of faith and hope
i realized that the concept of hope and faith both stem from partial knowledge and uncertainty.
today the waterpolo team was announced. congratulations 2 those who made the team. do RJ proud. and 2 those who did not, its a privilege 2 have trained together as a team. :)
zhizhi
nicky
wayne
alex
hansen
sean
jamie
weejin
jennhui
jianying
brandon
woosheng
tom
shangcong
irshah
the beginning of the year was spent in anticipation and training towards this moment. although it was quite certain that my teammates were improving at a far greater rate than i was, until the very end, there was still this little hope that i kept alive that somehow, i would make the team.
naiveity.
child-like innocence.
rather its hope.
hope springs from the uncertainty of the outcome. it gives us the perseverence to continue fighting, passion and resolve to finish the journey. it is hope that fuels the process. already knowing the outcome, would i have worked as hard as to improve?
the knowledge of the outcome is the deciding factor that helps us determine how much effort we put in. knowing that one is bound to fail, why would one put in so much effort into studying a subject?
it is through the unknown that we derive hope. :)
it is the same concept with God. why did he leave us with only portions of truth and yet no physical evidence for his existence? if he were to reveal himself in ever-radiant glory, which he is capable of, why would he choose not to?
to help us live with hope that something would result from this relationship and hence all the aspects of hope come into being. passion, resolve, perseverence. the implications that arise from the fact that an omni-potent being is in control of the universe are astounding. the whole dynamics of life as we know it would change into literal bootlicking. we would be fighting and killing ourselves to gain the impartial favour of God, as did the Chinese to their emperors. materializing God would also equate to anarchy.
yet in the midst of this uncertainty, there has to be some knowledge of what will come to pass. with that comes faith. faith is the assurance in what is not known. and thus faith is relative to the assurity of the unknown. hope fuels the process, faith births confidence.
god has indeed made us so profound, that until now, we are still trying 2 understand ourselves. and that is something to delight in. :)
today the waterpolo team was announced. congratulations 2 those who made the team. do RJ proud. and 2 those who did not, its a privilege 2 have trained together as a team. :)
zhizhi
nicky
wayne
alex
hansen
sean
jamie
weejin
jennhui
jianying
brandon
woosheng
tom
shangcong
irshah
the beginning of the year was spent in anticipation and training towards this moment. although it was quite certain that my teammates were improving at a far greater rate than i was, until the very end, there was still this little hope that i kept alive that somehow, i would make the team.
naiveity.
child-like innocence.
rather its hope.
hope springs from the uncertainty of the outcome. it gives us the perseverence to continue fighting, passion and resolve to finish the journey. it is hope that fuels the process. already knowing the outcome, would i have worked as hard as to improve?
the knowledge of the outcome is the deciding factor that helps us determine how much effort we put in. knowing that one is bound to fail, why would one put in so much effort into studying a subject?
it is through the unknown that we derive hope. :)
it is the same concept with God. why did he leave us with only portions of truth and yet no physical evidence for his existence? if he were to reveal himself in ever-radiant glory, which he is capable of, why would he choose not to?
to help us live with hope that something would result from this relationship and hence all the aspects of hope come into being. passion, resolve, perseverence. the implications that arise from the fact that an omni-potent being is in control of the universe are astounding. the whole dynamics of life as we know it would change into literal bootlicking. we would be fighting and killing ourselves to gain the impartial favour of God, as did the Chinese to their emperors. materializing God would also equate to anarchy.
yet in the midst of this uncertainty, there has to be some knowledge of what will come to pass. with that comes faith. faith is the assurance in what is not known. and thus faith is relative to the assurity of the unknown. hope fuels the process, faith births confidence.
god has indeed made us so profound, that until now, we are still trying 2 understand ourselves. and that is something to delight in. :)
2 Comments:
hope fuels the process, faith births confidence.
i like this post.
though the results of this year have been known, what makes one go further than what has restricted him to be depends a lot on faith and self-motivation. work hard for next year, so that you can fight with honour for the raffles team one last time =)knowing that you still give your best though you werent given the same encouragement or recognisation, you can feel accomplished and satisfied without any regrets =)
dont give up hope and keep the faith strong.
I forgot to say that in my opinion, no matter anything at all,
you will always be the best.
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