learn to love people to be loved in return
...written on Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, @ 7:10 p.m.
heh. maths paper wasn't that bad afterall but i thought i would do better. sigh! i didn't do very well for the last question when they ask me to find some unknown constant. oh well. if given enough time, i would be able to solve it i reckoned. suppose to study in the library after that but ended up watching a video there for like 2 hrs? it was a total waste of time i know but eh, it was quite relaxing, slacking in the library. i seriously should start studying soon. ivan tried to get me studying yesterday. i did finished up that chapter which was quite amazing. yeah!!
had been listening to tao ze song for the entire morning. his music is quite captivating. heh. after listening to it, u can like float around. sometimes thats what happen when u listen to love songs. haha.
by the way, i came across this email that says: "the quickest way to get love is to love people first. the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly." its quite true if u think about it. everyone likes to be loved but no one really initiates this love. talking to some stranger in TM might be a good start. u nv know, this guy might be your closest friend in the near future.
somehow i feel that alot of us in TM looks really hard for an identity, an identity from our friends. we want recognition, we want their attention. how successful can we get if everyone thinks the same way as u. who is willing to 'sacrifice' to bless people rather than waiting to be blessed? i think it has come to a time whereby all of us should do something bout tm412. the reason y there are so many problems in tm412 is because of this too. most of us are waiting, waiting for people to talk to u, waiting for people to care for u, waiting for people to love u. people who doesn't get the attention they wanted, they become resentfuil, they questioned bout the friendship with friends, are they really my friends? these thoughts should be stopped. if people dun come to u, u jolly well go to them. is that very difficult. picture what a church would be like if everyone is waiting to be loved and a church whereby love flows outwards. which would be more ideal? the keyword is OUTWARDS. like what dave shared last week, it is always better to give than receive. get my point?
i must confess that sometimes i too, wait for people to love us rather than go out to love people. all of us are the same, we are created this way. BUT, we have a choice, a choice to do something different, a choice that pleases God more. we feel tempted to not do anything, but is that the way? take this as a challenge, start this new year differently. see how many people u have blessed. at the end of the year, i guarantee u, the number of friends u have will doubled. isn't it ironic? u give to receive. thats the secret.