Only Love

True love does not come by finding the perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly! Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Hearts are broken for words not spoken, so always said what you feel ... ... What we do today is important because we are exchanging a whole day of our life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; and in its place will be something that we had left behind... ... let it be something good.

Happy Valentines Day and God blessed us everyone!

ONLY LOVE - Nana Mouskouri

Only love can make a memory
Only love can make a moment last
You were there
And all the world was young
And all its songs unsung
And I remember you then
When love was all
All you were living for
And how you gave that love to me

Only then I felt my heart was free
I was part of you and you were all of me
Warm were the days and the nights of those years
Painted in colors to outshine the sun
All of the words and the dreams and the tears
Live in my remembrance

Only love can make a memory
Only love can make that moment last
Life was new
There was a rage to live
Each day a page to live
And I remember you then
When love was all
All you were living for
And how you gave that love to me

Only then I knew my heart was free
I was part of you and you were all of me

Who Moved My Cheese

Today, our company has a Town Hall Meeting in NUSS, The Graduate Club located at Suntec City. Our CEO, Mike Bandy has brought up a book - "Who Moved My Cheese?" an amazing way to deal with change in our work and in our life. It invites individuals and organizations to enjoy less stress and more success by learning to deal with the inevitable change in a modern day insight.

"Who Moved My Cheese?" is a motivational book written by Dr. Spencer Johnson published in 1998, the story of four characters living in a "Maze" who face unexpected change when they discover their "Cheese" has disappeared. Sniff and Scurry, who are mice, and Hem and Haw, little people the size of mice, each adapt to change in their "Maze" differently. In fact, one doesn't adapt at all ... ...

This timeless allegory reveals profound truths to individuals and organizations dealing with change. We each live in a "Maze", a metaphor for the companies or organizations we work with, the communities we live in, the families we love places where we look for the things we want in life, "Cheese". It may be an enjoyable career, loving relationships, wealth, or spiritual peace of mind. With time and experience, one character eventually succeeds and even prospers from the change in his "Maze".In an effort to share what he has learned along the way, he records his personal discoveries on the maze walls, the "Handwriting on the Wall". Likewise, when we begin to see the "writing on the wall", we discover the simplicity and necessity of adapting to change.

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Change always comes bearing gifts. If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies."

Here's a quick view and hope you enjoy it:

Who Moved My Cheese

God bless!

Footprints In The Sand

FOOTPRINTS - Mary Stevenson

"One night I had a dream
I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord, and
Across the sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;
One belonged to me, and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of my life flashed before us,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life,
There was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in my life
This really bothered me, and I questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
You would walk with me all the way;
But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life,
There is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why in times when I needed you the most, you should leave me.
The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child. I love you, and I would never, never leave you during your times of trial and suffering.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."

"Footprints in the Sand", a song written by Richard Page, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger and Simon Cowell and produced by Steve Mac for Leona Lewis's debut album. It was released in March 2008 as Lewis's third UK single.

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND - Leona Lewis

You walked with me, footprints in the sand
And helped me understand where I'm going
You walked with me when I was all alone
With so much I know along the way
Then I heard you say

I promise you, I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
I'll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

I see my life flash across the sky
So many times have I been so afraid
And just when I have thought I lost my way
You give me strength to carry on
That's when I heard you say

I promise you, I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
And I'll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

When I'm weary, well, I know you'll be there
And I can feel you when you say

I promise you, I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sadness and despair
I'll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

I promise you, I'm always there
When your heart is full of sadness and despair
I'll carry you when you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

Merry Christmas 2009

Be it whether a Christian or non-Christian and everyone know that 25 December is a day to rejoice in the meaning of the birth of the Christ eventhough there's no evidence that He's born on 25 December.

Found these websites thru googling and kind of like it - The Real Meaning of Christmas - Charlie Brown and The True Meaning of Christmas - a short story explains the meaning of each of the different popular ornaments. A good way to show and tell the children of what Christmas really means other than Santa Claus, gifts exchange, celebrations and candies.

Personally, is a day for us to reflect ourselves in the Christmas as what it really means as being a Christian? In Galatians 5:22, "To love, joy, peace, longsuffering (kindness), gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness and temperance (self-control)." No doubt it is weak and hard being flesh, nevertheless, we have to train our flesh and captivate every thought to the obedience of Christ. For He's the reason for the season.

If we truly believe that we can celebrate the birth of Christ on this chosen day, that He came to give Himself, we can touch every single life we come in contact with. Believe in the true miracle of Christmas and we will always rejoice.

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Merry Christmas to everyone and have a blessing year ahead! May the miraculous gift of Christ fill your home with faith, your heart with hope and your life with love.

God bless us everyone!

I BELIEVE - Natalie Grant

In a land far away
Time stood still long ago
There were shepherds in fields
Or at least this is how
The story goes
The story goes

Woman with child
And a man with no room
Born in a manger
For telling it too
This is how
The story goes
But it is more than a fable
And it’s more than a fairytale
And more than my mind can conceive

I believe
The Wiseman saw
The baby born the angels called the son of God Heaven’s child
The great I am
Born to take away my sins through nailed pierced hands
Emmanuel has come

I believe
Two thousand years
Still the story lives on
God’s gift to us sent to earth wrapped in flesh
His only son
His only son
And the heartbeat of heaven
Confounded our wisdom
But it’s still the simple truth
That sets me free

I believe
The Wiseman saw
The baby born that the angels called the son of God Heaven’s child
The great I am born to take away my sins through nailed pierced hands
Emmanuel has come

And I believe
Precious child how can it be that God’s great plan
For His story would send you to
The lonely tree
That You would come
For one like me

I believe in a cross
I believe He came for one, He came for all Heavens child became a plan
Gave His life for me in spite of all
I am
I believe
I believe
Oh I believe
Christmas lives in me
I believe

So You Would Come

God would wants us to be tender-hearted (having a compassionate, kindly and sensitive disposition), however, a tender-heart is not only easily touched but it is also easily hurt when it feels like the heart is leaking which some will never get over such heartbreak.

"Times heals all wounds", meaning the negative feelings eventually erode away or a painful difficult situation will seem less bad as time passes and is that a true statement? Personally, I dont agreed with it unless we deal with it (acknowledged and processed), otherwise it may resurface again with the right trigger. By trying to brush aside traumas and hurts in lives and it doesnt help as time doesn't heal anything, time simply passes. It is what we do with our lives while time is passing that either helps us, heals us or keeps us stuck.

Recently, heard alot of unforgiveness hearts around (be it physically or emotionally abusive) and sadly to see that it has indirectly affecting the person's physical growth and development plus culturally and emotionally affected. Found this article thru googling - Five Steps to Spiritual and Emotional Healing and hope it will helps in better understanding and dealing with it.

I know that God heals hearts, because He has healed mine. For everything under the heaven, God had a purpose in allowing us to be wounded and He can work all things together for our good.

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Genesis 50-20

Remember that Jesus has suffered the most grueling and painful cruxification ever devised by man which He has voluntarily endured all these for us and there's nothing that God placed in our life that we can't overcome it. To fight like King David when facing a giant, Goliath and to move the mountain when we can't seem to get thru. All things are possible thru Him!

God bless!

SO YOU WOULD COME - Hillsong

Before the world began
You were on His mind
And every tear you cry
Is precious in His eyes

Because of His great love
He gave His only Son
Everything was done
So you would come

Nothing you can do
Could make Him love you more
And nothing that you've done
Could make Him close the door

Because of His great love
He gave His only Son
Everything was done
So you would come

Come to the Father
Though your gift is small
Broken hearts, broken lives
He will take them all
The power of the Word
The power of His blood
Everything was done
So you would come

The Greatest Love of All

Spending our time searching and waiting to be loved, hoping that special love will find us one day. Feeling empty and lost without it, wanting someone to give us love and fill us up. Sadly to say, that’s not how life works. We will draw exactly what we create in life, and what we believe we are worthy of.

Personally, I like the illustration by Leslie Karen Lobell, M.A. in her blog - The Art of Loving. Our life is like a vessel, if we keep giving to others without giving to ourselves, it is like pouring water from a vessel and eventually, the vessel will be empty if we keep pouring and pouring without ever refilling it.

Used to think that by giving endlessly all we have is a way to show love, kindness and unselfishness. However, that's not true as it should be giving out from our surplus. Is only when we are overflow and that's when we will have the energy and love to give to the people who we love around us and to the world.

"We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies." ~Roderick Thorp, Rainbow Drive

"Greatest Love of All" is an inspirational song beautifully delivered tribute to love ourselves for who we are written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed. The song was the fourth and final single released in April, 1986 from Whitney Houston's.




THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - Whitney Houston

I believe the children are our are future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
Everybody searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone to fulfill my needs
A lonely place to be
So I learned to depend on me

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all

I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be

And if by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love

Peace of Heart

"If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart." ~ Lao Tse, 6th Century B.C.

The world around us is ever-changing, we are in a culture right now in the world that is fostering, festering, stirring up, strife, bitterness and unforgiveness. Instability and insecurity are everywhere, at every age and social level and in almost every walk of life. There are unhappy people as seen in their preoccupation with sex, drugs and drink to maintain some semblance of security by escaping from the realities of life into a world of fantasy created by themselves. Sadly to see these people who ruin their health as well as their lives by taking the poison of bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness. Love is the exact opposite of unforgiveness, envy, jealousy, hate, pride and bitterness. We can have peace in the heart only if we learn to truly forgive and love one another.

"Every act of love is a work of peace, no matter how small." ~ Mother Theresa

Have heard that to forgive and to forget while personally, learn to forgive but not to forget; to learn from the past and not repeating it and dont dwell in the past. By embracing forgiveness, we embrace peace, hope, gratitude and joy. Here's the Nine Steps to Forgiveness.

To love others is to love yourself first. What will draw to you is exactly what you have created in life, and what you believe you are worthy of. So loving yourself can create love in your life. Here's the Tips For How To Love Yourself.

Found this song, Love by John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) as one of the founding members of The Beatles. He is ranked the second most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history after McCartney.

Love this soft and smoothing song for its simple lyrics.

LOVE - John Lennon

Love is real, real is love

Love is feeling, feeling is love

Love is wanting to be loved

Love is touch, touch is love

Love is reaching, reaching love

Love is asking to be loved

Love is you, you and me

Love is knowing we can be

Love is free, free is love

Love is living, living love
Love is needing to be loved

Forgiveness

Although forgiveness is very hard, it is necessary. Holding onto anger and old hurts hardens our heart and hurts only us. Ask for help in letting go of the anger. Ask to see the situation through the eyes of compassion. Allow ourselves to feel the lightness of forgiveness.

God bless!

Serenity

Today, we live in a fast-paced world, a complex society with the radically changed human relationship in a different aspect of life. When everything seems out of our control, we tend to spend countless hours, and spend great amounts of energy trying to control and change people and circumstances that around us. Unfortuantely, this is not the right attitude in life.

"Have the serenity to accept the things that cannot change, the courage to change those we can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

A very powerful beautiful statement and very good principles to live our life by theologian Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892 - 1971).

Well, what does it means?

Firstly, the first part (have the serenity to accept the things that cannot change) means some things we cannot change and we have to accept it. Wandering what are the things that we cannot change and found this book thru googled - "The Five Things We Cannot Change" written by psychotherapist, David Richo.

There are certain facts of life that we cannot change - the unavoidable "givens" of human existence:

(1) everything changes and ends

(2) things do not always go according to plan
(3) life is not always fair
(4) pain is a part of life and
(5) people are not loving and loyal all the time

Because we are all powerless over these givens which is why we have no control to change over it. In the book, Richo suggests that we must embrace them with an "unconditional yes". He argues that by facing life's unchangeable facts head on, these givens become graces rather than curses, with health and happiness flowing from this. Personally, I do partly agreed with the writter as since we don't have the control over these givens then learning acceptance is especially important instead of blaming others or blaming the unfavorable condition for the problems. However, an "unconditional yes" to means characteristics (alcoholics, alanon, overeaters, gamblers, narcotics and probably several others) is unacceptable to myself as it can be difficult, painful and sorrow to deal in life.

The second part (the courage to change those we can) means the things that we can change, we have to have the courage to change them. In life, we cannot really change anything except ourselves. We need to be able to accept people for who they are and accept circumstances and outcomes how they happen. If we can't accept for people who they are, we have to have the courage to change ourselves rather keep continually trying and controlling what is obviously out of our power to change.

The third part (and the wisdom to know the differnce) means we have to know the difference of what we can or can not change (to know that we can only change ourselves). Don't dwell into unforgiveness, sadness, hate, anger and fear for circumstances and outcomes happened that we have no power over it but be exuberance and appreciate the enjoyments of life instead.

For everything there is a season, a time for every matter (purpose) under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die
A time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted
A time to kill and a time to heal
A time to break down and a time to build up
A time to weep and a time to laugh
A time to mourn and a time to dance
A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones together
A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing
A time to seek and a time to lose
A time to keep and a time to throw away
A time to tear and a time to sew
A time to keep silence and a time to speak
A time to love and a time to hate
A time for war and a time for peace.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

"Celebrate we will, because life is short but sweet for certain."

God bless!

TOBIRA WO AKEYOU (OPEN YOUR HEART) - Yukie Nishimura

Extraordinary

Extraordinary - the definition in the web is beyond what is ordinary or usual which is highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable to a very conspicuous degree.

Happened to view this advertisement from FB and was moved by the handicap girl who successfully won the appreciation and amazement from the audience by performing Pachelbel's Canon in D on stage despite facing a lots of unacceptance, criticising, discouragement and challenges.

人縱使無法達到完美的境界, 但只要有一個永遠不放棄自己的心, 那是生命意義的答案了. 美麗的代價從回憶到哭泣, 從哭泣到化成蝴蝶, 同時排山倒海面對這些所有的痛苦能力有限, 人必須有意志堅強不放棄自己, 那才對人類正確的解釋.

In life, we are faced with challenges and is a way we experience our life – as a struggle to survive or as an ongoing adventure in our growth and fulfillment. Obstacles in life cannot be shunned, only determined people can enjoy life. Though it can appear that our problems come from other people, society and circumstances, in fact, they arise to support our personal growth in consciousness. Every challenge is a purpose in our life, because we are not yet familiar with it, we have to learn what it is and how to incorporate it into our life perfectly.

When we face a challenge, we can either accept and open to the lesson or we can escape it and resist our opportunity to grow. If one's mind thinks one can do something, whatever the problem is, one's determination would successfully conquer the obstacle sooner or later. Whenever there is a will, there will always be a way.

Found this website - Life Challenges thru googling which shows all about life challenges in life and hope it benefit, enlighten and improve the path in our life.

Dreams are like stars in the sky, we may never touch them but if we will to follow them and they will lead us to our destiny. Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, we have within us the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

I love one part in the advertisement when the handicap girl asked, "Why am I different from others?" and the answer to her was "Why do u have to be like others?" Precisely! Close your eyes, feel it, be yourself, dream it, meet the challenges and fly like an eagle ... ...

Life is a gift, accept it.
Life is an opportunity, capture it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is a goal, achieve it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
In life, the best revenge is living.

God bless!

Miracle

Dont wait for miracle, your whole life is a miracle ~ Albert Einstein (14 March 1879–18 April 1955).

What is a miracle? A marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent. Well, still not convincing as how do I make my life a miracle in a supernatural act, so I continue to search for the answer and I found these articles:

Make Miracle with Positive Spirit

Lessons for Living

Any amazing or wonderful occurrence in a least expectation will be a miracle. We dont wait for miracle but instead make the miracle out of life. How? Once we know what comes first in life - a positive thinking.

A thought reaps an action, an action reaps a habit

A habit reaps a character & a character reaps a destiny.

Life is what we make out of it, choose to live happily, simple and to the fullest.

God bless!

The Beatitudes

Happened to view one of the long lost contact friend's blog in his post - New Start posted on July 04, I hope to drop a message here in my post and wish that he might be able to see it since the comment in his post has been closed off.

As a Christian, our life is not a bed of roses and there will be trials, tribulations and temptations in it. Is during the stage of emptiness, doubtness, darkness and helpless that the more we need to hold on to our Heavenly Father and this is when our faith will grow stronger and unshakable.

The function of the mind is to produce beliefs about what we see, hear, feel. Every time we take any of our thoughts (or someone else's thoughts) as THE truth, we judge and with every judgment, we grow further and further from God. We need to learn to come closer to Him through acceptance of other, different from us and perspectives on life. Dont be a puppet dancing to somebody's strings.

"You have heard that it was said 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." Mathew 5:38-39

It's not easy and simple to act, the spirit is willing but the human flesh is weak, forgive those who have judged and wronged you and to let go off hurting them back. Instead, try to get him more contracts in your new company, you will be respected as a man of God after you did so. Most importantly, our Heavenly Father will rewards you in heaven for you have obey his commentment to show love to those who is unlove.

Meawhile, let's remind each other again on The Beatitudes:
1) Love our enemies and turn the other cheek. (Mathew 6:27-36)
2) Treat others the way we want to be treated. (Mathew 6:27-36)
3) Dont judge and we wont be judged, dont condemn and we wont be condemned, forgive and we will be forgiven, give and we will receive. (Mathew 6:37-38)
4) Can the blind lead the blind? Disciples are not above their teacher. (Mathew 6:39-40)
5) Remove the log from our own eye before attending to the splinter in our friend's. (Mathew 40-42)
6) A good tree does not produce bad fruit and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit, each tree is known by its fruit. (Mathew 43-45)
7) Love God wholeheartedly and love people fervently. (Mathew 46)
8) Whoever follows these words of God builds on rock and will survive, whoever does not builds on sand and will be destroyed. (Mathew 47-49)

God bless!