Yes Master…
A person cannot serve two masters, because he will serve one and despise the other, or he will love one and hate the other. You cannot serve both money and God…
Hmm… It is often said that God tests the hearts of men with money. How true it is this statement. Indeed, men should always control themselves, always remember their mortality, that we may be here today but gone the next, or it is our last week on earth… for it is the most effective way for anyone, believer or non believer, to understand what really matters to us in life.
I had a dream.
In my dream I was very happy. No I wasn’t the richest man in the world, nor had I become more handsome, won the lottery, became the best student in Malaysia, won a guitar competition or something, it wasn’t that…
Yet in that dream, I was a very nice person. People whom I knew, regardless of whether they were friends or people whom I disliked, seemed precious to me. In my dream, I felt wonderful just being with all of them, helping them in the most jovial manner, in all ways imaginable… I was giving free guitar lessons to some friends, walking all the way to their houses just to impart them a little knowledge, I was giving encouragement to everyone I knew, yet I didn’t feel shameful nor the least bit mortified. I was giving away my stuff, old stuff and new stuff to people who really wanted or needed them, yet I didn’t feel stupid nor the least bit poorer. I was visiting everyone I could think of, and asking to serve them and granting them wishes that are within my power. Yet I didn’t feel the least bit degraded or superficial… I spend a lot of my time in church. Devoting to God 100%… Everyone around me seemed surprise. OMG, has Jia Loon become a saint? No, not really, its just that he’s going to die in 3 days.
poof* I woke up.
Looks at ceiling and jumps down the bed. I’m still alive.
Later I read the newspaper… there was an article about a boy who died yesterday. He had a wasting leukemia disease and thus could not enjoy a normal childhood. He observed and understood the pain and suffering of the people in the hospitals. So he decided that when he grew up he would be a doctor so that he could help all these people. He was only 10 when death came knocking at his door… he never had the chance to fulfill his ambitions.. but because of his desire to help others, he voluntarily donated all his organs to people who needed them… I was very inspired by his selfless act.
That’s it, I have decided on my ambition.
Funny how life is isn’t it. Yet most people do not appreciate it… Life is about fulfilling our responsibilities to the one who sent us into this world… God.
Sometimes life may seem difficult and we ask God for help… Yes indeed sometimes life can be so frustrating, we become emotional and angry, blaming the people around us, and some even blame God for their predicament! But, as Leo Tolstoy once put it..
When I am in difficult circumstances, I ask God to help me. But it is my duty to serve the Lord, and not His to serve me. As soon as I remember this, my burden becomes lighter.
But to those who do not acknowledge God, who are atheist and believe that we are all results of random equations and possibilities this is what life would seem…
Just imagine that the purpose of your life is your happiness only - then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing. You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. Then life becomes a constant joy.
