July 22, 2006
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what defines you, and makes you who you are? what do you live for?
difficult question, yes. and perhaps after you’ve managed (or not) to answer it for yourself, click here? i’m sure everything around you won’t look the same.
and perhaps the next day or so, the cycle of indifference resumes.
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we were watching this video in ocf yesterday filmed by the singapore youth for christ, who interviewed a bunch of students and passerbys in singapore, about man, god, and the purpose of life.
the one that struck me most was this comment from what looks to be a less-educated senior citizen in the school canteen, in chinese.
“better don’t think so much.. think more, get more frustrated”
i couldn’t brush it off as a naive or indifferent comment, because his face only betrayed a sincere and genuine reaction towards what life has thrown him. this is his response, a product of decades of experience, decades of accumulated thought and wisdom –
decades without knowing what defines him, without knowing what makes him who he is, without knowing what he’s living for.
(will you choose to let this be the outcome of your life?)
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i’m so blessed to have been taught, made to think and know for sure, what defines me, what makes me who i am, and who i live for. my prayer is that in time, in whichever religion or philosophy you place yourselves in, you will all be able to say that i know what defines me, and i know my life’s purpose.
cause if you don’t, maybe it’s about time you reexamined every precious minute and second you just let slip by.
what defines you, and makes you who you are? what do you live for?
Comments (5)
HEE. =X
i’m JOLENE. people define me; i don’t waste time defining myself. =x they seem to get the correct definitions more than half the time anyway, haha. i live for having fun to the fullest, does that count?
guats: =) ehhe yay 2 eprops from guatz
jo: haha.. nola.. a bit deeper than thatla..not definition by characteristics, but what underlying principles determine your characteristics – only you can answer for yourself wern
and yeah i suppose that counts, if you’re pretty darn sure that that’s what you’re living for =p our lives don’t always look fun though
lies. people can answer for meeeeeh. =X who SAY? i’m having fun okay, meh. leave me alone.
heehee.
lol! okla fun =p and how can ppl tell you what underlying principles govern your life? impossible