The air condition is getting poor, my mother complains about the poor air condition in our hometown recently. Curiously I wonder why the sky seems to be so gray for the whole day, the difference of the colors should be clearly separately. Slowly I realized that the haze is still haunting us. It is sad to see my mother being uncomfortable due to the poor air condition, she doesn't feel good at all, but gets headache frequently. Since she is really a weak mother, she is the one that I often worry about.
I would like to write something right now, because I don't want to cease to learn English. Since learning takes a lot of time and requires patience, I would ask myself to stay humble always. I believe that one day I would have something great as return. Let me recall about the past few week. Last week, I had a 7D 6N trip with a group of awesome mates that I met in UM. Thank God that no rains spoiled the trip and my best friend, Xuan was really helpful to make our Penang trip a memorable one. I think I wouldn't be able to reciprocate this kind of selfless contribution to him, so gratefully I thank God for having such a good friend in my life.
The weekends before the trip, I participated into a Moving Up Seminar MUS organized by Galaxy Success Networking in Amway. I don't think I am going to share about the details of the trip. However, I would only mention some of the good things. The seminar was thoroughly motivating and beneficial. After having the seminar, many got motivated to have a better life and strive to accomplish something in Amway.
Some people may think that it is one of the ways to boost your sale and your networking. But in fact, regardless the real motive behind the seminar, motivating people is always a good deed to do. Life wouldn't be that stagnant if the person is filled with purpose and hope. Hopeful spirit is what I can tell from my brothers' eyes. After the trip, they were greatly inspired and renewed with another kind of mentality. Previously, they may just accept the so-called fate, but now they would strive for any possibilities to better their own lives. It is astonishing for me to see such a drastic change actually because I thought only a regenerated new believer in Christ could be turned 180 degree. I am quite impressed by the power of love and power of motivation.
Why did I mention about the power of love? This is because the reason for my brothers to look for success is the love they feel towards the people around them, my parents and their girl friends. In the seminar, there were many talks regarding love that changed people's lives. There were many miracles happened because of love. What a great motivation due to the healthy factor!! Many cried when listening to those touching and saddening stories and some wept silently as if they were sympathizing. I stayed cool at that time, perhaps I have known the greatest love in the world.
After the seminar, my brothers and I were sharing about the feeling and motivating each others on the way back home. Clearly I discovered many similarities between Church and Amway and I shared them with my eldest brother. He was just speechless and amazed by my interpretation and explanation about all the similarities. He just realized that the founder of Amway is actually a Christian. However, the circumstance in the car became awkward and unpleasant when the topic was shifted to Christianity regarding the reason I refuse to worship my ancestors. He was seething with my so-called stubborn faith and uncompromising belief, while I knew that my words would never be able to be accepted by him. I chose to listen to MP3 in my phone with my ear phone while he was complaining about my stubbornness and superstitious belief. I don't think I am stubborn, I just believe that is truth because I love God deeply.
He said that I should respect the ancestors and be obedient to my parents' command, I shouldn't upset my parents by doing things that they don't like me to do. Yes, he is right. But shouldn't we love our parents and tell them about the truth of how to be saved? I want nothing badly but to tell them the truth that I found in the bible. Once again, it proves that I am the black sheep in the family that would never be accepted on this religious topic. I cried out at night in my room alone, I felt sad to be chosen but meanwhile glad to be adopted by God. "What to do", I whispered to myself. I am sure there is no better way else, but to dry my eyes, be strong and move on.
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