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| Packing up my dorm room is a very emotional process. I have lived here
for the past five years and every little thing could bring back trains
of memories. But, apparently I could not bring along loads of past
memories with me to the next stage of my life. "Don't let your past
affect your present, and future," a friend told me, "is that possible?"
I wonder. Certain people, and time spent with them, I will always
remember in my heart. Instead of living in denial of my feelings for
people who have long made their exit from my life, I choose to honor
this quiet space of reminiscence. Difficult it is to accurately
articulate my thoughts, words sometimes lose their power in
transcending time and space -- so much was left behind; so much could
only be experienced in that moment.
The Lincoln quote has been pierced on my board for some years, and here it goes:
Sorrow
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it often comes with bitter agony.
Perfect relief is not possible, except with time.
You cannot now believe that you will ever fell better.
But this is not true.
You are sure to be happy again.
Knowing this, truly believe it, will make you less miserable now.
I have had enough experience to make this statement.
And I testify to this statement 
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| People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish motives.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest anyway.
The biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the
smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may turn against you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you may get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
- The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith, 1968 | | |
| 原來，我還在為過去的事和人傷感。怎麼放不開？好傻呵......
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| I haven't updated my blog in almost a month. It seems that I did
not have much to write about. The past month was packed with last
minute internship applications, holiday rendezvous, and clinical crises
of my patients. But I have been strangely detached emotionally in that
I did not really endorse much reaction to any of those events.
I do care, still; but I tried not to let the external world affect me
too much. I was creating some heart space for other things, my
family, my friend, greendolphin; and sometimes I am not exactly
sure what I am in preparation for. I am waiting on God for His will to
be unfolded in an amazing and eye-opening way. Whenever I got anxious,
I heard my Lord speak, "Be still, and know that I am your God (your
provider)" and immediately felt relieved from the urge to strive for my
best. I do not have to prove my existence through my works, nor do I
have to seek external validations to demonstrate my worth and the fact
that I am deeply loved. God wants me, not my work, nor my accomplishments or any other kinds of proxy of who [I thought] I am.
Gospel is simple, but powerful. Yet it is the most difficult message to
comprehend -- not with logic and reason -- but with humility and
obedience.
As a 8-year-old Christian, I began to understand...
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