Tuesday, September 30, 2008
whee im one year older!its so fast, one year has passed.
reaching fourteen years of my life.
i have learnt plenty,
been through lots,
struggle much,
and found meaning in life.
birthdays to me are'nt just about presents,
its also about reflecting about my life.
fourteen years passed,
and today i ask myself,
what have i learnt, achieved, lost and could have done to make things better in the past fourteen years.
14 years ago,
i entered this world.
14 years later,
im here typing this.
14 years down the road,
who would i become,
and what would have become of me?
all these lie in the hands of fate and destiny.
i learnt much more about struggling,
that life could'nt be life without it.
i learnt to be more understanding.
i learnt that no matter how dark life is,
that if we try,
there will be light.
i learnt to trust more,
and i learnt that happiness is mine to get.
i achieved happiness.
understood what true happiness means.
im glad to say,
and i hope im not wrong,
that i achieved the power to trust.
im not someone who always ponder on what i lost,
cos what's lost is lost,
gone.
but there could be ways to get it back,
if we try,
put in effort.
miracles dont happen, it only happens if we put in effort.
does that sound familiar?
ok back to me.
i lost myself quite a few times this year,
but im happy i regained the real me.
through losing myself,
i learn too.
i learn to pick up myself after a fall.
through these experiences,
i become stronger,
happier!
i could have done lots to make many things better,
like being more understanding.
i dont live my life with regrets,
so i dont say,
"i should have done"
instead i would say
"i will do it next time".
i want to thank God for being with me all through my 14 years of life.
for letting me be educated under canossian siprituality,
for letting me know charity, humility and forgiveness.
i would'nt be who i am today if i was'nt under canossian education.
i want thank God for blessing me, my family and friends with health and safety.
i want thank God for helping me through exams, challenges, fears and the toughest times.
let me quote a few prayers from daily canossian.
bless us o God,
with the love of you and direct our lives so that we may be a visible sign of your love and forgiveness to all.
forgive me Lord for the time when i choose to be selfish and unloving. help me to live in such a way so that i can be freed of my own selfish disires, which stop me from loving others around me.
Lord, may our hope be strong in the face of all that makes us despair, frightened or helpless.
grant that we will always be ready to forgive others who hurt us. Amen.
its been a long time since i last read those prayers...
my birthday wish, the present i really want--everyone around me to be happy, truely happy. that's enough to put a million smiles in me. :)
yes, thank you people for the presents and wishes!
salina, your cookies were great!
teach me how to bake!
khairudy, you can start counting down my 15th birthday! :]
jing yi and venus, i think i need to learn how to differentiate a leopard, cheetah and a jaguar, then i'll know what is it. hahaa.
joe yee. yeah im as old as you now!
krismine, thank you for the FROGGIES!!! and your cookies were great too! teach me how to bake also!
thank you once again people! :)
and im glad you know that escaping is deceiving.
prezzies!
cookie from salina!
cookies from krismine!
birthday cake!
