Halloween Politics

To shrug him off or not to?

After being seasoned with design work, my boss has higher expectations of me. Therefore, more than ever, my work load has been piling up as well as I rush to meet datelines of clients.

Amidst my work today, my colleague came to me with questions. It is very tempting to just shrug someone off or give the least of advice when being asked for it in the midst of all the busyness.

Nevertheless, I paused and thought about him. If there's one thing I have learned from my principal engineer who I've been working under for the past 2 months, it's his availability. Regardless of his tight schedule, each time I or my colleagues call to inquire about things (sometimes even regarding project irrelevant to him), he never ceases to welcome us.

And I thought, hey, that's how I want to be. Regardless of the work load, I should always offer that explanation to another colleague.

At the end of the day, as I was reading the chapter on 'Don't be too big to do something small' by Max Lucado in his book 'Cure for the Common Life', God surprised me with this verse which is definitely not a coincidence but arranged by Him:

If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself.
You are not that important.
~Galatians 6:3(NLT)~

I am familiar with the normal translation by NIV which says 'If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself'. But this translation from New Living Translation shed a new light on the verse for me.

Do you also struggle to help your colleagues when you're too busy?

Comments that stuck

The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
~Proverbs 16:1~

Recently I've been thinking about my cousin, Danny who lives in Singapore. We're really not close but I thought it funny how he has impacted my life with 2 separate comments on 2 separate events.

The first was the trip to Singapore after my form 5 exams. I was figuring what career to pursue then. I was contemplating about studying interior designing, however after his advice, I threw that idea out of my head and settled to do civil engineering instead.

The second was the trip recently when out of the blues he asked me if I still blogged. Told him no and he said, "You should continue blogging." That - was totally random.

Though I could never really contemplate why these 2 comments stuck with me. I suspect it's God's way of reaching out to me - the first one to divert my career option and the second to give a me a kick at the back to get back to blogging. Quite cool how He does it eh? Using the people we least expect to influence us.

How about you? Has God used others to direct your paths?

Hello again!

Hello my readers! It's been a long time since I've blogged.

I am starting a new blog for my new phase in life.

Feels like God has been tugging my heart to start blogging again since the beginning of this year. So, after much procrastination here I am. Finally, eh.

Here in my blog, I may rant about my life and most importantly - what God is teaching me every single day and week as I continue to serve Him in His church. What a fruitful year of much learning. The more I learn about the Catholic church, the more I fall in love with her richness and beauty.

May you be blessed and enriched by this humble blog of mine.

All glory and honour to my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.