Pachelbel’s Canon in D
As usual, I’ve been listening to my favourite mp3 songs at my office cubicle. One of them which I play very often is this Canon in D. It helps me to unwind and relax while I do my work, spurring me in motivation.
Recently, there’s a discussion at Cell group on how do we define success in life? What is our opinion on what is "successful"? Is it achieving what we have aimed? Is it reaching goals that we have set? What happens if one doesnt set goals? What do you see in a successful person? Always surrounded by people, termed as ‘popular person’ and stuff like that?
I believe it’s blessing people with who we are and what we have. Self centered people would never be succesful in life. How can we be a blessing to people around us, and to people in the world? What impact can we bring to lives…?
So, it’s a journey of a purpose-driven life…not so much so of attaining all things for ‘me’, ‘myself’ and ‘I’, which everyone has the natural instinct of being so. We are just too good at that. Believe me, it’s never going to be easy to not think of our own benefit! Well, It’s a learning process and character moulding journey to self-denial. One thing I’m most impressed about Jesus is that He is able to suffer and die for each one of us out of LOVE!! (even for people who rejected him, scourned and mocked Him). He came to this earth 2000 years ago with a purpose not for Himself, but for the people of the world. His sufferings has a great purpose. He suffered for the name of unconditional love and to save.
What is love? To Love people who loves you is easy, but to even love people who hates you is true unconditional love…
Can we do it? Jesus did.
Gospel John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only son Jesus to die for us, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have an eternal life.
May 16th, 2005 at 8:59 pm
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is his version of success..
To me it’s an on going process too.. and the road to success is always long and tedious..
The majority of people out in the world base success on me, myself and I.. Not many people are willing to do sacrifice for others.. It’s sad but it’s true..
All of us love to have some sort of heroes to worship to.. Be it Jesus or Spiderman.. We love to cheer on these people because they think only of others but when it comes to doing it ourselves we often falter before we even really try..
To love someone without attachment.. giving the person the freedom to be who they want to be and where they want to be.. To love someone is letting them be in your life out of choice.. that’s unconditional too.. I think..
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July 4th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
Thanks eric for your thoughts…
I like the quotation by ralph waldo too…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. =)