Precious

sometimes have everything become like a norm that we become complacent, expecting that it will and always be the same way, like a norm and not realizing that we have unknowingly taking things for granted already...

so much as companies offered discounts and sales to boast profit margins, locally, it has become a norm that w/o sales, the numbers tend to dwindle and today, even myself, i look forward to IT fairs for buys. reason being, that it is imbued into us that the notion itself 'sales' is what we look for commonly to give us a better reason to buy.

even so said, treating gestures and kindness of others, which are given out of love and concern, as a norm because it has always been there unchanging and consistent, is something that shouldn't been committed. at times, that complacency will bound to sip in given the fact that we're all humans but time to time, we needa put a conscious effort to review ourselves if we've done in a similar capacity to deserve these gestures showered upon us. for whatever we sow, we will surely reap. give and it will surely be given back, good measures pressed down, shaken together and running over.

and so, even so said, all of us are guilty from time to time in committing this error. some of us, with such goodness overflowing, continue to want even more without looking what we can offer ourselves. "you can give without loving, but can never love without giving", how true is this saying... and when the goodness begins to flow away from us, we begin to doubt, question or even feel betrayed. maybe we should stand in the mirror and look at ourselves and ponder, did i go wrong in any ways; or is there anything that i could have done or done more.

as i begin to ponder on this fact, it came to my remembrances a hard truth that was told to be by my brother," life is like a piece of painting, we are creating our own painting. people that come into our lives are here to add strokes to this life-painting of ours and it is up to each individual to determine how much (long) he/she wants others to draw on his/her painting." indeed, god created each and everyone of us for one purpose and a great destiny but yet, He gave us a CHOICE to choose.

at the end of the day, why so often, we want to wait to lose something or on the verge of losing it; to realize its true importance/significance/value. A friendship/relationship/kinship has a pressing call to be protected and cherished. past failures are here to remind us of the pitfalls, dangers, entrapment, mistakes we made etc to not fall into them anymore but do we all these past failures serve its true purpose? ultimately, we ourselves make these vital decisions and to some, it may seem small but our faithfulness to these small details are actually the things that are being tested.

our thought-life shapes our world; today, instead, the world/society/people shape us that we forget our real identity or what we call social-norms. Greatness comes with failures and not succumbing to social-norms because great people simply do not do what's normal and it takes sacrifice and a price to pay.