Just a few days ago, 12 of us, made up of a vast variety of personality types and ages, visited the Tree Top Walk Suspension Bridge. This being our first time attempt, we, of course, chose to conquer the shortest route. Yet, despite choosing the easiest route, it was still a no small task for us (actually many of us have not been involved in strenuous activities for a long time.).

Let me give you a brief rundown of the entire trip. First, we have to park at Venus Drive, followed by about a 500m walk to our meeting point, many of us presuming that by then we would have almost hit the suspension bridge. Yet to our "horror", it was just the beginning. In fact, it was about a good hour's walk before we actually reached the staircases that led up to the bridge, with the walk on the bridge lasting less than 10 minutes! (Do a quick calculation, this is less than 5 percent of the total time we spent to walk to the bridge and back to the carpark!)

What am I trying to drive at here? Actually, many episodes in our lives are built on the same theory. The actual time spent in accomplishing our goal is usually several times more than the moment of it being accomplished. A musician may have spent several nights and days to produce a piece of music that lasts 5 minutes. An advertisement may have taken several months to produce before we watch it on TV for less than a minute. All of us have studied for years just to take part in an examination that perhaps last for only 3 hours and may have a life time impact on one's life later on.

This is not to say that results are not important, but the process of reaching it is just as important or perhaps even more, if the length of time spent determines its importance. Let's help remind each other, as we move towards our goals, let us immerse and enjoy ourselves in the process, after all, life in Him is supposed to be enjoyable. In fact, we may have enjoyed the process so much, when we looked back one day, it is likely we have a better recollection of the process than the achievement.

This indeed is so for our hiking trip. It was a really fun time of getting to know each other (or rather to know who has not been exercising for a long time). Just being there for each other, enjoying a common moment in life savoring God's created gift for mankind - nature, together. Thanks, bros and sis, for this memorable trip! How about Sungei Buloh next? Just kidding!

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