Wednesday, November 01, 2006
A post by me
Dear friends,
How have all of you been? I hope all is well on your side.
Firstly Xin, I want to thank you for sharing your success. I am thankful too that things are looking up, that you have conviction in your speeches. As I relate to your account word by word, I feel the desire burning in you, the conviction to be the man you now know you are capable of. All these despite the million miles apart we are. I thank god too for giving you this opportunity to grow to ur abilities, for now, more than ever I start to acknowledge that many things come through him.
I have taken time away from alot of people and alot of things the past couple of weeks to calm my heart and ponder on many issues tugging at the deepest corners of my heart. Weixin, your mail gave me plenty of reasons to be happy and thankful.
Life is never easy, nor is it meant to be. Whatever position you are in now, I strongly believe that as much as you made it happen for yourself, your loved ones make it happen for you just as much. So I say, never ever utter hurtful words nor words of discouragement to your loved ones. If anything, encouragement should be the key. As we all trudge along in life, along this steep and seemingly never-ending destination, let us continually be the beacon of light to guide, the pillar of support in times of weakness and the entrenched source of strength.
Xin, don't ever say you are afraid we might think you are HAOLIAN-ing. Friends never think that way of each other and those thoughts should never cross your mind again, I hope. Though I do not claim to be a 'friend's expert', I believe the basics of friends I ought convincingly describe. Friends share in each other's happiness.
My minds are with all of you as you go through the period of exams. I wish all of you every success.
Best wishes,
Esmond
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not in just some of us;
It's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.
-Nelson Mandela-
How have all of you been? I hope all is well on your side.
Firstly Xin, I want to thank you for sharing your success. I am thankful too that things are looking up, that you have conviction in your speeches. As I relate to your account word by word, I feel the desire burning in you, the conviction to be the man you now know you are capable of. All these despite the million miles apart we are. I thank god too for giving you this opportunity to grow to ur abilities, for now, more than ever I start to acknowledge that many things come through him.
I have taken time away from alot of people and alot of things the past couple of weeks to calm my heart and ponder on many issues tugging at the deepest corners of my heart. Weixin, your mail gave me plenty of reasons to be happy and thankful.
Life is never easy, nor is it meant to be. Whatever position you are in now, I strongly believe that as much as you made it happen for yourself, your loved ones make it happen for you just as much. So I say, never ever utter hurtful words nor words of discouragement to your loved ones. If anything, encouragement should be the key. As we all trudge along in life, along this steep and seemingly never-ending destination, let us continually be the beacon of light to guide, the pillar of support in times of weakness and the entrenched source of strength.
Xin, don't ever say you are afraid we might think you are HAOLIAN-ing. Friends never think that way of each other and those thoughts should never cross your mind again, I hope. Though I do not claim to be a 'friend's expert', I believe the basics of friends I ought convincingly describe. Friends share in each other's happiness.
My minds are with all of you as you go through the period of exams. I wish all of you every success.
Best wishes,
Esmond
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people will not feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not in just some of us;
It's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.
-Nelson Mandela-
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