This morning my wife said,
"God's love for us is so amazing. But because we don't repent, we can't access to that."
Yes, I heard that Jesus said, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." When we don't repent, we may be adhering to something of our own selves. When we repent, we will be liberated from that adhering to something of our own selves, and thus will start to see something we couldn't see...
Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Secret for happiness
Of course everyone wants to be happy, I believe.
As I observed one person, I found one secret to become happy.
Let's say his name is Tony. Here's what Tony does:
* when he talks to store clerk, cashier, tollway attendants, etc. he always add their name in his conversation. The other day when he was paying toll, this was what he said, "Thanks, John. By the way, you have a very nice watch. I thought mine was the best, but yours in better! (John laughed so did Tony) And you have a very nice glass!" (he wore a golden glass) John laughed a lot, so did Tony. He was very happy, so was Tony.
* another thing is, actually already mentioned above, when he talks to people, he finds any small thing about that person which he could praise--such as watch, badge, any personal item he has, physical good appearance, internal quality, etc.
* then with that praising, people will become happy, and open their heart, then he will sometimes move into further conversation eventually touching into some deep part of the person.
Anyway, what I observe is that he is always trying to exist for someone's happiness. With this lifestyle, he generates his own happiness as well as happiness of others. Of course he has his own personal challenges, too, but by investing himself into others, it seems that he gains power to go beyond his personal limitation. Someone told me earlier that the living for others is the universal principle. It is a very simple principle but if we live according to that principle, we have ability to generate happiness in any kind of situations.
As I observed one person, I found one secret to become happy.
Let's say his name is Tony. Here's what Tony does:
* when he talks to store clerk, cashier, tollway attendants, etc. he always add their name in his conversation. The other day when he was paying toll, this was what he said, "Thanks, John. By the way, you have a very nice watch. I thought mine was the best, but yours in better! (John laughed so did Tony) And you have a very nice glass!" (he wore a golden glass) John laughed a lot, so did Tony. He was very happy, so was Tony.
* another thing is, actually already mentioned above, when he talks to people, he finds any small thing about that person which he could praise--such as watch, badge, any personal item he has, physical good appearance, internal quality, etc.
* then with that praising, people will become happy, and open their heart, then he will sometimes move into further conversation eventually touching into some deep part of the person.
Anyway, what I observe is that he is always trying to exist for someone's happiness. With this lifestyle, he generates his own happiness as well as happiness of others. Of course he has his own personal challenges, too, but by investing himself into others, it seems that he gains power to go beyond his personal limitation. Someone told me earlier that the living for others is the universal principle. It is a very simple principle but if we live according to that principle, we have ability to generate happiness in any kind of situations.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
re: Judge not, that you be not judged
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get...
I thought that this was an instruction to follow if you don't want someone to judge you and feel embarrassed. But today I came to a very scary conclusion.
If I judge someone, then some mechanism takes over, and whether I like it or not, I will be put into the situation in which I will be making exactly the same action for which I had judged someone earlier. For example:
I heard Tom talking about Pete, "I wonder why Pete is not listening to the people. He always believe he is the only one who knows the truth." When I heard that, I thought maybe he was right to some extent. But a while later, I noticed that Tom was acting exactly what Pete was doing that time, but the thing was that he didn't realize that he was doing that.
This means if you judge someone, then you will become like the very person you judged, and not only that, you will not be aware of that fact. Isn't this scary? But I don't know if I'm right. This is just an insight that just came.
I thought that this was an instruction to follow if you don't want someone to judge you and feel embarrassed. But today I came to a very scary conclusion.
If I judge someone, then some mechanism takes over, and whether I like it or not, I will be put into the situation in which I will be making exactly the same action for which I had judged someone earlier. For example:
I heard Tom talking about Pete, "I wonder why Pete is not listening to the people. He always believe he is the only one who knows the truth." When I heard that, I thought maybe he was right to some extent. But a while later, I noticed that Tom was acting exactly what Pete was doing that time, but the thing was that he didn't realize that he was doing that.
This means if you judge someone, then you will become like the very person you judged, and not only that, you will not be aware of that fact. Isn't this scary? But I don't know if I'm right. This is just an insight that just came.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Bathroom inspiration: I was not alone!
Today I heard our pastor speaking that we should talk to God even in a bathroom. Oh, my goodness. I wass not the only one! But because I was so excited about that, I forgot what he said. I think I will go to the website and check the content of his sermon again.
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