Thursday, April 16, 2009
perspectives
was just looking at the past few days of my life and thinking about some stuff...
-ruoen
12:15:00 am
happy and unhappy stuff had happened and so i was just thinking about them. somehow, despite having one unhappy thing that just happened a while ago, i'm still feeling happy with my life!
It brings me to this thought that I guess sometimes it’s really just the perspectives. Like the analogy Yassy always uses – Is the cup half empty or half full? And in my case, it’s not even about half empty and half full. After all, it is obvious that my cup is more full than it is empty. There's definitely more happy things than unhappy things in my life. In my case, it’s more about what do I focus on – what I have, and what I do not have.
I do not (at this moment) have a family who completely understands me and respects my decisions. It’s okay, I know that all they did are just their way of saying they love me. They are watching out for me and perhaps the way they communicate it is not my favourite form of communication. It's okay, I'll pray for them :D
I have, however, a great spiritual family who’s out there, supporting me, rooting for me, pushing me on, bringing me forward. I have a great CG! I have a great future before me. I have great talents that God has blessed me with. I have great friends who care and love me. I have great spiritual parents and leaders who look out for me and pray for me. I have so many wonderful things in life to focus on. Why focus on that one thing that I do not have?
What we focus on grows. If I let all the bad things that happened occupy my thoughts and take up my energy, I'll barely have any left to do other stuff. Like grow. Sometimes it's hard to just get up and go. Many of us like to cry and make ourselves feel better before getting up and continue running. But nah, I'm not going to waste that time and energy. I'm just going to focus on the good things.
All the good things in my life makes me happy (:
I'm so thankful to God for this great life of mine!
But I’m sure there’s more to life than this still. I’m looking forward to every single part of it!
i'm still sick and feeling horrible and tired all the time.
my cough syrup knocks me out. i take my flu medicine through my nose (AND IT'S REALLY COOL!). but they hvnt really worked that well in making me feel better.
but yet i've mugged quite a bit!
i went to charmaine's house to study last night! (okay, we really spent more time playing than studying..)
she has a cute little cousin called Ethan! well, i think it's her cousin. i remember her saying it's her cousin. little Ethan is only 19 months old but he learns things real quickly!
I showed him Phineas & Ferb on my laptop and he was imitating Candace say, "B..B...Bu..But..But"
My laptop was on the floor and when he accidentally paused the video, I used my toes to press the spacebar to get the video going again. The next thing I know, he was putting his foot on my laptop, trying to do the same thing!
Ethan is soooo adorable!
i can never get tired of little kids (:
this boy from YSC drew this picture on the white board. SO CUTE.
he actually drew another one that i didn't take a picture of.
now that i think of it, i wish i did.
the other one says something like "God is in troble! Quick, call ambulance!" (that's how he spelt "trouble".)
these kids are just amazing!
-ruoen
12:15:00 am