Our Story

My favourite Chinese pop boys group, Tension has this particular song called “Our Story”. (Who says when you reach 30 and beyond, you can’t be like those crazy teens who still have pop “idols”!)

Every one of us has a story. In each, there are moments of glory and disappointment. Be it in our career, relationship, marriage, studies, etc, there are situations when we failed or are let down by someone else. As we grow up, we begins to view our childhood dream of a fairy-tale like ending “and they lived happily ever after” as unreal, almost an unachievable dream. No fairy tales tell you how the story is like after “they lived happily ever after”, perhaps the closest that tries to give you a glimpse of that is “Shrek 2”.

Slowly, we become pessimistic, viewing life through a pair of dark shades. Yet, deep within our heart, we still yearn for success. No one likes failure. However, have you tried approaching the problems we faced in life from another perspective? Suppose we equate problems to challenges, don’t you think everything seems to look brighter? In fact, challenges in life either cause one to grow stronger or become weaker. It all depends on how you view these challenges, either you see them as mountains (giants, and yourself as grasshoppers) or see them as a ladder (your food, bread) to bring you to a higher ground, the climb may not be easy, but you know you can make it to the top because you are in good hands.

I have a dear friend who is now facing a challenge in her life. I am not sure whether she will read this or not, I wish I could tell her I will always be there for her, but I know I can’t, or perhaps she just want to be alone now. Yet, I take comfort knowing that our beloved Papa will surely walk this path with her, and she will definitely come out victorious and stronger on the other side, able to offer help to many others later on, and change this not so bright episode in her life to a powerful inner strength! For I know she is in good Hands! Fairy tales can be realities!