- www.pleasfindthis.blogspot.com
can you sing? or draw or dance or eat or fly? use it. use it to change the world. we have all been blessed with gifts in this life and we are called to GO. to give it to the world, to make it a better place. :)
have you ever felt SO MUCH HAPPIER giving good things to people rather than being on the receiving end? i have, everytime. :)
i still believe in the goodness of people, that if even the world's worst criminal could love one other person, then goodness can still prevail.
there are times when i get scared of the devil, when i am afraid of being tempted to being less than who God has called me to be, to sink lower than what i least expect from myself. and he seems so evil and disgusting and scary, but then i turn around, and see Jesus in my life. and He radiates goodness and love and awesomeness, and i am certain that i am safe. safe in the arms of my Jesus, my God. and i am forevermore sure, that God is more powerfull than evil, that darkness is merely the absence of light and that goodness can always prevail.
"So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples. And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well." But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, "Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour."
-Matthew 9:19-22
this story is one of the most famous stories in the Bible, the lady with the issue of blood. and reading an interpretation of it yesterday made me see it in a completely new light. her faith was so great, she pushed her way through the crowd with one goal in mind, to simply touch the hem of Jesus' robe. and she fought her way through, determined and desperate. and i am so amazed, i don't think i possess such faith. i want to i truly do, but honestly i don't know if i would have went so far just hoping to touch His robe. but that's the thing. maybe people just do 'crazy' things when they're desperate. maybe we gotta be stretched thin and pushed until we wanna explode before we sum up the courage or the need to do things like this. maybe faith is simply being desperate for God and holding on to Him through every circumstance. but one thing's for sure, the things we do out of love, out of desperation, are truly beautiful. and it reminds us all what the human spirit is capable of.
i find my writings quite naive. but i like it this way, i like me this way, perhaps it's the growing up in life that stops us from dreaming and believing in magic. maybe we gotta go back and find the heart of the child in us, succumb to the innocence and simply dream the 'impossible' again. it is by the dreams of men that aeroplanes can fly, that equal rights for mankind can be obtained, that we have cooked food to eat. :) isn't life simply wonderful?
PEOPLE I ADMIRE #1
- Joseph Kibunja
i cut out the article about them last year and kept it! but somehow i can't find it now so i'm just gonna talk about them from what i remember la k! Henry Wanyoike is a blind runner and has been blind since he was a child. but he managed to pull himself up out of the darkness and took up running marathons and he does so REALLY WELL too! he run in various competitions like the Paralympics as well i think. sorry i'm bit blur on details. if you haven't heard of him before, you're probably wondering, how does he do it? he does so by following Joseph Kibunja, his guide. they are tied together loosely at the wrist so that henry can know which direction to go according to where joseph runs. Joseph is a quiet, gentle man who didn't start out as a runner and took years of training before he could match Henry's pace. and that's the amazing thing. while henry gets the spotlight often, as he should for it is truly a courageous thing for him to pursue his dreams despite his condition, and also to do so much for charity - they started a charity of giving cows(i think) to poor families. He is a man to be deeply admired. :)
but behind the story is another man, who stands on the sidelines in comparison, but does not mind being there. he is strong and content with his life, hugely generous and so willing to sacrifice for others. he gave up a large part of his life to help henry acheive his dreams, and worked hard to do so too. this is the kind of person i aspire to be, who loves extravagantly and gives freely. :) Joseph Kibunja is an inspiration to us all, that we should not only live for our dreams but also for the dreams of others. that a deep contentment comes from seeing other reach their goals, and knowing we did all that we can to help them get there. that life should be led like this, with others placed of higher importance than us, that we were placed here to serve other people, out of love. :)
"Anthropology teaches us that the Alpha male is the man wearing the crown, displaying the most colorful plumage, and the shiniest baubles, he stands out from the others. But I now think that anthropology may have it wrong. In working with Booth, I have come to realize that the quiet man -- the invisible man, that man who is always there for friends and family -- that's the real Alpha male. And I promise that my eyes will never be caught by those shiny baubles again."
- Bones
"And everyone, somewhere, is someone, if we only give them a chance. "
- www.pleasefindthis.blogspot.com
this is the new view from my window, thanks to my mum!!! :D :D sunflower overload sudah, "too much of a good thing can make you sick".. hahha i still love em so much, they're so so gorgeous but i think thats enough sunflowers for now!!! :P
there's always a reason to be happy,
candice :)
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