Was reading some fb posts and came across this one which my senior in jc shared in a note. How brief a life we have. It's always something I love to talk about cos it's one of the few things that are really important in life - preparing to meet my Maker and while waiting for Christ's coming again, what should I really be doing on this earth - shine for Him and not be stagnant water. Aside from the cheem words, I echo the same sentiments as her:
Today I was sitting by a friend's pool/pond, thinking/stoning/ruminating over life's issues. heh.
And as I was deep in thought/zoning out, a drop fell, from presumably an overhanging tree, into the pool, stirring up a solitary ripple in the placid, still pool of water. The lone ripple radiated out, gradually attenuating and dissipating into oblivion.
I like to think it was an epiphany, heh, really it was one of the most beautiful things that has caught my heart in some time. A solitary drop, the perfect ripple, the stillness of motion. (it helps that the pool was pristinely azure). And so it struck me in that picture perfect moment that often our lives are like tiny, infinitesimal drops, so insignificant relative to the ocean of life and this world. But it only takes that one drop to stir a ripple, a ripple far exceeding the minuteness of the drop, and yet it is what makes all the differences. I think it's the small things that count. That kind word, that smile, the holding of one's tongue, the help offered,that one selfless deed, the simple prayer offered, the one starfish tossed back into the sea. We won't ever live in a perfect world, but i do think little things, little actions can make a difference. Sometimes it's all that makes the difference.
As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him... Psalm103:15-17
