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Tat has got to hurt!
A light reflection on the various ambitions I've had.
posted by Neil @ 10:31 PM
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Tat has got to hurt!
A light reflection on the various ambitions I've had.
"O gracious and Holy Father, give us wisdom to perceive you, diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you, eyes to behold you, a heart to meditate upon you, and a life to proclaim you; through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord." (Prayer of Saint Benedict)
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Before 10yrs - I wanted to be a Superhero who saves the world, like Spiderman or one of those Japanese Bandai heros who wears insect-like costumes.
It didnt happen - I cant imagine myself looking like a bug all the time. Morever superheros dont get paid.
Around 12yrs - I wanted to be in the elite police force carrying assault rifles patrolling along the airport's premises.
It didnt happen - the Army made me realise what a bore it was to clean my rifle every night and what combat boots can do to my feet. I'd choose to be at the airport boarding a plane to the Bahamas than to spend my time patrolling the local airport and looking at faces of happy travellers who appeared to have been descended from Heaven.
Teen years - actively involved with Soccer and some Rugby. Spent my saturday evenings watching wrestling on tv and my ideal job will be to be a professional wrestler one day.
I ambitioned myself being a national soccer player someday in the Malaysia Cup competition. Wanted to know how it feels like to play in front of 60,000 screaming soccer fanatics.
It didnt happen - A decision to pull out from the Malaysia Cup competition after being crowned Champions to focus on the domestic league was made by our football association.
I have never respected the domestic league even today.
Played my last competitive game one evening during my military training stint in Taiwan and decided to "hang my boots" after that.
21yrs - Fresh from the army, I didnt know what I wanted for myself as a Career. I continued pursuing where I left off in Accountancy studies before National Service took me away from it. It seemed like the safest thing to do.
Wanted a million bucks so that I can live on interests for the rest of my life. Prayed for 2 million so that I can give 1 million to Charity.
It didnt happen - GOD knew I wouldn't give up a million dollars for charity. My prayer is unanswered (even today).
Today - a Chartered Accountant with numerous years in auditing and accountancy. Today and within the Co. that I work for, the people who report to me are scattered throughout the Asia Pac. offices. What's ironic, we don't see each other face to face.
What I like to see myself doing - slacking.
I need more time to indulge in personal activities without feeling the financial pinch.
Its not happening (yet!) - GOD knows I'm capable of indulging in less useful and fruitful activities as a "slacker", but He doesn't want that. He wants me to instead appreciate the rewards of honest work versus the rewards of "no work".
Next Move - No sign from Him to switch jobs at this moment. He's teaching me the virtue of patience; ie. to wait upon Him as He reveals subtly His divine will to glorify Him in my work each day, even in the most mechanical or mundane activity such as pulling a report from the system.
GOD bless!
neil
:) I believe your time will come...Moses spent many years tending sheep in the wilderness...
before his assignment.
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