Once upon a time, there lived Brinjal Princess' (she's gonna kill me if she sees this) Zebra-ed Piggie. His imagination got the better of him when he decided to be a brave young piggie and dive head-1st into a flowery wok...
And became deep-fried. Suckling pig! Perfect gift for hungry people in the office like me. Thanks for the treat! =p
Okay, that's what you do when you need entertainment at work. At least it was kidnap of Zebra-ed piggie and not murder.
Today I learnt something cool called the "Thought-Action Repertoire". This brings into perspective what we've always been reading from the bible about bringing every thought into captivity.
We say that whatever we focus on will enlarge, whatever we fail to focus on or avoid will diminish. In the same way, every THOUGHT must be CONSTANTLY focussed by ACTION! And the only way to overcome -ve thoughts that so often cripple us is to face them with opposite actions. In other words, don't just sit there and be despondent and overwhelmed and emo-fied every time these -ve thoughts come! Like we learnt in Getting Started BS, in the final analysis, there are only 2 alternatives: to overcome, or BE overcomeD. What we need to do to overcome is to incoporate physical actions: stand up, stand tall, and walk away; pray; use the WOG against these thoughts; talk to a friend who is strong enough to help pull you out of these thoughts and not remain in them...just be proactive!
We have all heard our fair share of awesome and life-defining sermons. We are blessed no doubt by them, but yet, how many of us have been changed by them? If your mind says "I am now more connected (example only lah...;)) or I want to be more diligent", then your body has to manifest these words by taking action, otherwise change will never be on the menu. And that explains why we hear the best sermons but still don't see our lives changing!
So now...I promise to write that personal report and stay connected alot more. ;) PB, I owe you a treat if I don't do this by this Sunday 2359. Oops what did I just say...