Category: Blog
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I would have wanted to be lost in the work. But I caved in to cheap pleasures. And so I let the day go by, rolling over the bed—in and out of consciousness, then out of the bed but still mentally hollow—allowing myself to be consumed by nothing in particular but everything that goes through…
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Today’s Bible reading reminded me to say “It’s not too late” when I am tempted to be cynical or give up amid delays and disappointments. With my dreams seemingly impossible in human terms—or my mind can’t simply grasp an idea beyond the now—I would have laughed at that too when I was told that it…
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Look at that dog. He sees exactly what he wants. No second-guessing. No wondering if he deserves it. Just…wanting. And if you want it so much, that you can’t take another day not having it or attaining it, then what are you gonna do about it? If the wanting remains an idea, a dream, without…
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After writing the Name It, Claim It blog post, I kept looking for a better way to describe how we treat God like a cosmic vending machine—and then I found it: Yes, sometimes we humans try to rope God into our dark plots and use God to help us scramble to the top of the…
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After weeks of hiatus, lack of imagination leading to a lack of drive, I’m finally back to writing here again! And it even feels like my ideas just keep pouring out of my head, spilling into my fingers, so that I itch to type them immediately. This has been the kind of everyday I used…
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Late-night musings #33
2–3 minutesI keep thinking about how love is based on the freedom of choice. Like when we love someone, we give them the space to act like adults, knowing the difference between what is right and wrong. But in this space where the person we love has the room to think and assess what wisdom to…
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And the pearls sat inside my drawer, waiting for some occasion worthy of them. Some of them are starting to wear out, waiting for that day. And I know that they are there, sitting and waiting. Perhaps waiting for me to wear them even without an occasion. Sure, my pearls are still pearls, carrying memories…