"It is very difficult to try (requiring effort and exertion) to relax (requiring an absence of effort and exertion). Try and relax just don't seem to fit together-" to wthich Bill Crowder was describing our relationship with God.
A dentist might tell you to 'try to relax' when you are just laying there in wait of the dreaded drill, but that's kind of hard to do, isn't it? Same thing in the spiritual sense. We are not pressing for God's purposes but our own interests and the hardest thing to do is to try and relax and genuinely trust God for the outcome of life's trials, but that's exactly what we have to do.
(Psalm 46:10: Be still and know) God knows our future and we are safe in his hands.
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I don't get those people with English names who only speak Chinese. They are more comfortable in the latter language and will continue talking in it if you've the same linguistic skill, so there's no effort in wanting to improve. What the heck is with the Angmoh name then!?! Really, just EDUCATE the person who can’t pronounce your name right, don’t change your identity with an English name. It’s not like you’re going to buck up on your spoken English with a new name.
Frankly, I'm absolutely fine with the idea of foreign help, but being in the service/ retail sector and not able to speak English, that's plain ridiculous. So far my experiences with them til Monday's shopping trip, were only based in ‘HK cafes’ and I insert the quotation marks because apparently, majority of the staff are China-nationals who make no effort to ask for your orders in the International Language of Communication- English. The menu also consists of Chinese delights like MACAU noodles, hey, China!
I’m not, i shall reiterate, not ANTI-Chinese, because I AM ONE TOO.
It’s just dismal that even places like 77th Street has China-Chinese employees now that go “huh?” when a question is put to them in English, but answered immediately when translated to Mandarin. 77th Street is so Westernised in terms of their offerings, like hip-hop/ surfer wear, why the pippins are chingchongchinggets there…
Quotable Quotes
- You must motivate yourself EVERYDAY!
- Achieving starts with believing.
- Whether you think you can or think you can't- you are right.
- You cannot be grateful and unloving. So just be grateful.
- Life is a song, sing it.
- Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Happiness is not in our circumstances but in ourselves.
- For all ignorance- there's help. For any improvement, there's hope.
- Life is sorrow, overcome it.
- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- The true bond that links the family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. -Richard Bach
- Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. -Hans Selye
- You can't make a place for yourself in the sun, if you continue to sit under the tree.
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