Stained Glasses

Sometimes, people tend to look at the world through dirty lens, and that's a great shame really. RPK penned in his blog that Chinese like to complain and unfortunately sometimes we do bitch about everything we see... often unknowingly wearing dirty glasses. But we are not always wrong RPK, and of course, it doesn't help if rhetorical debates are the order of the day. In my book however that is called littering.

Then there's those who see their own reflection in those same stained glasses. Those who hold themselves to the highest measure but never fail to consider the tarnish in the glasses as their own. The nobler of us who often fail self-scrutiny. The very ones whom we should uphold and support. *yes, you*

Trouble with politics and life... we never know what type of glasses we are looking out or in through...

Congratulations to the Fritzs!

The herald announcing the arrival of Baby Maximilian a.k.a. Max woke me up at 5am this morning! Rather than my usual cussing... I greeted this news with joy.

Hey C! Look, blogged about your son... and probably the first person to do so unless you have a blog that I am unaware of ;)

Don't Give Up on Yourself

It's been a tough time for many people of late. For many, the economic uncertainty have had a toll on their Christmas spirit. For others, the sheer weight of expectation whether at work or at home is proving unbearable.

As I pondered on a conversation I had last night, my mind somehow settled on an image of tire tracks in the muddy ground, not unlike the image above. A good life my dear friend is not about the absence of adversity. Adversity or tough times is sometimes needed as traction to prevent us from slipping backwards and moving forward with purpose. It is the leverage by which we challenge ourselves to be what we never expected ourselves to be.

You are more than a conqueror when your conquest is yourself. Keep it up, I know you can do it.