Are we just shadows ?

How many times have you heard the saying that "You're just like your ..... "? People tend to compare us with our parents, siblings, friends, relatives etc. Guess that is the way the society value our competitiveness. Many times, we would feel pressured so much that we actually under performed and later crying over split milk. So how do we overcome this? God knows how...
The only way is to live out of the shadow .. Soar High And Dive Over Waves ..

Since we cannot escape from it, we just Soar High. When we are Soaring High, we are heading towards our goals, our focus and our aims, not set by others. We are just elevating ourselves from the pressure. Be an eagle that sill soar across the dark clouds of expectations and unreasonable demands.

When there are times Soaring High does not solve the problem, then we just Dive Over Waves. It is futile to go against the Waves of comment, feedback and criticisms; we just Dive Over Waves.

Be a dolphin that will Dive Over Waves across the oceans of humility. Life's a humble beginning in anyhow we want to see it and experience it.

Thus, Soar High And Dive Over Waves .. reckon? ^+^

Rain or Shine

Sometimes we do hear whether it is rain or shine, what must be done, must be done. At times, I would just add in the complementary phrase "Be it crooked or straight, by hook or by crook" .. How many times that we tend to procrastinate not to finish our given task on time regardless of how important or unimportant it is. All it needs is just we do our part to finish the task and move on.

Today was the day where my youths went out to support a charity bazaar. Our stall was doing free health check, specifically blood pressure, sugar level, BMI and cholesterol level. It turned out that all of us were enjoying ourselves apart from just doing community service. It rained though but we were not affected as our stall was in the sheltered area.

On the other hand, there were some people who just procrastinate. Things that were supposed to be done, not only left undone, it went unnoticed. I asked my students to clear their desks before leaving for a 1-week break, a few just went off without doing their given task. What was said in the classroom went on deaf ear. Deaf ear meant trouble, asking for books to be sent to recycling centre. Worse still, I found one "white elephant" in the mess left behind.

The Heart vs The Mind

Today's devotion from the Our Daily Bread talks on the heart. Jesus talked about it is not what goes in man's mouth that make him unclean, but it is what comes out of the man's mouth. A well said phrase : every time our mouth speaks, our mind parades.

Coming to think of it, sometimes we tend to get carried away by what we want to do, what to say, and the list goes on. Thus, the words went flare and emotions went berseck. Why all these are happening, one would asked. How should it be dealt with? To face them or to run away or to soar higher? At times, the thought of giving up comes along, but then every time that thought comes along, the heart sends out the signal "What about those who really sincerely wouldn't want anyone to leave?"