Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I would just like to let my fellow Christians that I am acquainted with know that you have the potential to spread 'joy to the world' because you are the joy itself!
Spare a thought for the flood victims in Johor and other parts of Malaysia as well as Sumatra. Such bad timing for a natural disaster to occur. Remember the Boxing Day tsunami 2 years ago? The flood serves as an early warning as deforestration continues to destroy the environment. Perhaps only the Main Mountain Range in the peninsula is shielding the folks in Klang Valley from experiencing a similar occurance.
In all my paintings, I can do anything that my imagination allows in my world. I can decide where to place the mountains, and whether I will have a river here or plant a big tree there. This is my artistic right! Similarly, the good news is that, no matter what situation you are in, you have total control over how it will affect your state of mind. You can choose to invite peace into your heart or feel lost amidst the chaos that envelops our hyperactive world esp during this end of the year holiday season. Right in the middle of the midnight countdown to Christmas Day, amid the shouting, the clapping, the blaring and the balloon popping, I was doing a little reflective prayer on my own, standing there among the crowd of revellers and happy children. This is the best gift you can give to yourself. Nothing, not even the tidal waves, can destroy your peace, if you do not allow it to happen.
If you are among the millions of bloggers who are writing for a better world, remember that change comes from within.
'Be the change you wish to see in the world' - Gandhi
Boxing Day falls on Dec 26th and is an English tradition - means boxes of food and cash given to the poor. They are traditionally given to those not able to celebrate Christmas dinners with their families eg the servants. Maybe we can celebrate this here with the less fortunate.
