BlogEntryNo175

stop and think of others for once...

"In the face of calamities, we must be mindful not to become self-serving"

-YvonneFong. freelance writer, neurofibromatosis patient.

Reading a column written by her, the words spoke right to my face. 13 simple words upheld such a significant and noteworthy meaning. Like she said, it was as if God was speaking directly to me. Her story reminded me of all the things ive been put thru the past 17 years and dare i say, even if i dont know why, i believe things happen for a reason. We're just merely creatures yet to understand the divine plan of the creator.

Anyway, her story written in her column related similarly to the time when my phone was taken from me unwillinly by a wonderful man who decided that pick-pocketing was the better and right choice. Okay okayy...i dont have anything against him. But still, it's easy to whine, grumble and curse the person to death for stealing what is particularly the most prized and necessity possession today which is undenyingly NOT cheap!
I remember being on the verge of tears but somehow something inside me came to remember the word prayer. So yeah, i prayed for the guy and i forgave him=) If he stole my phone, he must be in need of some cash right?? He needs it more than i do. I prayed that he would have been blessed by my nokia6030 though it wasnt much.
Returning to the present, i dont know how I did it but definitely God was behind it the whole time. In my right mind, no doubt I would have cursed that person.

but i guess BigDaddy has been training me. After 17 years, it finally dawned upon me to understand people, to think from their point, to have compassion, to stop and think of other people for once.....
before saying ME ME ME ME ME.

it served as a reality check to stop and think of other people for once.
i guess being all that softhearted me has its benefits too instead of focusing on the cons of being superduper vulnerable. it came to a point of realization that maybe this is God's given gift for me. That i am softhearted. He created with softhearted and thru this, he would use me as his instrument to bless others in return. Goes hand in hand with what I want to do in the future. Maybe, perhaps maybe this is the right line for me after all...and i found one of my specialgifts ey?? im just saying...PERHAPS.


looking at it from a diff perspective, after all ive been thru and going thru this year...its easy to become self-serving actually. but God has a reason for everything, and one of the lessons he was trying to teach me was to remember Him wherever, whenever and however. Maybe cause i tend to get caught up in things i do and He's always at the very end of my string of thoughts that he keeps allowing all these things to reoccur or happen to me...hmmm
Hugs and kisses,
-Joanna,6.06pm