Walking The Talk

Several days ago, Me,Aries and Lye went go upgrade our table tennis bats. Each of us got Catapult;High tension rubber. Anyway, so for lunch, we were at Kentucky Fried Chicken and Lye really walked his talk - of eating two zinger burger which was considered as a joke earlier. Besides that, he is reading a book on Living with the Holy Spirit which has a part that emphasises on walking the talk.

Then now it triggers me, have you ever listened to a person testifying about their religion, but afterwards witness how they live a wicked life? People who you met that seemed so nice, but influences other in a bad way? Promises made to you broken like it doesnt matter regardless if the promise is not a big deal?

In life, there is no doubt that we will meet many different types of people. Some of these people may appear to be good but are in fact 'evil!'. Some of these people may seem to be bad from the way they dress, yet are actually good. What i am trying to say is, people are just not what they seem. I guess this is why we are always told not to judge a book by its cover. Many can rephrase this phrase and still judge you as he is saying it.

Personally, i have heard about and seen many who are not what they seem. You can find these people everywhere; from stories told by classmates, friends over mamak stalls, people in your community of anykind, schools, churches, and even anonymous people that you chat over the internet. One of the most common examples are people who attempt to push or convince people into a particular religion. *Purely objective* Whetver it be Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism or any of the other religions in this world. However, if you look at the lives of these people, can you see their preachings reflected in it? Sometimes the answer to this question will be No. *subject to their personal faith and how you interpret what you see* Why is that!? Because maybe these people are just in a religion, but do not have a relationship with their God or God(s). they may just say spiritual sounding-words and give others the impression that they are 'H.O.L.Y.' But in reality, that is really not the case.

Is it possible to 'protect' ourselves from being 'fooled'? Maybe~. The Bible, in Matthew 7:15 talks about false prophets who "come disguised as harmless sheep, but are really wolves that will tear you apart". We can generalise this verse and make it applicable to our everday lives by thinking of 'false prophets' as people who are not what they seem. Matthew 7:16-20 states that we can tell that a person is not what they seem by their actions. For example, we can tell if someone is just 'talking the talk' by seeing what they do and how they walk their life.What else can we do? Perhaps we can all take a step towards making the world a better place by not just saying what is right, but also by doing what is right. Maybe, by doing this, we can bring back some virtue and honour to our community.

Observation: The Blog World Today

Since i got my streamyx up and running again, i have been random blog reading; read so many blogs thanks to their links. I noticed about the whole 'what people write in their blogs' issue and i find it intriguing with a pinch of dissapointment. Many of them are very consistent, they blog very often which makes me feel like i am not blogging enough. It seems that everyone blog about what they did for the day like a daily summary of your spent day regardless its productive or not. Frankly, almost every blog got profanity in it - it gives the strength in description of their emotions; of which is most common is the theme 'This world sucks, This life sucks'. These people are facing great depression and problems, dissapointment and fear with its persistant presence overwhelming the writer, thus making that easiet thing to write about because the feeling is very fresh, distinct and rich. Don't get me wrong, there are those brilliant ones that express how great their life is, how loved they are. The more interesting ones are those that love to self-praise through different approaches, its like narcissism with a halo.

The one thing i find most outstanding is that we, teenagers are generally extremely confused people. Regardless if we want to admit it or not, we don't really know exactly what we are doing and what we really want. Certainly we make decisions about clothes, accesories that we want to wear and food we want to eat (although some people have serious problems with making decisions about those)-that includes me at times, but what about other things? Major life changing decisions like things that would really impact us? It would take a deep reflection and concentration in listening to God to be really sure- like 'Okay, Lord i obey' sounds ridiculous eh? The fact is, we generally don't make those kinds of decisions. Simply because even when at times we are faced with that of situations, most people will shut off or put up defences to avoid it. Of course there are those that guilelessly confront and eventually go through a real 'shit life'.(which usually gets out of it through Lord Jesus). The biggest thing most of us will probably be deciding at the moment is which course to take, which university to enrol to,and getting a girlfriend (Yes, thats big decision due to the fact that it comes with responsibility). We don't need to make decisions that adults have to make - like financial decisions, family decisions, career decisions. Basically things that are going to affect a lot of people with a considerable magnitude and decisions where they have to alter their lifestyle.

We always think that we are going through a lot!, to the point where we feel that the whole world should and does revolve around us and Only Us~ that we don't take the time to consider others' situations and emotions. This sort of self-centeredness is something i believe everyone is guilty of. That includes the most caring person in the world, for there must had been at least one occasion has been self-absorbed. It is precisely this type of attitude that leads us to have disagreements and disputes over the smallest things with our family and friends, even though we could easily tolerate it. There are class of people that is so egotistical in fact that they go around blaming everyone for everything that happens to them when they can't deal with it themselves. They look for a 'victim' to eat up all their problems and somehow hope that others will pity and sympathise with them to reduce their guilt. From this attention-seeking action, draws some sort of self-gratification. As a result, people go around saying bad things about their friends, their family members, their teachers, and whoever else they can find in the hopes of finding a way to get attention. In a different term, a form of 'instant happiness'. Bluntly speaking you may claim i am, but it's the truth.

I’m not here to instruct you what to do, because I certainly don’t know what to do myself. All I know is that I have been seeing a lot of this in some form from myself and everyone. But I do know one thing, and it is that we have to take a moment to step back and really ponder about what we are doing. We need to reflect on our attitudes and find someway of improving ourselves so that we can mend broken relationships. We need to start thinking more carefully and listening more to the advice our people give us.That is because third party comments worth a lot. We need to stop thinking only of ourselves and start considering others’ situations and feelings. We need to establish and maintain good relationships with everyone we care about. Maybe in the case of a relationship, it’s not about who wins, or who is better, or who is right and who is wrong…but more like how you deal with the problem and how you sort it out.

Finally, we need to start saying and doing things that only lift people up and not bring them down. We need to be responsible for what we do and say because somehow, our words and actions almost always end up hurting people.

Ephesians 4

25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26"In your anger do not sin : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold. 28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need. 29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Remember that when you point your finger to others, one of your fingers is always going to be pointing back at you.*Like the Third Law Of Newton-Jajaja* People who use other people should be ashamed of themselves. In this world, whatever you do unto others will also be done to unto you. No one is perfect…but maybe by growing to be less self-righteous, we can take a small step into becoming better people.