My Life, Your Story.

It's interesting to note how 2 ppl who came from very different family backgrounds, having very different social circles & lives, focuses & dreams, can end up being gd frenz, enthusiastically sharing & updating with each other of their own lives or bitch abt an upset incident/conflict with somebody whenever they have the chance to meet up.. =p

That's how i feel when i'm with this girl friend of mine. She's classy, intellectual, smart, confident, assertive, natural, eloquent & a rising star in the big company of hers. Throw her into a pool of business executives, talking abt latest news of their arenas and she can be totally at ease. Me? I guess i'll juz freak out & stay dumb, or go hide in a corner, praying no one will take notice of me, or probably say something stupid in the end that throws people off their seats..

I know i have my strengths too. & sometimes realisation of them doesn't nec come from me. When ppl takes notice of u (in a positive mannger of coz) & starts praising u, u'll begin to realize "oh.. so that's how they see me as.. that i'm pretty gd in this & that.. i see.." That's also when i start to see what God has created me for, a unique me which He has put specific talents in, to realize them & subsequently make use of them to fulfill the purpose that i'm really called for.

But same goes for weaknesses as well. Our strengths are noticed, our weaknesses therefore are definitely not spared.

Got back my performance appraisal results for last year today. There's this section where the grades for different generic criterias the HR has set was clearly indicated on the paper. The lowest i'd scored is this criterion called "Keeness to Learn".

4 additional positive comments & 1 negative one from the management were written neatly at the end of the page. "Weak in knowledge". haiz yea..

Reminded me of wat Pastor A.R Bernard said before. Knowledge translates into authority. Therefore crave for knowledge.

"A wise man will hear & increase learning, & a man of understanding will attain wise counsel.. but fools despise wisdom & instrctuon... Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. & in all yr getting, get understanding."

The lesser knowledge i have towards a subject matter, the more i'll draw back from a conversation abt tt. Inferiority sets in. Human nature. Knowledge translates into authority. Confidence too i think, Pastor.

Looking at my this gf of mine, it's not difficult to understand where her natural confidence & ease of speech comes from. A knowledgable person can indeed draw people to him/herself. It's a lie i don't admire her somehow.

I see common grace. =)

Thank You for this reflective lesson.