once said by gaodaimao

I'm glad I'm surrounded by friends who exchange hearts, who truly cares

What more can I ask for really? :)