WISDOM FOR THE WISE.

WISDOM FOR THE WISE …

Get Knowledge …but don’t depend on your Knowledge.

Seek to be Wise…but don’t rely on your Wisdom.

Work Hard…but don’t trust in your Hard work.

Work Smart…but don’t stake everything on your efficiency.

Make Plans…but don’t Hope in your Plans.

Save Money…but don’t trust in your Savings.

Value People…but don’t depend on People.

Use Things and Love People. Don’t Use People and Love Things.

It’s better to deserve honours and not have them, than to have them and not deserve them.

The wise are those people who look at others with the same generosity they offer themselves, and look at themselves with the same critical eyes they have for others.

We are saved by God’s mercy, not by our merit; by Christ’s dying, not by our doing; by trusting, not by trying.



MART DE HANN

UNITY IN DIVERSITY.

“That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in Us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that You gave me, that they may be one as We are one: I in them and You in Me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved Me”. (John 17:21-23 NIV).

The thought of how different people, of different races, speaking different languages and having different cultural or ethnical values can come together to be one seems almost impossible. A nation most often consists of people who share common values, beliefs and descent. However, this is what God always intended for us, right from the beginning (the creation of the world): that all men would live together in peace, unity and love.

How then can this come to pass? It is God’s will that the world should speak the same language and be in one accord. It still is His will that we speak different languages but also live in one accord. That all tribes and nations should come together to form one nation.., God’s nation.

Our diversity must not be seen as a barrier to our becoming one nation as God intends for us to be. Rather, it should bring us together, knowing that each tribe or nation has a lot to learn from the other. We should learn to understand and embrace the cultures of others, knowing that we all form one nation (God’s nation).

“Wherever God has a child, I have a brother or sister” (W. Carl Ketcherside).

Friday Evening.

Woke up this morning feeling like i had some kinda hangover from last night. An incident that occured Yesterday evening got me doing a lot of thinking and self-analysis. Well..., this isn't just about me, it's about how we live life, react to issues or miscommunication, and how we respond when we feel hurt by someone's words. I guess someone out there who has been through this kind of situation before might just share similar views about this.

Well..., it wasn't something that should result in so much trouble, but to my surprise, it did. I've got two friends, who are really very close to me. I share experiences, struggles, and fears with each of them and sometimes seek their opinion to certain issues. Well, one of them seems to be closer to me (at least from the view of other people) based on the fact that we have some administrative roles to perform together. But unfortunately for me they seem to be each other's rival almost all the time.

Now, i'll just go straight to the point...About yesterday's issue. I got an administrative information that was claimed as a decision taken by one of them. I decided to find out about the information from the one i heard made the suggestion. I did this with a clear mind, free of sentiments, but to my utmost surprise, he took it with a pinch of salt. He felt he was being accused of a decision that was not taken by him, and took it upon himself to figure out who said it and why. Well, i never expected this coz i asked the question from a clear mind and all i needed was a Yes or No answer.

To cut a long story short, it culminated in a verbal tussle....kinda conflict between these two friends of mine, leaving me in between the fight...To one party, i was seen as not being supportive, to the other, i was seen as not giving my trust. In the event of ironing out rumpled surfaces, i got to realise that a lot was involved, and i now feel there is something else which the both of them are not telling me. Well, they are both guys, people who i take as brothers to me, but here i was, feeling like i had set a house ablaze. At the end of Yesterday, i made up my mind to be less expressive and keep back certain things to myself. I know this might not sound right, but from the way i feel about issues right now, i think it'll be best to take that stance.

Well, i'm open to suggestions from anyone and everyone....If you think this is not a right option, you just tell me what u feel about the whole scenario. I mean having two friends who seem to be rivals to each other.

This week....

Wow! I wonder why blogging now seems like a weekly or once in a while stuff for me...Ought to keep up to date as often as possible. Lots of excuses why i shouldn't be blogging keep coming....Most especially the thought of all the skool work i've got to do.

Hmmm! Yeah! Thank God it's weekend again...Always look forward to it...he he :) Seriously, for this week, i couldn't wait. Was almost getting out of my mind....This week really got me feeling like a real nerd. Lectures!, lectures!!, lectures!!!, Courseworks, Lots of programming stuffs to do and most especially, having to go through 5691 lines of code for our group project on arkanoid game stuff....It seemed really challenging to sit for hours (about 3hrs) on Monday, studying codes and getting explanations to what their functions are in the game we are designing...it's not that it's something new anywayz, just that it wasn't what i bargained for this week....Well, Thank Goodness, we finally went through it all.

Yeah! About Haskell, I must say i'm beginning to develop some kinda love for it....This is a sign that things will go well...I feel excited about that.

Uh Oh! Finally, for Friday's experience, I guess i'll need a whole page....i mean fresh page to document what it felt like...ummm....that should come in my next post. :)