Days Of Future Past

Born just to live to die...

Think about it...an estimate of about 4.4 babies are born every second around the world...and then what? From the moment an infant is conceived, it starts to develop and in that very process starts to deteriorate even.

Oxy-moron - to grow in deterioration. Ha.

Mind boggling...nevertheless its true isn't it? All living organisms are the same. Live to die. Cells die, they don't regenerate...they just multiply.

Anyway...I've been thinking about my own life and my own body. I was 13 (boy...that was 16yrs ago!), and I was just learning how to play basketball. Back then I was just a scrawny and short kid who lacked the fundamentals and the experience in the game (I'm still scrawny and short, just aint a kid no longer..ha!).

I remembered as I grew to like the game, I would play for hours non-stop with my mates. We would even play for whole days during school vacation. Of course in time, I improved. My mates improved.

Well, I peaked when I was 24, which was 5 years back. It wasn't even when I was in the UK when I was 23. I sucked in a competition in UK then. Ha.

Now, at 29...I'm going downhill man. My legs don't move as quick as I want them to no more. Now my body takes a week to recover after just 3hrs of sports. Lack of match practice and exercise you might say? Maybe...but wait a minute...read on...

You see...it used to be that my mind would command my legs to jump, and I would jump (hey, I know I could reach that height ok, I did many times before...no sweat!) but no...now I'm just pathetic.

I used to just be able to think a steal, and I stole the ball (minimum 2-3 steals per game and a guaranteed ONE steal per game). To those who don't play basketball, trust me, it ain't easy to steal a ball from your opponent...not when they are bigger sized than you.

I use to think a sprint, and I was the first up the court. Now...ha...it's all just plain thinking...wahaha! I can't do those no more. Maybe on occassions...when it was just pure mind over body, when I pushed myself to hussle and I managed. Other than that, it's dream on for me...

I peaked just to go downhill. Ha.

In parallel...as infants, our bodies peak when we reach adulthood...and we go downhill right from there, entering into another phase as senior citizens...

...then we DIE. Ha.

Body...mind...LIFE.

Go figure it out...and let me know if you do.

posted by HanQiang @ 4:31 pm 1 comments

Self

I've updated...not sure even if anybody reads anymore due to months of inactivity...

There are three views of every individual—the view that God has of us, the opinions that others hold concerning us, and the perception we have of ourselves. Each of these is quite important.

The divine vantage point is the assessment that is accurate in every detail. The Bible tells us that the Lord does not observe people merely outwardly, as humans tend to do; rather, “Jehovah looks on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). The Lord “knows the hearts of the children of men” (1 Kings 8:39). Similarly, Christ once affirmed that He Himself “knew what was in man” (John 2:25). If some of the world’s “beautiful people” were turned inside out, and revealed as God sees them, how grotesque they might appear.

Second, there are the sentiments that our peers entertain regarding us. Such assessments are only relatively accurate. Folks may hold an opinion of us that is greatly exaggerated. Those who are in the public eye are rather idealized at times. On the other hand, some, who are sterling in character, sometimes are maligned unjustly. Jesus certainly did not deserve the hateful reproaches that were heaped upon Him. And Paul, the apostle of Christ, suffered a good deal of unmerited character assassination.

Finally, there is that appraisal one makes of himself. Honesty demands that we concede that self-perception may be grossly inflated. That is why we are cautioned not to think more highly of ourselves than we ought (Romans 12:3). We must attempt not to be “high-minded” or “wise in [our] own conceits” (Romans 11:20; 12:16). If we really knew the impressions that others have of us, we might see ourselves in a totally different light, and thus alter our conduct.

My own perception has led me to realize that I have low self-esteem, still.

posted by HanQiang @ 10:06 am 1 comments