Wah..

“And men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought.”

~n Augustine of Hippo

Quote on Critcism

Writing several years ago in the New York Times, Dwight Garner noted:

Criticism […] doesn't necessarily mean heaping scorn. It means making fine distinctions. It means talking about ideas, aesthetics and morality as if these things matter (and they do). It's at base an act of love.

Old songs

Listening to old songs
Kenny G, Jim Brickman, Whitney Houstan,  Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra
Songs an aunty called "too old" for the secondary school students

Looking through old photos
Finding the old me

The innocent child 
The simple desires of the heart
The simple habits and thoughts and feelings
In the big unknown world

Finding the thread that connects the different seasons
To examine the consistency
To guess what the big tapestry is like

Seeing what I did
and what was out of control
seeing how my life and other people's lives interconnected
and how God was over it all

In the hope of living well
in the hope of fulfilling the purpose for which I was made
to enjoy and glorify Him
something everyone had started on even before knowing Him
something I hope all the more to do in the years to come
with all of me.

The chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever.

~ John Piper in Desiring God