the herald of a new era

today i deleted my itunes library.

today marks the demise of my itunes collection – that which has began on the wrong foot; which accompanied me through thousands of miles, across 2 oceans, 3 continents; that which was my pride and joy.

i remember the day when i pride myself of the numerous albums, all meticulously organized, all individually characterized by their album artwork. i remember spending hours, days, weeks, thawing the vastness of cyberspace, in search for the song that would make an album complete, for that artwork that is worthy to seal that collection. i remember the days past, the days when i was a pirate.

i apologies, for my insolence to the many that has provide me with countless hours of enjoyment, to the voices that has seen me through many dark nights, to people putting in money and effort to make all that possible, my sincere apologies.

today i make restitution – i will start my collection again. and this time i will do it right. i will have a physical CD to accompany my digital collection. i cannot change the world, but I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

what are you (and me) dying for?

they say the moment you are born, you began dying…

every moment, from the time we are awake and pondering on the day’s business, we are giving of our lives, energy – we are born for martyrdom. we are all giving our lives for something – MONEY, JOBS, FAMILY, KIDS, CAUSE, PURPOSE… instead of living for something, we are dying for it, much like a misguided terrorists giving of his life for something that he believes in, something that is worth his every moment, something that climax at the pull of his trigger. our trigger might be that check in the bank, the smile of our kids, the completion of  that project, the roof over our heads, or the praises of people. some things are more worth our lives than others, or so we would like to think.

THE QUESTION OF LIFE IS – NOT WHAT WE ARE LIVING FOR; BUT RATHER, WHAT ARE WE DYING FOR??

promise

Isaiah 1:24-26 (NKJV)
[24] Therefore the Lord says,
The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries,
And take vengeance on My enemies.
[25] I will turn My hand against you,
And thoroughly purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.
[26] I will restore your judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

the end doesn’t justify the means

more than often, we are consumed by a lofty goal, an idea that we think can transform the world, make things more astounding, and change the world to make it a better place… perhaps not, perhaps all we want was to be able to impress

regardless, the end doesn’t justify the means… we must remember that the journey is just as important as the destination!

january’s quote

God loves but men abuse

the waiting game

in our day and age, everything happens in an instant. we get a whole meal prepared in half hour; talk to anyone anywhere with a   click of a button; travel round the world in less than 48 hours or less; get information at speeds of 100mbps…

yet we have failed to honor the tradition of time…

in waiting, we reconsider priorities; count our costs; plan for the unforseen and make contigencies. in waiting, we sort out out thoughts; strategies to not only begin our journey, but to make sure we get there. in waiting, we pick up skills and attributes that ensure our survival when we reach our destination, or at least survive the journey. in waiting we build resilience in our character. in waiting we are made surer of what we want and where we want to go..

EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN THE WAITING GAME

badge of honor

just saw a lady with a botched tattoo.. lines smudged, contours gone, shading awry, and only under close scrutiny that i could make out somewhat of a scorpion..

that which was a badge of pride and honor and turn into something horrifying. i am sure that she had to deal with the disappointments and the trauma that ensues. the fact that she did not hide it nor try to cover it up tells me of 2 stories – that she is undiscerning or that she has live through and pass it. the smudged scorpion now tells a story more then the scorpion itself.

yet one thing still remains, the marking on the skin – some things do scare you for life..

Promise of God :: 13th Oct 2009

GENESIS 28:15

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.

changing landscapes… differing expectations

Gen Y workers preferring relationship-orientated leaders while their managers believe in a more task orientated approach.

The overall pattern of results suggests a gulf between Generation Y’s expectations, and their manager’s beliefs about how to lead them.

TODAY NEWSPAPER, 19 March 2009

a short article spark renewed perspectifs… guess it isn’t about which is prefered over the other, but what is the right way, the way that is stated in the Good O’ Book, God’s Word.. a more task orientated approach gets things done, results are tangible and more down to earth. the performance of the task, given resources and time, determines the value of the individual. for the leader, the better the performance, the better the individual. but a task / performance orientated approach simply degrades humans to that of machines… a pentium IV computer outperforms a pentium III and thus it is a better computer… the latest software upgrades allow more options and are able to utilise the computing power of the latest chip, thus its a better version. task and performance orientated leaders send those under them for upgrades course so that they can perform better…

WE FAIL TO NOTE THAT HUMANS ARE NOT MACHINES, WE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF THE ALMIGHTY!

relationship-orientated individuals treat everyone as unique individuals, looking at tasks as simply opportunities to know another better, how someone else perform under certain circumstances, how another person adds value to that which needs to be done. relationships takes into consideration circumstances that are not obvious; it demands that we know and understand that there are facets of life outside the immediate task that begs consideration.. it forces us to acknowledge a person for who he is, what he is going through and not just by the things that he does.

i am guessing that the report is but a resurgence of the ways of old, of a time when Jesus watches a person for who he is and seeing what he could be. task are but part of the design in fashioning out the character, opportunities for the giver of the task and the performer of it to understand each other better, to know the person outside the task. and to do so, it demanads nothing short of a genuine love… NOTHING SHORT OF A GENUINE CONCERN FOR THE OTHER

Evaluate & Re-evaluate

taking stock of life requires a constant state of evaluation. re-evaluation simply means to evaluate that which was evaluated…

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?�unless indeed you are disqualified.

the faith: the governing principle in which we live life. knowing the language, the laws, methods, does not make us to be in the faith, but rather, it simply means that we have a knowledge of the faith. its the qualitative, not the quantitative that truly matters. it is not how much we know, what we are doing, but rather, what is the quality of that which we know, of that which we do. it is the value that we attached to that we involve our lives with. disqualification comes from the attention to quantification.

evaluation, examination of the self is often a melancholic process. when we do become highly critic of ourselves, upon examination of all that we are involve in, we force ourselves to valuate our lives, to check if all that we do align with that which profess value to. and if we value the work of the Almighty upon and through our lives, then we must constantly qualify all that we do in light of that which govern our lives – our faith! WE NEED TO QUALIFY AND NOT QUANTIFY. the slight change of the L to the T changes the entire equation and sway value in the opposite direction.

may we all pass our examinations with flying colours…