I read a friend's blog lately about 'what if'. She mentioned about what if she choose A instead of B years ago and would the result and consequences would be the same. That reminded me on a series of books I read when I was young. The story of the books will come to some point where you are needed to act like a detective and make certain decision. Say, if you choose answer A, you are require then to flip to page 5. If you choose B, you will have to flip to page 7 instead. After page 5 and 6 of the story, you will be asked which direction to choose again. All clues will be given in the story. I remember we will definately made mistakes along the way but it doesn't mean when you made the first mistake, you will end up failing to catch the bad guy/the murderer. The book allow us to make a few mistakes. It's interesting book to read.
I guess this book has somehow gave me an understanding that our lives is also the same. It's planned. Destined. But sometimes along the way to reach the final point, we might have made mistakes, we might have gone through difficulties in 'choosing' which step to take, etc...but God will not 'punish' us just then and there to make us 'failed'. He will somehow direct us, guide us through. It is important that we continue to read the story again thoroughly, carefully and with details so that we can make a correct step in the coming chapter. It is not right that once we knew that we make mistake and we left it without finish reading it. I remember the joy and satisfaction when I managed to catch the bad guy/murderer at the end, despite the mistakes I made (sadness) and the toughness of reading the story through to find out the weak point.
We do need courage to take up the challenge and walk, despite what we faced in the previous chapter of life. We can't stop. We shouldn't stop moving. For those of you who went through some piano examination, you probably remember that you are not allowed to stop when you make mistakes. The clock will still ticking, the beat of the song will still counting... once mistake is made, you just need to continue to play. If you failed to continue, you will definately fail. So as playing musical instrument in a band. You made mistake, the whole team won't stop because of you. You have to pick it up from there and continue. Though there will be an ugly sound for that 1 or 2 seconds, but once it's picked up, the music it made will made people forgot about the 1 or 2 seconds and instead, people will praise you for not stopping there and also made things went well at the end. So, it is not important how things started, but it is important of how things ended.
If you are at the 'mistake' point, may be it is time to pick it up there and then and continue ... to finish the race with praise and satisfaction.
- a thought of life -
1 comment:
A very encouraging message and words from you. A very simple and basic knowledge and yet, human need to be reminded day by day. Sometimes people will simply said a thank you whereby you have no idea what you've did. But, you really did something that make people realize something. And with this something, i will said thank you. Thanks friend. A word do make a different.
Continue to walk together with love and faith.
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