Sun

I did not notice the storm outside the window because the sun was shining in my heart.

What is your inspiration?

Many great things inspired by these two great forces - either love or hate.

Which one of these inspires you?

Ficus tree

I am a spontaneous shopper. I went and bought a ficus tree. Now it sits in a pot on our balcony. So much nicer with the green around!

YOU

I look back at the 5 years together, I know it was a right choice I made.
I told my son that I made choice for him as well, because now he has a very good father.

I loved you in the five years we spend together, giggled and laughed, cooked meals and washed dishes together, comforted each other, shared the very intimate of love, challenged and reminded each other of God's faithfulness and together took journeys in faith.

As I think of you now, you are that special man my heart loves and I feel thankful for you today.

Liberty

There is liberty in being honest, when we face the world without the pretense. Most of the time our culture and experiences teach us the tricks and we lose our true selves, in a race of competing with others, in longing to be accepted.

We cant always afford ourselves to be just what we are, and we often get stingy to offer grace to others. There is that place for the change, when we have to learn new things, when we have to improve the things we already learnt, and always we have to strive for the better - but honesty should not be our price.

Honesty is not only to tell the truth about our feelings and matters of life - it is also a defining position from where I stand equal without demeaning the other and say that she had failed me but there is another chance, it is not finished, there is always hope, there is always spring after the cold winter. It is also ability to accept my own failure, to mend the broken trust and bare the consequences.

Life waived in with honesty is liberating, I don't have to be frightened that I might loose my step and get confounded by the puzzle I have created. I walk and breath freely, when I remember the three core-values: love, honesty and forgiveness.

Ears That Hear

We all need someone in our life who can listen to our story, some days we are ready to tell our story to a wall. The deep desire is more than just narrating to a person; we look for compassion, understanding and acceptance. We also look for a companion on our journey, and some lucky of us find it in our spouse, who is both a friend and a partner, who can hear our heart, who is strong and able to stand with us when we are weak and fearful.

May we never find ourselves so lonely that we have to talk to a wall.

Me and My Spiders

I have spider webs in my kitchen, on the window grid, between the rice-cooker and a cup, in the dish rack and near the stove. Take a wild guess:

a) I don't go to my kitchen too often.

b) Spiders build their webs over night.

c) I breed spiders and sell them during the festive seasons to raise money for my further education.