There are three people. And there is a box.
The Bomb-believer believes that there is a bomb in the box that will explode when the box opens. So he finds a place of protection.
The Flower-believer believes that there is a flower in the box. So this believer goes near the box.
The Whatever-believer doesn't care about what's in the box. So this believer ignores the box.
Concerned, the bomb-believer calls the other believers to come into the place of protection. They did not want to go over. He explains to the other believers why it is very likely that there is a bomb in the box to the other two. The flower-believer doesn't want to listen. Saying that the bomb-believer is terrible, for saying everyone will die, except the bomb-believer. The flower-believer asserts that everyone can go on believing whatever they want. As for the Whatever-believer, he just shuts his ears, because he doesn't want to bother with what's in the box.
The bomb-believer could not get the rest to listen.
Finally, the flower-believer opens the box.
If there is a flower in the box, the flower-believer gets the flower! All is good!
But
If there is a bomb in the box, both the flower-believer and the whatever-believer dies.
Only the bomb-believer, who is in the place of protection, lives.
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The truth is the truth, whether you believe it or not.
The choice is yours.
When the possible consequences are so great, do you want to risk ignoring the box?
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)
Sunday, May 27, 2012
7-day blogging challenge
I shall attempt to blog something everyday for 7 days. At least something short.
Until the end of my corporate valuation assignment.
Work sometimes make me feel robotic. It makes me feel like I have no time to be human.
Reading good books, games, and movies, and definitely even facebook won't help as much.
Hopefully this forced reflection / blogging time will help to guard against that this week, as the final assignment deadline rolls around.
Until the end of my corporate valuation assignment.
Work sometimes make me feel robotic. It makes me feel like I have no time to be human.
Reading good books, games, and movies, and definitely even facebook won't help as much.
Hopefully this forced reflection / blogging time will help to guard against that this week, as the final assignment deadline rolls around.
So much easier to ignore
It's so much easier to just ignore, and not bother, when someone does something wrong.
It's a lot easier to let it be, focus on something else, and not risk the camaraderie.
But that is superficial.
When deep down, I know that it isn't right,
When deep down, I'm cowardly to not try changing it.
Hate isn't the opposite of love.
Ignorance is.
Acting like how that person is doesn't matter is the opposite of love.
Of course, there are important matters, and less important matters.
But are you sure that this issue isn't important?
A relationship is only as deep as the level of honesty.
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It's so much easier to ignore God and all that spiritual 'fluff' too.
But I find myself being very dishonest and superficial with myself whenever I do that, when my thoughts are focused on people and things around. All of which, will eventually die.
"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
It's a lot easier to let it be, focus on something else, and not risk the camaraderie.
But that is superficial.
When deep down, I know that it isn't right,
When deep down, I'm cowardly to not try changing it.
Hate isn't the opposite of love.
Ignorance is.
Acting like how that person is doesn't matter is the opposite of love.
Of course, there are important matters, and less important matters.
But are you sure that this issue isn't important?
A relationship is only as deep as the level of honesty.
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It's so much easier to ignore God and all that spiritual 'fluff' too.
But I find myself being very dishonest and superficial with myself whenever I do that, when my thoughts are focused on people and things around. All of which, will eventually die.
"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Hunger Games
A decent movie I think.
Although friends said that the book has a lot more depth and emotion than the movie, which focused more on the action (no surprise there!).
It has the theme of sacrifice and love, as well as the oppression/big-brother government.
What struck me was the evil-ness of the Capital.
I thought that the setting just wasn't realistic. I can imagine worlds with magic (harry potter! LOTR!) and weird worlds. But a nation where the large population accepts killing as a game show? Surely people will never do that.
And then I thought about the oppression in the Middle-east, and in the past, China, and North Korea, and the Roman Colloseum.. And realized that some degree of it is already working.
And while I grumble about study/work, people, and slight annoyance unfairness within group work, I am childish compared to being oppressed as a woman in the Middle East, or excessive work/bullying/unfairness in North Korea.
Perspective.
Although friends said that the book has a lot more depth and emotion than the movie, which focused more on the action (no surprise there!).
It has the theme of sacrifice and love, as well as the oppression/big-brother government.
What struck me was the evil-ness of the Capital.
I thought that the setting just wasn't realistic. I can imagine worlds with magic (harry potter! LOTR!) and weird worlds. But a nation where the large population accepts killing as a game show? Surely people will never do that.
And then I thought about the oppression in the Middle-east, and in the past, China, and North Korea, and the Roman Colloseum.. And realized that some degree of it is already working.
And while I grumble about study/work, people, and slight annoyance unfairness within group work, I am childish compared to being oppressed as a woman in the Middle East, or excessive work/bullying/unfairness in North Korea.
Perspective.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Begin with the end in mind
Stumbled upon this, a helpful reminder.
I came back to this blog to read one of my favourite quotes.
I must caveat that joy and happiness are two different things.
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I disagree with the popular statement "Love others, and others will love you".
I think that because God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. And love isn't just a feeling, it entails actions for nurturing the relationship.
Thankful and hopeful.
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I liked an excerpt from "You Never Marry the Right Person"
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Oh yea, hello blog!
Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed | Caroline Nettle 's Empower Network... For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality
I came back to this blog to read one of my favourite quotes.
I must caveat that joy and happiness are two different things.
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I disagree with the popular statement "Love others, and others will love you".
I think that because God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. And love isn't just a feeling, it entails actions for nurturing the relationship.
1 John 4:9-11 says "In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."**
Thankful and hopeful.
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I liked an excerpt from "You Never Marry the Right Person"
The reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reflection of the Gospel, which is painful and wonderful at once. The Gospel is—we are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared to believe, and at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. This is the only kind of relationship that will really transform us. Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. God’s saving love in Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and rest in God’s mercy and grace.
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Oh yea, hello blog!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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