Remember why you started

I have learnt that true love may never be seen by anyone but one's self. It's a quiet acknowledgment that does right, despite trial. It's not showy, but silently accepts. Which brings me to my point: 

"4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 

Today, I understand.

Hope

(last row imgs from favim & tumblr )

Dearest one, there's never a reason to take a life.
Hang in there.

Love

Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling. No feeling can be relied on to last in its full intensity, or even to last at all. Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go. 

But of course, ceasing to be ‘in love’ need not mean ceasing to love. Love in this second sense is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will, deliberately strengthened by habit and reinforced by grace. [Partners] can have this love for each other even at moments when they do not like each other; as you love yourself even when you do not like yourself. They can retain this love even when each could easily, if they allowed themselves, be ‘in love’ with someone else.

- C.S. Lewis

Something I got from theunevenchopsticks.wordpress.com - the sweetest, most delightful blog shared between Xanthe & Zach.

When it gets tough

Remember that no matter how tough life gets, you're there for a reason.   

And that reason is To Conquer.  

 Now, don't look back and keep going.

struck down but not destroyed

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”

-Ira Glass 

It's a beautiful day

Thank God it's finally Friday. I miss home.

let love and faithfulness never leave you

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." -Proverbs 3:5-6

We'll find. Someday.

"Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)

Someday, somewhere, we'll find a new way of living.
We'll find a way of forgiving.
Somewhere. 

By name.

SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE

Never really liked this song, but after I heard the lyrics.. Haha.

Mum bought me this card today, just as I was feeling down and drugged. Never have I believed in this, but names are indeed powerful. If not for a voice that's been constantly reminding me of mine, I would've never ever believe so again.

Anyways, lovely dinner with Caroline @ The Garden Slug, Telok Kurau. It's beginning to be our hang out place now :)

Eyes that sparkle

"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is also uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment."

- 1 Tim 6:17

They remind me of

Those were the days when I'd over contrast and saturate my photos.

In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

-Pslam 18:6