LIVING IN THE PRESENT

Don't know what the future holds but I am presently living my dream.
It has been a long wait and my turn has finally arrived.
Life couldn't get any better!

Every day is an adventure in exploration and discovery.  
Stopping to smell the flowers.  Appreciating and placing value on what's truly meaningful and significant.  
Learning, growing, letting go, picking up, dusting off, restoring and yes, burying the past; closing the last chapter and beginning a new one.
There is never a dull moment.
I'm loving it!

Contentment is not the absence of  problems but despite them.
Circumstances are neutral, it's how our minds react to them that make them positive or negative; good or bad.  
In essence we control the outcome of almost every situation that we encounter.  We call the shots!
How we come out of a situation - inspired, stronger, battered or bruised -really depends on our reaction to the situation and more importantly to the people that create them!

A deep and healthy understanding of human nature and the forces that drive him to think, feel and behave the way he does, helps.  Respect him for the man that he is.  Believe in the man that he can become.

Don't expect him to change.  Don't force, coerce or blackmail him. That would be a mistake and many hearts have been broken because of this misunderstanding.  Relationships suffer and individuals are disillusioned, disappointed and tortured emotionally.

Change must come from the inside and no amount of external influence can move a person if he doesn't desire it.
Drop it and move on.  

ORDINARY

What may appear to you as common and ordinary could be exceptional and extraordinary to some others. 
You may not even notice its existence but others would stop, turn to take a second look, stare and be dazzled. 

In essence you enhance the value of an experience, an activity, a relationship, an object.
A spouse, child, relative or friend becomes a beloved...precious in your sight.. because you make him/her so.

BE ALL YOU CAN BE ...

Coming back with a vengeance.
Never, never, never give up!

Be all you can be.
You don't need anyone's approval or permission for that!

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE...

Saying 'hi' and sending warm & loving greetings to all staff, friends and associates of Campus Crusade International - in China, USA, Africa, India, Europe and Asia - thank you for answering the call of Dr. Bill Bright to "Come Help Change The World."

Through your faithful ministry in schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, churches; some of which are in the remotest regions of the world, millions of lives have been changed and living conditions improved. 
Even though what you do may seem mundane, often unappreciated and forgotten, know that the impact you've made and continue to make, is significant and ... revolutionary. 

Lets continue to change the world, one person at a time. 

There is no greater sense of achievement and satisfaction than to be able to 'finish the race and finish well." 
Without Vision a nation perish and we with it!

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING ...

Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger,
Across a crowded room
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see her
Again and again.

Some enchanted evening
Someone may be laughing,
You may hear her laughing
Across a crowded room
And night after night,
As strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter
Will sing in your dreams.

Who can explain it?
Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.

Some enchanted evening
When you find your true love,
When you feel her call you
Across a crowded room,
Then fly to her side,
And make her your own
Or all through your life you
May dream all alone.

Once you have found her,
Never let her go.

DEEP IMPRINTS

Sometimes you remember a place not because of the place itself but  because it reminds you of the people you've met, experiences you've had and the deep imprints left in your heart ... significant, cherished moments, that make it difficult to forget.

LISTEN TO HIS HEART

We can feel lonely even in a crowd. 
Often wrapped in our own worlds, lost in our desires, needs and wants, we compromise on relationships. 

We are overbearing and insensitive to people around us, our family, colleagues and friends. This causes friction and even hostility.
Every person wants his story heard; from the janitor to the CEO, the poorest to the wealthiest, weakest to the strongest, but no one is listening.

Nothing boost a person more than the validation of his thoughts and emotions. Listen to his heart; it longs to be heard...

GOD'S LOVE

"THINK ABOUT HIS LOVE
Think about His goodness
Think about His grace
That's brought us through
For as high as the heavens above
So great is the measure
Of my Father's love

How could I forget His love
How could I forget His mercy
He satisfies, He satisfies
Great is the measure 
Of my Father's love

Even when I've strayed away
His love has sought me
Out and found me
He satisfies, He satisfies
Great is the measure of
My Father's love"

REMINISCENCE

To think of him is both pleasure and pain but to not think is definitely pain.

Thought she was over him; turned out she wasn't.

Love is ...

FLEETING MOMENTS

Don't regret that it's over.  Be glad it happened!

Like flowers in full  bloom...lovely to behold but they don't last forever.  While in season we feast our eyes and enjoy their beauty.  In time they wither and return to the earth.  
When they do we would have had our fill of them and should not regret that they are gone.

Relationships are very much the same.
Nothing lasts forever.  Enjoy the good moments, prolong them even, for before you know it they are gone.
Be glad you had them ...

REAL INTIMACY

Intimacy is more than just a romp in the haystack, a stolen kiss in the moonlight! 
Real intimacy doesn't just happen; it's painstakingly nurtured over a period of time. 
Building trust is hard work. 
Believing in someone takes faith. 
Sticking your neck out, staying your ground, staunchly lending support require crazy, soul searching intimacy... and jubilant is the one enshrouded in such madness. 


The kiss will then be sweeter...

UNIQUENESS...

What works for one may not work for another.

There may be people that he likes but you abhor, and activities he enjoys but frown upon by you.
Convictions differ.  Conversations stagnate

No two persons are the same and seldom do they consistently agree.  Rather than be at loggerheads and fault finding, accept the differences and appreciate each other's uniqueness.

Love is ...