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My kids have no meaning

3/18/2017

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Yesterday, we went to the newly opened Sengkang Library and it was fairly shocking from the crowd we saw. One could have easily mistaken it for a new shop opening in a shopping mall with the throngs of people at the aisle, queuing at the borrowing counter. 

Nevertheless, we managed to spend some family time there and I was blessed to got a new book, The achievement habit by Bernard Roth. I sometimes feel it is God's divine intervention to lead me to pick up a certain book and he has valuable lessons to teach me through the author's way of writing. And of course, God was right, again !

In one chapter, Bernard mentioned about "his daughters have no meaning" and this exercise requires the group to mention something in their lives that has no meaning. So A may say , my dog has no meaning , B said, my work has no meaning and so on. After a while, someone in the group may mention something or someone that is close to them and say, my daughter has no meaning. As a father of two young kids, for me to say, my kids have no meaning is incomprehensible and something unimaginable. That is not the point that Bernard was trying to convey.

He said that the meaning that we attached to anything/anyone creates the context that we are in. We are empowered to make this choice and give it meaning. Therefore, if we are in a situation that you  dislike, say you failed an exam paper, broke your leg or lost money in business, it is what meaning that we give it to that make up our emotional state.

If we do not assign a meaning to it, then it does not matter to us. This is a revelation indeed as I reflect back on some of the challenges that I am stuck with. The more I want to dig out of the hole, the deeper I seem to get myself into. That is because I have attached a deeper meaning to it. Therefore, the choice lies with me and not the situation itself. 

Similarly, if someone has hurt us, offended us or disappoint us, it is also up to us to decide whether we want to attach any meaning to that relationship. That is not to say to remain callous and cold in our dealings with people but that at each stage, we are given a choice to decide what to do with it. We have this awareness that our decision makes the outcome we want and we need not let external circumstances to control us. 

​In the Bible, God says - So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4.16.

The world may continue to judge us by our external circumstances, choose to ignore them. Block out these noises. It is within our control. We have a choice and we can choose not to listen to this inner dialogue that corrupts our mind - you should be more like your brother, why can't you be smarter? how come you are still here?,etc. 

​It is interesting how concepts that I thought I had knew or learnt in the past can be reframed in different ways and somehow years later with accumulated life experiences, the valuable lessons reveal itself , packaged differently and presented as a surprise present for me. That is why I love to read, you won't know what you are getting. And sometimes you thought you had resolved an old problem till you encountered some words or phrases in the book and it rekindled your memories.

It changes your perspective about life, everything in fact. Nothing stands till even though we may think life seems to be the same day in, nights out. Little changes are taking place beneath our skin, transformation are in progress and when new situation occurs, we react differently, said different words and act differently. Then we realised , ah ,this has a new meaning, a new level of understanding........

​Thank you Lord for your continuous education, you somehow knew what I need , when I need it and have the means to deliver it to me. 



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Perspectives

11/24/2016

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I tried something new today. I created two demo account one with 5000 and another with 50,000 to trade. I busted the 5000 fairly fast by longing silver but the trend went against me. I realized how true it was when they said you can make fast money with commodities - I experienced first hand. 

Then I went to long Euro as I felt it has been oversold. With the same pair, but because the position size is much bigger than before, I saw with my own eyes how fast it was before I rack in a four figure sum in a short period of time. The first question in my mind was not if this can be repeated again but rather being grateful and happy that there is a breakthrough. Before, it was merely a theory in my mind - bigger capital , bigger proft but until I had the chance to see the profits in the system, I still find it inconceivable. 

Rather than trying to rationalize the why and how , I rather immerse myself in the feelings of achieving the profits. It is really a nice feeling. A little late but still able to make it , somehow. I wonder was the positve affirmations in my run earlier contributed to the movement. I never will know and I think it is OK. Learning to accept it is crucial. Many find it hard to accept and thus the wealth may not come to them. Suddenly, the thought of making monthly income to daily income become very feasible, very real to me. It change my perspective of looking at things. I have tasted what it is like to make 4 figure income in a day or rather in a few hours. 

Like my run earlier, I kept asking myself, if I had won the lottery, how would I run now? Woul I still pant and huff for breath or would I slow down my pace ,somehow knowing there is no need to rush? Rush for anything, really since with the money, I can take care of many things. And it is true that it can make weekends more creative, fun and enjoyable for the family as well. This again is a very nice feeling. Simply doing the things I love to do...............

Thank you God for opening my mind and seeing things in a different way. 


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