Simply complex

Two households, both alike in dignity

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows

Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.

Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Don't you wish that life was as simple as boy meets girl, girl meets boy, they fall in love, get married and live happily ever after? And yet, if we were to remove all the 'complications' of life, it, arguably, would not be as interesting or meaningful anymore.

These complications can come like a tornado, destroying everything in its path, leaving individuals with messes and a task to pick up the broken pieces. You see tears shed, you hear hearts shattering. You see hope being lost.

Yet, it's somewhat comforting that during times of adversity, you see loved ones and people who care coming together just to uplift the broken hearted and you see them becoming "cheerleaders" as they encourage the depressed to move on. For those individuals, it's like going through refining fire, where hopefully impurities are being removed and they come out stronger and more beautiful - like a diamond. So in that sense, there's beauty in the complexity.

After being intrigued by the simplicity/complexity of life, I guess the point of all this is: dear you, hang in there because things will get better.

Random snaps

FREEDOM!!

Sem 1 is officially over and I'm so excited that I'm free! This has to be one of the most taxing, most stressful semesters ever, but on the plus side, it was fun and rewarding.

Glimpse of how I'm feeling now:

Don't you think it's cool? haha

And now to start my 40 days of winter break! Oh how exciting!

Interesting stuff I read while studying Psych

Because we cannot discover God's throne in the sky with a radio telescope..people assume that such ideas are "not true".... Modern man may assert that he can dispense with them, and he may bolster his opinion by insisting that there is no scientific evidence of their truth. But...why should we bother about evidence? Even if we did not know by reason our need for salt in our food, we should nonetheless profit from its use.... Why, then, should we deprive ourselves of views that would prove helpful in crises and would give a meaning to our existence?... Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe.

(Jung, 1964, pp. 87-88)

This made me smile (:

Can't wait to upload the photos of the other pretty stuff that made me smile from ear to ear. I feel like a princess in my own rights. haha. And many many many thanks to my-really-cool-friends (:

And now, break time is over and time to force myself to study again. TWO MORE (horrid) PAPERS TILL FREEDOM!

Motivation

Exams are starting on Monday. I think this whole exam period I've been fighting with the feelings of being demoralised and I lose sight of why I'm doing all these for. And then I watched this video and everything started flooding back to me. I remembered my passion; I remembered why I'm doing what I'm doing.

These are the kind of things that break my heart. This is the kind of things that motivate me to do the best that I can.

Power of Your Name

Surely children weren't made for the streets

And fathers were not made to leave

Surely this isn't how it should be

Let Your Kingdom come

Surely nations were not made for war

Or the broken made to be ignored

Surely this just can't be what You saw

Let Your Kingdom come

Here in my heart

And I will live to carry Your compassion

To love a world that's broken

To be Your hands and feet

I will live with the life that I've been given

And go beyond religion to see the world be saved

By the Power of Your Name

Surely life wasn't made to regret

And the lost were not made to forget

Surely faith without action is dead

Let Your Kingdom come

Lord break this heart

Jesus Your Name is the shelter for the hurting

Your Name is the refugee for the weak

Only Your Name could redeem the undeserving

Your Name holds everything I need