Sunday, January 10, 2010
My Odyssey...it still goes on

How was your Christmas and new year?

We're into January now so I'm done with all my thinking back and reflections of the past year. Today I just want to talk about the person I want to be. 2009 has been a great year, but I haven't been a great person, so I want to rectify that, hopefully, this year.

I say I haven't been a great person; I haven't been the person I wanted to be, or done the things I would like people to do to me. No one can say they are perfect, and I'm glad that now I know myself better, so I can be typing this. The person I want to be, is a person who knows what love is, and a person who knows how to love and applies love everyday. Love is such a big thing. It covers everything, the entire world. And with what I know now, it seems strange to see how people only classify love as romantic love. But of course I am privileged and I know who love is.

With all that in mind, I want to love more, and I want to do it in the little ways that always seem overlooked. As I get caught up in this "progress of society", I realise that I also get caught up in the "progress of deterioration" of myself. I have been very affected by technology and I feel it's a bad thing now. And it's hard to rectify that because it's right in front of me, all the time. So this is a bid to go back to the days where I behaved more like a person. Thus, I present the list of things I hope to achieve, not just this year, but as a person for the rest of my life. So here goes;

1) To not put on my in-ear moniters when I'm with my family or friends
2) To not download illegally

Basically this is it. I just know that these changes will bring about so many other things. I know I'll be a better person inside, and that is so important to me. Everyone thinks that it is nothing to go to a supermart and pay with the headphones on, but I think about the cashier and how that person feels, I think everyone will start talking instead of being so cold. To consider the other person, this society will be better. And downloading, well that really takes a toll on me and it's such a struggle and a conscious effort to do the right thing.

I really want to live right everyday. I'll need so many prayers to stay grounded and I ask you, to pray for me too. Just so you know, these are not new year resolutions. It's trouble if you need a new year to make a change. It's such a blessing to be able to make a change immediately and I thank God for my direction. There are so many things I've come to know. And I have so much to say. And you know, I thank God for you, for everyone, and to be a light that shines for Him, that's just such a privilege.

So I bless you. Have a good day everyday.