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Comment on Longing for God by petrina

petrina — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:23:51 +0000

heya.

this entry of yours reminds me of a conversation we had after your talk on prayer life last year.
i remember asking you about silent retreats and their effectiveness, and you were adamant that daily prayer is the thing i really should be looking at. i remember feeling upset because i thought it meant that whatever i experienced or felt there was not validated.
but looking back now, from the point of view of a person who is in the process of developing and continuing the habit of daily prayer devotion … i believe you made sense back then. like exercise. how it’s daily exercise that makes a difference in our fitness, not playing futsal or hockey once in while.

cheers and God bless!

Comment on Longing for God by week-END update–Uncanny Philosophy

week-END update–Uncanny Philosophy — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:23:33 +0000

[...] it’s more about me than Him – whether I WANT to want him, as I wrote in my previous entry. But I believe it all starts in the WANT, in the desire to want to draw close to God. I have [...]

Comment on When we’re called to understand others and change by Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:31:22 +0000

well said! Change is the most difficult thing in life. Nobody, not even things (the law of Inertia explained all)like changes, but we have to constantly remember to be humble, take a step back when being criticized, to understand where the other person is coming from, to have the maturity to analyse whether the change required is for our own good and not for others. It is painful, but often it’s part of shaping us to be a better person! Cheers!

Comment on Longing for God by Nick Padley

Nick Padley — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:18:44 +0000

Good thoughts. It’s amazing how we can start with the best of intentions and then somehow we forget our resolutions. That’s why I like Lent so much – it’s an annual way of giving us the kick in the rear that we need sometimes.

Keep up the prayers!

God bless,
—Nick

Comment on Time for the upgrade by Now that wasn’t too difficult–Uncanny Philosophy

Now that wasn’t too difficult–Uncanny Philosophy — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:44:00 +0000

[...] how I said in my last post that if you read my next entry, it would probably mean that I had succeeded in upgrading to [...]

Comment on When you really want to believe in something by petrina7

petrina7 — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:42:10 +0000

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.

-Erik H. Erikson-

hope is what makes life worth living. life without hope progresses from a slackening of the spring in one’s step to a slow, tortuous and painful death of the spirit. and the body weakens in consequence.
and then it is only a few steps away from physical death.

gruesome, but no less real. that’s why i believe that it is by hope we are saved. it is by entering fully into the possibility that tomorrow will be better and that we can and will do what is within our power to make it better that we move forward. we stop ourselves from falling into that abyss.

and hope can be shared, it can grow, it can illuminate.

Comment on Post September 27th 2009 – Part I by petrina7

petrina7 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:04:29 +0000

yay.

looking fwd to the next entry.

Comment on Why do we say nice things about people only after they’re dead? by simon

simon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:55:04 +0000

hey man! its been awhile. glad to see you blogging again, uncanny philosophy eh? very interesting indeed! look forward to keeping up with your blog.

Comment on Why do we say nice things about people only after they’re dead? by petrina7

petrina7 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:59:58 +0000

oh btw, could i link up?

thanks!

Comment on Why do we say nice things about people only after they’re dead? by petrina7

petrina7 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:46:44 +0000

hello,

just dropping by to say ‘hello’ on my part

well, i’ve asked myself the same question before – and i think the answer is because it’s in the human make up to look at the black spot rather than the white paper i.e. to focus on the negative rather than the positive.

the only time humans move away from such a vantage point is when something startling happen (which disrupts the order of life as humans usually see it) e.g. death.

i am firm believer in telling people how much they matter to you and being kind to them before they die. what’s the point of putting flowers at my grave when i can’t appreciate them???