lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Sunday, April 16, 2006
-7:55 pm
Ok ok, I know, sorry, haven't been updating in a looooonnnngg while. Have been real busy with school, especially with guitar concert coming up. Oh I shall publicise it here:
RJC GUITAR CONCERT: "EX ANIMO"
19th April 2006, Wednesday
7.30pm at the RJC Performing Arts Centre
Tickets only at $7! Let me know if you want to come and I'll order tickets for you. (:
I actually tried to update once. Typed a really really long post and clicked "published" but just then, I lost my internet connection AND THE WHOLE POST WAS GONE! Like that! I was soooooooo put off that I didn't try to blog again. Until now. *prays the the connection won't let me down again or else I'll cry*
I always seem to be lagging behind Time, like I'm always straggling behind trying to catch up with its unceasing acceleration. I'm always short of time. Why? Life is just full of to-do lists, one after another. Before I scarcely clear one, another one is added to my load. It's quite frustating to always try to catch up. Currently, that's the best way to describe my life: I'm just trying to catch up...
Catch up catch up catch up. Catch up with sleep, catch up with old friends, my family, school work, people etc etc etc. The list just goes on.
Why am I always lagging behind? When will there be a time where I don't have to catch up with things anymore?
The obvious answer is that I have extremely poor time management, which I admit is rather true. But it seems implausible to me that I should ever get out of this "catching up" cycle, even with the best managed schedule on earth. Why? Because there'll always be things to do. To do, to do, to do.
Perhaps I should just give up trying to catch up because the fact is, I never will. Because there are so many things I need to do and want to do that cannot all be done within 24 hours a day. That's why. That does not give me a reason to slack, but rather, gives me a much-needed license to let myself stop once in a while and just totally cease from functioning at top speed to finish that never-ending to-do list.
For me, it's a constant struggle because I can easily slip into a workaholic overdrive with disastrous consequences if I let my overachiever instincts take over. It is not something new to me. That's why it's so hard for me to allow myself to "slack". Ok perhaps slack isn't such an appropriate word because it evokes guilt. Rather, I shall use to word "rest". (: Seriously, setting aside time for that essential rest should not be labelled as slacking, which is a common (and sometimes costly) error in Singapore's overachieving society.
God rested after 6 days of work on the 7th day and He called that the Sabbath. It is the Sabbath rule that we must all observe in order to stay healthy and functioning at optimal performance. If God needed a rest after 6 days, what more us? If we work for 6 days continually, the 7th day is allotted for our rest. But for me, my sundays are always spent doing homework- yes, catching up. It really seems impossible to observe the Sabbath with school life in RJ. Maybe that's why so many of us are always so tired, sleep-deprived and worn out.
But at least I shall try to observe that rule which governs our very health (physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually) because I know that if I veer from it, this body might not be able to take it.
Even if you're reading this and are not a Christian, I urge to you try adopting this principle of rest for yourself. It is not about observing a religious rule but more about loving yourself enough to take care of your health.
Forget economic policies to boost growth and all that rubbish. If only Singaporeans would get at least 8 hours of sleep a day, workforce productivity would be at its maximum like never before, and our economy would grow!
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