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Wednesday, March 12, 2003

"great man travel alone." that's what my youth pastor said and he quoted how eagles fly and whales swim alone. but whales do swim with each other and eagles have their lifepartners with them, right? i think great man don't live their lives to please others but no great man is truly alone. from a christian point of view, we are in this world but not of it. we can't isolate ourselves forever, sit on our holy mountains and think... if anyone's great, it's because of the impact one individual can have on thousands of other lives.

these days i have been pondering over the suggestions and ideas in my head, how i can play my part to make this world a better place. yesh.. i know some of you would say "remember the americans! they still think that what they are doing is for the good of the world and look at their blunders like the vietnam war"... well we are humans. we fail sometimes and the only decent thing we can do is to just admit it...

my head is filled with idealism. i'm stuck in inertia because i am constantly thinking about my motivations and contemplating on the thought of whether i'm just being naive. Just for the record, it's leading me nowhere. i don't know what i should be doing. i feel that these plans come with an expiry date and that makes me hasty and edgy but there's no impetus or strong sense of purpose to guide me. It's plans of the kind... "let's do it and see how".

Do these things work? I will have to make up my mind soon and will talk it out with some people. meanwhile, back to the hum drums of life... we are all thinking of what and where to eat for my mum's birthday today... :) i bought her a clinique lipstick called "tender mauve". It's something i won't buy for myself but i'm glad she's happy... ok time to go makan and then back to the books... toodleloos.

posted by happyhannon at 7:34 PM