"Sliding Doors" - Some thoughts of the movie..
I've been reading Wendy's blog today and she was mentioning about the movie "Sliding Doors" starring Gwyneth Paltrow. This movie was thought out to be a thought-provoking movie with two sides of story-lines. Here's the entry as I'm lazy to type it out...
I am blogging again after a hiatus of several days. Some of you asked me why I haven't been writing for several days already, well, I don't really know the reason for that. Maybe it is the writer's block, the inability of finding the correct words to convey the thoughts that have been going on in my mind these past few days. Or maybe it is because I am trying to conceal what I am thinking again..thing is, I don't even know what I am trying to conceal and why I chose to do that. Maybe it is because I see there is no point in revealing them because it would not change the way things will go anyway...
I watched this movie titled Sliding Doors some time ago. That movie is still very vivid in my mind because of its thoight-provoking storyline. For those of you who have not watched it before, I will try to give a brief summary here without revealing too much of the plot (I hope I won't!) Basically it traces the life of this lady(acted out by Gwyneth Paltrow) after she missed the train back home and what happens if she did not miss it. So the story is split into two parts; it can be kinda confusing at times and I had to watch it twice to really get the whole thing. But I guess the message it wants to send out is that, anything, no matter how small it is, can have an impact on your life. And at the time when it happens, we might not realize what changes it will bring into our life, and how much they will affect us...
For the character played by Gywneth Paltrow, it was the sliding door of the train that cause her life to take a turn. It is something as trivial as that. Right now, I am wondering, thinking about everything that I have done so far up until now: which of them will actually cause a change in my life?
Then I realize that my life is changed again and again by the decisions I have to make almost everyday. Decisions are inevitable as long as we are still breathing. But sometimes I am afraid of decisions, because I do not know what lies beyond the path that I have chosen to take. And sometimes I almost have no say in my "decison", rather circumstances at that moment will decide for me instead. Like the sliding door of the train...if she had run faster and reached it a minute faster, she would have been able to escape into a different life, but could she? And what difference does it make anyway? (If you have watched the movie, you would know why I ask this..)
I am just going to stick to my thinking that everything, no matter how small or how short it will last, happens because there is a reason behind it.
P/S: I will put up a translation for the song soon. After my exam on Wednesday...
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Hmm... it is true that decisions affect our lives but we also make many decisions without knowing that we actually made them. And because we didn't know about our accidental decisions, things will begin to unfold in our lives. Certain unknown decisions can affect our lives in a few ways - positively or negatively.
And because of unknown decisions we made, which was based on our daily routines, it becomes clear to me that these unknown decisions are the leaders to our destiny. However, we mustn't depend on unknown decisions to get us there. Because some of them might let us down. God will never let us down. Because He has a great plan for our lives and a destiny for us that never again we will regret if we follow Him. And that is another decision. This time, it's not an unknown decision, it's an essential one.
I've been this morning, while washing up in the bathroom... What if, I've not gotten sick for a year? What if I can control not being sick? Hahaha... I will still be in camp serving the army and carry on with my routines, and interacting with my platoon mates, also, not having anything changed.
But this time round, I was clearly taking medical leave for almost a year already. And things have certainly unfolded, and my life is now changed to a huge extent!
I've been through the hardships of tolerating pains and even almost to the brink of death.
I've learned that having faith in God and Jesus is the only thing left when u r at your worst of the worst condition to even think about anything besides your love ones, which comes in second place after God.
I've learned that the light of the tunnel is always shining very brightly when you are determined to fight on and NEVER GIVE UP.
I've learn to be able to taste the victory over something that has got a hold over me so strong that I often thought of giving up.
I learned a lot of new stuffs during my "vacation". I started bloggging, and that's when I learned some things about HTML. I started going out after my recovery, and explored the world, which I've not explored much since I got enlisted into the army, and I met a lot of new faces and striked many conversations. I started chatting in sgForums which opens me up to many different views from people around the world.
This morning I tried again to imagine what it's like not getting sick and experiencing the pain that I'm supposed to experience. If I never were to get sick - I'd still be in camp right now, unnurtured and inexperienced. I'd still have plenty of egos and pride. I'd still think that the world is mine. I'd still be wondering in my lost world and not knowing anything about love at all. I'd not know the meaning of life so much as to what I know now. I'd probably know less of HTML. I'd probably know less about other people. And I'd probably never have met Wendy.
This morning I felt that things have begun to unfold and soon, all will become my sweetest memories...
Thank You Lord. I thank you for this sickness, which was meant for a greater purpose that is to come. No matter how good or bad a circumstance is, doesn't matter if God allows it, it is still for a greater purpose and it's a pathway to our destiny. I believe in Jesus. And He will take me to where I am to be.
Amen.
I am blogging again after a hiatus of several days. Some of you asked me why I haven't been writing for several days already, well, I don't really know the reason for that. Maybe it is the writer's block, the inability of finding the correct words to convey the thoughts that have been going on in my mind these past few days. Or maybe it is because I am trying to conceal what I am thinking again..thing is, I don't even know what I am trying to conceal and why I chose to do that. Maybe it is because I see there is no point in revealing them because it would not change the way things will go anyway...
I watched this movie titled Sliding Doors some time ago. That movie is still very vivid in my mind because of its thoight-provoking storyline. For those of you who have not watched it before, I will try to give a brief summary here without revealing too much of the plot (I hope I won't!) Basically it traces the life of this lady(acted out by Gwyneth Paltrow) after she missed the train back home and what happens if she did not miss it. So the story is split into two parts; it can be kinda confusing at times and I had to watch it twice to really get the whole thing. But I guess the message it wants to send out is that, anything, no matter how small it is, can have an impact on your life. And at the time when it happens, we might not realize what changes it will bring into our life, and how much they will affect us...
For the character played by Gywneth Paltrow, it was the sliding door of the train that cause her life to take a turn. It is something as trivial as that. Right now, I am wondering, thinking about everything that I have done so far up until now: which of them will actually cause a change in my life?
Then I realize that my life is changed again and again by the decisions I have to make almost everyday. Decisions are inevitable as long as we are still breathing. But sometimes I am afraid of decisions, because I do not know what lies beyond the path that I have chosen to take. And sometimes I almost have no say in my "decison", rather circumstances at that moment will decide for me instead. Like the sliding door of the train...if she had run faster and reached it a minute faster, she would have been able to escape into a different life, but could she? And what difference does it make anyway? (If you have watched the movie, you would know why I ask this..)
I am just going to stick to my thinking that everything, no matter how small or how short it will last, happens because there is a reason behind it.
P/S: I will put up a translation for the song soon. After my exam on Wednesday...
**********************************
Hmm... it is true that decisions affect our lives but we also make many decisions without knowing that we actually made them. And because we didn't know about our accidental decisions, things will begin to unfold in our lives. Certain unknown decisions can affect our lives in a few ways - positively or negatively.
And because of unknown decisions we made, which was based on our daily routines, it becomes clear to me that these unknown decisions are the leaders to our destiny. However, we mustn't depend on unknown decisions to get us there. Because some of them might let us down. God will never let us down. Because He has a great plan for our lives and a destiny for us that never again we will regret if we follow Him. And that is another decision. This time, it's not an unknown decision, it's an essential one.
I've been this morning, while washing up in the bathroom... What if, I've not gotten sick for a year? What if I can control not being sick? Hahaha... I will still be in camp serving the army and carry on with my routines, and interacting with my platoon mates, also, not having anything changed.
But this time round, I was clearly taking medical leave for almost a year already. And things have certainly unfolded, and my life is now changed to a huge extent!
I've been through the hardships of tolerating pains and even almost to the brink of death.
I've learned that having faith in God and Jesus is the only thing left when u r at your worst of the worst condition to even think about anything besides your love ones, which comes in second place after God.
I've learned that the light of the tunnel is always shining very brightly when you are determined to fight on and NEVER GIVE UP.
I've learn to be able to taste the victory over something that has got a hold over me so strong that I often thought of giving up.
I learned a lot of new stuffs during my "vacation". I started bloggging, and that's when I learned some things about HTML. I started going out after my recovery, and explored the world, which I've not explored much since I got enlisted into the army, and I met a lot of new faces and striked many conversations. I started chatting in sgForums which opens me up to many different views from people around the world.
This morning I tried again to imagine what it's like not getting sick and experiencing the pain that I'm supposed to experience. If I never were to get sick - I'd still be in camp right now, unnurtured and inexperienced. I'd still have plenty of egos and pride. I'd still think that the world is mine. I'd still be wondering in my lost world and not knowing anything about love at all. I'd not know the meaning of life so much as to what I know now. I'd probably know less of HTML. I'd probably know less about other people. And I'd probably never have met Wendy.
This morning I felt that things have begun to unfold and soon, all will become my sweetest memories...
Thank You Lord. I thank you for this sickness, which was meant for a greater purpose that is to come. No matter how good or bad a circumstance is, doesn't matter if God allows it, it is still for a greater purpose and it's a pathway to our destiny. I believe in Jesus. And He will take me to where I am to be.
Amen.
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