Value Life. Act Responsibly

this was wat i saw on a sign on the tracks when i was travelling on the train, heading to church.
So apt at this moment... On sunday, this sign shone brightly into my own life, the people that are with me in the ministry. Value life, both your own and others, and because you value life, you act responsibly in everything you do and say. It dawned on me.. very hard le. Its hard even for myself, like, i know its good and responsible of me to go and sleep when i am tired or rest, but i will still have the long nights in the week; its good and responsible of me to exercise and eat healthily,avoid staying out when haze is here but i somehow never seem to achieve them. I concluded... we can be so irresponsible about ourselves, needless to guess, how responsible we are about others. As it is, we are beings that love ourselves the MOST.

Later on monday, a friend of mine delivered her baby 7 months in the pregnancy. She was traumatised, guilty that she never took note of the telltale signs, upset that the baby have to go through all these, helpless that she cannot give anything, or any form of help to her child. Yearns to cuddle her baby in her arms, but she could not do it. Someone told her, its at test to see how strong my friend and her husband is. To me, its a lesson to us all that it is a miracle itself that you and i are breathing, growing, have a job, smiling and eating. Its a miracle! Its something we cannot buy, nor exchangeable. I was teary too as i felt how my friend feels, cos I know many of us dun value life nor count it a miracle nor give thanks for being able to breathe, run n laugh or cry till we brush against death in its face.

Do you value life? Love yourself, give thanks to God that we are living, simply breathing. Love others, give thanks to God that we have family and friends, simply for their presence. Act responsibly, we dun come by nor grow up by the snap of fingers or by coincidence, dun waste your life by endless grumbling and complaining.

Agape, Lian