Remember What's Important

Many times people say;

Count your blessings.

I have received this in my e-mail countless time. So many to the point I delete it because I have already memorized the story. Surprising how it turns out to be an inspiration drive for me.

~God's Boxes~

I have in my hands two boxes
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box
And all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
Both my joys and sorrows I stored.
But though the gold became heavier each day
The black was as light as before.

With curiosity I opened the black
I wanted to find out why.
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused
"I wonder where my sorrows could be."
He smiled a gentle smile and said
"My child, they're all here with me."

I asked God why He gave me the boxes
Why the gold, and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings
The black is for you to let go."


--Author Unknown--

The world is full of hatred and anger all around. One of the main reasons why people fight, crime increases and wars break out.

All people need to do is exercise the teaching in the story.

Instead of keeping hatred or vengeance in their hearts, people should instead count their blessings and be happy with what they got.

Being angry or unhappy about what you DIDN'T have wont make you happy, in fact, it makes you all the more unhappy.

When we start to remember everything bad that happens to us, we become bad. If we remember everything good that happens to us, we become good. That's because we become thankful for what we already have and don't ask for what we couldn't have.

Think of blessings instead of sins. Be thankful for what others have blessed us and forget the sins against us.

Priority

For a plant, the root is more important. The branches will always grow again.

Often times we take things for granted. We forget how something is so important in our lives that we neglect it until when we finally realize it, it's too late.

No, this post is not about taking things for granted.

It's about what you take to be more important in your life.

Have you ever had a situation where a friend broke something that you really like or is important to you? What did you do? Get angry? Shouted at your friend? Threw a tantrum?

How about your brother or sister ( no matter older or younger ) "accidentally" deleted your assignment which you worked so hard in one week for. What would you do?

Well, I'm pretty sure that one would get angry almost immediately and start lashing out the punishments of your greatest imagination. And yet, over small things like these, are you willing to lose the greater things in life?




















Are we so concerned about a picture frame? or an assignment, or a book, or a handphone that we get mad at people that we really care about and may end up jeopardizing the relationship as a whole?

Fights leaves scars. On the surface as well as below.

A thing is just that, a thing.

Is it more important than friendship or family?

There are things that are more important in life. The only difference is, which one you choose to put at the top.






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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I3ZmNKYma0

Knowledge vs Wisdom

There is a saying;

Wisdom comes with age. The older you get, the wiser you become.

VS

The dictionary explains that knowledge is
a) general facts or information that people know; and
b) what a particular person knows about something

Wisdom on the other hand is described as; general common sense.

As students, we complain a lot about how studying is boring and uneventful. Especially in the Malaysian education system, we are only supposed to absorb and regurgitate for exams later on. The only level when we are really expected to think is in tertiary level which by then is already to late to cultivate the mind in performing critical thinking skills.

Yet, we somehow get by. It's a wonder is it not? Ever wondered how?

Many people would argue that studies these days are not as important anymore as a lot of employers are looking for people with experience and better communication skills.

True.

Yet we are expected to study our brains away and get good results just so we can get a chance at the employment opportunity.

Which is more important now? Studies or work experience?

Well, they are both equally important.

Without knowledge there would be no wisdom.

First of all, like everything else in this world, you need a base. Knowledge is the base of wisdom.

Why is that so?

Without knowledge, you wouldn't know what you are facing or thinking about therefore not being able to give out wisdom in confronting whatever it is that requires your attention.

Without wisdom there would be no knowledge.

What am I ranting on about?

If it were not for your thinking abilities and also the power of your own reasoning, you would not be able to take in and digest whatever that is being taught to you hence wisdom is also required in the process of obtaining knowledge.



Do not take lightly of one point and at the same time put so much weight on another.





p.s. What then can you make of the saying above? ^.^