“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”

- Marianne Williamson

All of us have fears.

What do we do with our fears?

Do we allow it to manipulate us?

Do we flee from it and let it continue to haunt us?

Or do we face up to it and give our best shot?

So far, my way of handling is to stand up to it.

No matter how badly hurt I know that I may be, I will still want to face up to it.

It is the only way to be free of these shackles of uncertainty, of the deep unknown, of the deep-seated self doubts.

Can I really succeed in life?

It is this uncertainty that drives me to take on this challenge.

Can I be more than what I am now?

What is the underlying unease that fills us up whenever we are bored or in a state of doing nothing?

What is the gnawing feeling that I know I can do better than what I am doing now?

What is this sense of lack of fulfillment in spite of all the achievements I have received?

Have you ever wondered?

Have you ever wanted to find out more about yourself?

Have you ever thought that there is a part of you awaiting to be uncovered?

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

I have often wondered what stories hold behind each faces that we meet.

The cashier at the 7-11 store handling my change, the cleaner at your school, the students waiting at the pedestrian crossing as we wait for the traffic light to change its signaling, the working class professionals waiting in the taxi queue as I ambled along beside them.

I guess each has his/her own stories to tell.

Stories of struggle, pain, loneliness, moments of joy, bliss and happiness.

And as I stood in front of the row of infants in the nursery, basking in the quiet joy of watching the newest addition to the family, I know that for every page of happiness, joy, felicity that she writes, moments of anger, disappointments, frustration and pain would follow through in her growing years.

Just like the cycle of life that comes in phases

Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death

All inextricably linked

“We cannot ride the bicycle of life for others” - my wise teacher says

Some lessons may take us a lifetime to learn while others may take more than a lifetime to pick up.

And all we can do is to observe and revel in the brief escapades of happiness and know that this is only a moment just like the temporal pain that we feel in our heart.

Only the truly enlightened ones will recognise that all emotions are but energy, and that all emotions are the same…until enlightenment is reached, we would still be riding the bicycle of dukkha.

A life’s journey begins with awareness

We cannot see infra red, gamma rays, ultraviolet rays yet we know that they exist.

Could thought be one of the frequencies that exist, just that we cannot see it or have a means to measure it yet?

Is there really a difference between the living and non living things, between human, animals and plants; when all are nothing more than protons and electrons coming together?

What is reality?

But a figment of what we choose to see at this moment in time and all that exists before is a mixture of probabilities.

What does it all mean?

It means to be aware of the impact and effect that our thoughts and words can bring.

When the time comes, more sense will we make out of this world and our place in the universe.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”

- Marianne Williamson

All of us have fears.

What do we do with our fears?

Do we allow it to manipulate us?

Do we flee from it and let it continue to haunt us?

Or do we face up to it and give our best shot?

So far, my way of handling is to stand up to it.

No matter how badly hurt I know that I may be, I will still want to face up to it.

It is the only way to be free of these shackles of uncertainty, of the deep unknown, of the deep-seated self doubts.

Can I really succeed in life?

It is this uncertainty that drives me to take on this challenge.

Can I be more than what I am now?

What is the underlying unease that fills us up whenever we are bored or in a state of doing nothing?

What is the gnawing feeling that I know I can do better than what I am doing now?

What is this sense of lack of fulfillment in spite of all the achievements I have received?

Have you ever wondered?

Have you ever wanted to find out more about yourself?

Have you ever thought that there is a part of you awaiting to be uncovered?

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

I have often wondered what stories hold behind each faces that we meet.

The cashier at the 7-11 store handling my change, the cleaner at your school, the students waiting at the pedestrian crossing as we wait for the traffic light to change its signaling, the working class professionals waiting in the taxi queue as I ambled along beside them.

I guess each has his/her own stories to tell.

Stories of struggle, pain, loneliness, moments of joy, bliss and happiness.

And as I stood in front of the row of infants in the nursery, basking in the quiet joy of watching the newest addition to the family, I know that for every page of happiness, joy, felicity that she writes, moments of anger, disappointments, frustration and pain would follow through in her growing years.

Just like the cycle of life that comes in phases

Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death

All inextricably linked

“We cannot ride the bicycle of life for others” - my wise teacher says

Some lessons may take us a lifetime to learn while others may take more than a lifetime to pick up.

And all we can do is to observe and revel in the brief escapades of happiness and know that this is only a moment just like the temporal pain that we feel in our heart.

Only the truly enlightened ones will recognise that all emotions are but energy, and that all emotions are the same…until enlightenment is reached, we would still be riding the bicycle of dukkha.

A life’s journey begins with awareness

We cannot see infra red, gamma rays, ultraviolet rays yet we know that they exist.

Could thought be one of the frequencies that exist, just that we cannot see it or have a means to measure it yet?

Is there really a difference between the living and non living things, between human, animals and plants; when all are nothing more than protons and electrons coming together?

What is reality?

But a figment of what we choose to see at this moment in time and all that exists before is a mixture of probabilities.

What does it all mean?

It means to be aware of the impact and effect that our thoughts and words can bring.

When the time comes, more sense will we make out of this world and our place in the universe.