tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663181626936078312.post2164444613843799052..comments2024-01-19T17:28:53.966+08:00Comments on Upekha: ImagineCT Changhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085620064834659684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663181626936078312.post-24102321314738219602011-01-01T00:50:16.041+08:002011-01-01T00:50:16.041+08:00Dear CT
Happy New Year to you. All my best wishes...Dear CT<br /><br />Happy New Year to you. All my best wishes and love to you....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663181626936078312.post-89321193086663266432010-12-31T23:33:44.847+08:002010-12-31T23:33:44.847+08:00Chang,
It is ok to feel down at times. We are al...Chang,<br /><br />It is ok to feel down at times. We are all humans after all. Just want to share with you that before my dad died of cancer years back, he was ever so serene and at peace - not wanting us to worry, to make it easier for us to let go. But then, I know that deep inside he suffers from much pain as the cancer was sudden. He spent much of his remaining months in prayer, scripture reading, reflection and through these he found much strength and hope. In those times, we can see the mercy of God at work. He passed on peacefully surrounded by loved ones in embrace, accompanied by much prayers. God cannot be more perfect.<br /><br />There is a passage in the Bible, a mother's reflection, which goes...<br /> <br />"I do not know how you came into existence in my womb; it was not I who gave you the breath of life, nor was it I who set in order the elements of which each of you is composed. <br /> <br />Therefore, since it is the Creator of the universe who shapes each man's beginning, as he brings about the origin of everything, he, in his mercy, will give you back both breath and life..." (3 Maccabees 7:22-23)<br /><br />Pray that you too will find much peace and forgiveness within your heart in the coming year and sustaining strength to receive the gifts each day brings.<br /><br />Mother Teresa once said, "Life is life, fight for it."<br /><br /><br />With prayers,<br /><br />ekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663181626936078312.post-53852127966593638282010-12-31T22:34:01.021+08:002010-12-31T22:34:01.021+08:00Dear Friend,
I sensed from your recent blogs the ...Dear Friend,<br /><br />I sensed from your recent blogs the adjustments, frustrations and struggle within you. It is not easy to be in your shoes, having to find the strength to open and share your life with others. It can get lonely at times, you feel you are talking to yourself. <br /><br />To me, you have not been dis-abled by this cancer but rather, you have become differently-abled in this stage of your life; a side that you will never have discovered had you just breeze through your previous life with your worldly pursuits.<br /><br />By the grace of God, you have had this time and chance to change, renew relationships, re-prioritize and mend many broken bridges to make each day a little richer and your burden a little lighter. To prepare many things as you put it. Many do not get this chance to stare at death, many take life for granted until it is too late.<br /><br />Fear not, my brother, we all live on borrowed time. No matter the colour or religion, we all return to meet the Creator one day.<br /><br />Your life is now a testimony of hope to many who have yet to realize how fragile life can be and how precious each breath is, how warm each touch can be, how much joy a smile can bring.<br /><br />Coincidently, I have also chosen HOPE as a reflection in my blog as I approach another year. I just read a book by Henri Nouwen and would like to share with you a bit.<br /><br />“I see hope as an attitude where everything stays open before me. Not that I don’t think of my future in those moments, but I think of it in an entirely different way. Daring to stay open to whatever will come to me today, tomorrow, two months from now or a year from now - that is hope. To go fearlessly into things without knowing how they’ll turn out, to keep on going, even when something doesn’t work the first time, to have trust in whatever you’re doing - that is living with hope.<br /> <br />The person of hope lives in the moment with the knowledge and trust that all of life is in good hands."<br /><br />It is not easy to live in the present; time seems to crawl. You need to take time to be still and simply be quiet; shut down your thoughts, they say. Our body is a gift of miracle and it hardly takes a rest - the thoughts are always there, playing truants, confusing us sometimes. Take time to not think of anything and rejuvenate your strength.<br /><br />Most of all, don't lose hope, you are in the good hands of a God who loves you abundantly, whether you know it or not. There is no need to "imagine" because there is truly a heaven and a hell...there is truly a God who created the beautiful you as a gift to many.<br /><br />Hang in there and savor each day as they come.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06275875135905335163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663181626936078312.post-75394406021581738412010-12-31T15:49:10.052+08:002010-12-31T15:49:10.052+08:00Chang,
Happy New Year,
Live in the moment, all of...Chang,<br /><br />Happy New Year,<br />Live in the moment, all of us should do so in fact<br /><br />kokpiewgd guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530519165859067286noreply@blogger.com