I've slummed back to my usual odd self of bumming around.

Mapled for a night and watching clicknetwork.tv on another. Two unproductive night yet I felt guiltily satisfied. What an irony.

I even made a promotional fan-video of my Maplestory Adventures.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151299033649892&set=vb.624424891&type=3&permPage=1


A friend once asked how is it that successful people are able to get out of the comfort zone and stay in the circle where all the magic happens.



Matt's reply was that these successful people are so sick so sick so sick so sick so sick of living comfortable because when they ventured out and truly experience the magic moments, they will never ever ever want to go back to the comfort zone. Because it's the comfort zone where nothing really gets done.

I do agree to a large extend to Matt's wise reply. However, I do feel that there are two other ways an individual could fulfill his/her fantasy.

Firstly, you could expand your's comfort zone so that the two circles could intercept. This can be done through deliberate daily actions, where one is able to turn what seems to be a chore into a subconscious habit. An example of that is brushing one's teeth. However, more often than not, we often pick up the bad habits more easily then the good ones if we aren't discipline enough to do what's right. That would further expand your comfort zone; but away from where the magic happens. So much so that when your comfort zone seems bigger than what you think your magic (or in this case your dreams), you choose to stay in there forever.

I heard from another mentor about how he applies the concept of Newton's three laws of motion in describing how humans behave. But that's another story for another day.

Secondly, is for the magic to come into your comfort zone instead. In everything we do in our comfort zone, it is driven by passion and desire. Humans by nature are explorers, are seekers of truth bounded by what most people would call consciousness. I prefer to call it the guidance of the holy spirit and I Am indeed being very religious here. Because aside from all the goodness of human beings, we are all sinful by nature (that's what the bible speaks, which I couldn't agree less). Humans are genuinely lazy but greedy at the same time. So our very desire to want more by doing less is what makes up our default comfort zone.

Most people do not see that there is another component to this comfort zone - passion. Why do people not complain when they do the things they really love? People like to do things their own way, experimenting on things that they already know is the wrong way to do so, yet think they are very analytic and smart. I myself fall into this category. Is it all about the education that one has been indoctrinated with since young? Absolutely not! Everyone wants to build a beautiful house, but when we were young we are immature and tend to build the foundations fast and hasty. When we grow older we realize that there are gaps in between, but the bricks we have just do not fit the odd holes we created in the walls. It doesn't matter as long as the walls are high and water doesn't enter the house we are fine. So we continue to build further. Then it hit us that, in order to build it tall and strong wall, we have to patch the holes on the ground and what's worst is that we have to build it on solid ground and not on soil or sand. Having spent years of out lives on what we have 'achieved'. Who would want to rebuild everything again from scratch, to either fix the holes or find another solid ground altogether. At this crossroad, people who achieve success are those who humble themselves and aren't afraid to amend their mistakes. In my opinion, the people who are truly happy, are those that see how it's God's grace that sustained them, whether they build it less or built it wrong, their houses are safe from the storms. Successful people who thinks they built their walls with their own hands, have clearly failed to see who was the one who provided the land and the bricks. Will they be happy? No, they just build more flashy houses or give them away to the needy, or help others build their houses. But the very reason none of those are satisfying is because the magic doesn't happen within their own comfort zone - their hearts.

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Woah, this year's thanksgiving dinner so deep wohh! Naise! :D
The following are my thoughts about the issues mentioned today.

Hallelujah! Appreciate the little wonders around you..
then you can truly sing praise. You'd be emitting an aura that can touch and change the hearts of people.
But, face reality..
with crushed dreams, broken hearts, lost souls, poverty, confusion..
can you praise the Lord when everything just collapses in front of you?

"What is the key?" he questioned.

One replied: "Believe that it is part of his plan!"
"Count your blessings" said another.
"Live through the holy spirit"

He was still waiting for the right answer.
However, after realizing that further prompts were fruitless,
he left us to search the key ourselves.
Bleah. D: and so.. I thought hard..
searched deep down my heart for the reason why I praise him.

The reason why I praise him is because
I know that I've experienced him.
Whether big or small, good or bad events that happened in life,
praise god because you're experiencing his presence.
You cannot literally, concretely see, hear, touch, smell or taste God.
However, in any event in your life he is interacting with you.
God is omnipresent.
All these experiences are little coins that you add into your faith piggy bank.
Thank him! for he has given you more pocket money! :D

You really ought to tear your clothes, dust your head, kneel and weep if God has forsaken you.
I'm not sure if I'm correct or not, shall ask Pastor James. :D

We DO NOT need to speak in tongues, heal or whtsoever, all we need is a heart full of spirit and praise. He concluded.
(pardon me if i quoted wrongly, this is based on memory ><" but the idea is there la..)


Like everyone else, I hold a firm stand that having a non Christian partner was alright; until today.
"I'm sure I can convert my spouse to be a true Christian!!"
"hmm..? Think again."
I can't really find something concrete in the bible that opposes the marriage of a Christian and Non-christian. But i found this:
2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Since Marriage is a sacred covenant that joins two people together in one flesh, being married to an unbeliever can be one of the most difficult challenges in a Christian's life. Can these two people with different beliefs harmonize and go through all trails and temptations that come their way?
One out of ten loh. :P



Anyway, It really gets on your nerve when someone jokes about something you hold so dear.

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