Last Saturday, I heard from a dear friend that she almost drowned the weekend before in Phuket on a company retreat. Her accident occurred at the same time another Singaporean drowned at a neighbouring beach. My friend may not know, but her account to me of her near death experience gave me much to reflect […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
Reality Check
Sometimes I think that God has a funny sense of humour. Just when crunch time hits, my dear mom falls and sprains her right wrist (last Thursday actually). We joked that we have Pikachu at home now, cos there’s a ‘pai kar’ (John) and now a ‘pai chiu’ (Mom). But jokes aside, my mom’s injury […]
Interior Freedom
From Sacred Space this week: The adult Christ is hardly intelligible to children before adolescence. But for teenagers he incarnates the highest values of all: freedom and love. As he appears in the Gospel he is the freest of people: unpredictable, and alarming the respectable; a shocking, revolutionary figure whom society eventually found too dangerous […]
Like Wax
Another excerpt from Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation(p.164): Souls are like wax waiting for a seal. By themselves they have no special identity. Their destiny is to be softened and prepared in this life, by God’s will, to receive, at their death, the seal of their own degree of likeness to God in Christ. And […]
Life in Christ
Excerpt from Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation (p.163-4): Why should I fear anything that cannot rob me of God, and why should I desire anything that cannot give me possession of Him? Exterior things come and go, but why should they disturb me? Why should joy excite me or failure depress me, life attract or […]
My Inner Room
Some time last year I discovered my inner room… the place where I realize I can hear the Voice of Love reminding me of who I am and Whom I live for. It’s a serene and beautiful place because when I’m there, I’m at peace with myself and the world. In the midst of busy […]
Do U Judge A Book from its Cover?
By now you probably have heard of this ‘Cinderella’ story… but this video is still really enjoyable to watch! (Thanks for sending me, Mary-Ann!) ************* Have been having 14-hr long days of non-stop activities this week, all wedding and renovation related. Tired beyond belief! Very appreciative of friends who have been giving advice and extending […]
Something to pray about
This is on Sacred Space this week: In the Northern hemisphere this week includes the longest day of the year, a time to look backwards and forwards, a central date. On such a day, “halfway through life’s journey”, Dante started his ‘Divina Commedia’ with the words, “Nel mezzo del camin di nostra vita.” (“How do […]
From Sacred Space
There is a story from the desert fathers. A certain brother came to the abbot Moses seeking a word from him. The old man said, “Go and sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything.” The ability to sit still, in silence, with nothing except the silence (not even a mobile phone […]
I'm… Home.
Yeah, I’m back in more ways than one. My blog’s up again! (Thank you Steve and the rest of the Negimaki team!) ************** The travel this time was a huge hassle. Due to some problems at the Continental Airlines side, we almost couldn’t catch our flight to Newark. And then our flight to Newark was […]
Journey of the Heart 