Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
I somewhat got defeated and humbled by the simple sayings of my driving instructor this week. (It was a one hour intense lecture session as a punishment for being late for my lesson.) I sat inside the 3-tonner without even moving off, listening to him talk and share some of his life skills to me.
I'd learnt that it's better to learn by the good examples of others, as compared to the conventional "learning from the mistakes of others". For there is just that hint of temptation to fall into the same hole those before us had fallen into.
The Chinese had a proverb that says: 不见棺材不掉泪 which means 'no tears until one sees one's own coffin' That is one big problem many people face, in which I sometimes also wander off to grounds so dangerously near my grave.
Note: Just a search and this proverb appears with so many others that I had used to use for my Chinese essays.
I've also learnt to have that greater sense of urgency in doing things. Though my instructor often used a 'mixed array of languages' to talk to me, switching between Chinese, English, Hokkien... it was simple and the message was clear. I guess its a combination of factors that had caused me to fear yet respect my instructor for his fierceness and his boldness to share what he has learnt through life.
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This week went past really fast, at least in my perspective.
Testing of faith, 5 Tonners rides, 2nd hand smoke, reading 1 Peter, 'teaching true love in sex-at-13 generation' (Christian parenting book i picked up from the library that was really interesting and insightful), upcoming driving test with butterflies in stomach.
I liked the Greek mythology on the Sirens used and this quote in the parenting book:
Innocence is a practice field and training ground for inner maturity, and ultimately purity, to grow and develop.
1 Peter 1:13-16
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy."
Thats all for now, shall get down to more edifying blog posts that are more thought over instead of just writing whatever that is in my mind. :)
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