Yes, I know it’s been a while since I have written about anything. To say that I have been busy ergo my lack of commitment towards writing anything would be fallacious as I recently renewed my blog site, not just for a year, but for a whopping 5 years! If anything, I am certainly signalling that I have much more to write and more thoughts to pen down and ruminate especially in these next few years.
And yes, we are in the new year now. The uncanny thing about 2017, more specifically towards the end of 2017 was that things were moving way too fast. This was especially true after Noah was born. As it is, the days were moving by quickly (I think its something to do with the air and life in Singapore in general – its just way too fast at times), but after the little one came into this world, life was routinely operational for both the wifey and me. Days would be filled with almost the same routine monochrome life – wake up, feed, bathe, I go to work, wifey takes care of the boy, check-ins throughout the day, I finish work, return home, bathe the boy, spend some time with the wife (if the boy is behaving himself) and then its time to hit the sake. Such has been the routine, even doing other things seems difficult such as preparing for my final Accounting paper (which is due in March).
But its all good. Routine is not necessarily bad. In fact, if anything it has also allowed us to settle into some rhythm and predictability. Although sometimes with the baby, it’s hard to predict anything. And it’s in these moments, these “mundane-monochromatic” moments I am learning a new life that is set up for me. A life that is filled with not with my own preoccupations, but with purpose. A purpose that is oriented not to my goals, but to another person’s needs altogether. Day by day, the little one is teaching me more about what life is, and less about what life ought to be. The little one is teaching me that my plans don’t matter as much; that he matters more and I should spend more time with him and be with him. In a way, it does feel like this is a new chapter in life for me.
When you mix the flavours of these new experiences into the pot of new life, you get something different. And that’s what it is for me. In a way, it feels like as this new year unveils itself slowly but surely, things which a year ago I felt were important are no longer important anymore. Things that I thought were important are taking less precedence. This is a new life, with new adventures, new rules, new paths and a new destiny – this is what is awaiting me for 2018. And I feel this time, for the first time, I need to set up some resolution – resolutions that are tied to purposes which are all greater than my own personal whims and vain-filled wish lists.
This is indeed a called to a great adventure – its a called to greatness – to life as how God has architected it to be. Here’s to one awesome, roller-coaster, God-assuring 2018.
p/s – I plan to do some backdated posts for the last months in 2017 – just need to get around to doing it. And yes I need to get around to my Faith posts – kinda left it hanging at the moment
