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Vision.
It's only 6 days into the new year. I guess it is still not too late to talk about what I really want for this year? I know I have briefly blogged about it, but I don't see any harm to actually type an official blog post about what I want in 2013. I'll try to keep this blog post short and sweet. But at the same time, I doubt that it will be long also. The following listing of my new year's resolution does not come in any particular order. STEP 1: My Goals. 1) Move my body. I know I did say before (I think?) that I didn't want to dance anymore. But things changed. I feel like I sound so fickle-minded, but I'm actually not, don't get me wrong. The reason why I want to dance again was because of an encounter that I had with God during the dance ministry camp. In my previous blog post, I mentioned all about the dance ministry camp and how it was, but I didn't exactly share what encounter I had with God. On the first day, God spoke to me during worship. We were singing 'Still' and the lyrics goes 'I will be still and know you're God'. Then I had this image of a potter shaping the clay. Then it come to me that whatever I went through was all part of the shaping process. I got to be still, and know that He is God and everything is in His hands. If I choose to move away from being molded, the final product will not come off as nicely as before. Well, that was just the first night, not very much related to my decision to go back to dance. The thing that made me go back to dance was the second night. This time, it was during the time where there was a altar call. Everyone was praying and worshipping, then suddenly God spoke to me. I still remember very clearly He asked me ONE question, and it was all it took. God asked me "Why are you hiding your talents?" Then a lot of things flashed through my mind, and I was reminded of this parable in the bible of the talents, where the Lord took away the one talent from the man because he hid it in the ground. I ought to be thankful to have a talent to dance and I should not hide it, or just simply throw it away. And since God spoke it to me, I should obey. This is also why I've decided to join chingay. The option was always there for me, but I just didn't consider it. Dancing for chingay, a good start, I guess? (: 2) Focus on studies. This is of course the cliche annual resolution of any student, To actually score well. I need to buck up, because my GPA is not even a 3.0 yet. It's almost there, but not yet. So i need to work harder. I mean, studying in a private school is already relaxing enough. I don't have a 5-day school week. So I am suppose to do better in my assignments also. Besides, I have no exams to worry about, unlike the poly people.. :/ So, all the more. 3) No relationships! This is not the case of 'once bitten, twice shy'. I just personally felt like this year I should be focusing on more important stuff, and things about boyfriends and all shouldn't matter yet. I know I have loads of 'scandals' but all of them are just my friends! I've said it, I don't want a boyfriend, not just yet. Not this year. 4) Connect! Personally, I feel like I can communicate with people. Many people, actually. But talking about CONNECTING, I can barely count those people with one hand. I need to start to connect with people more! Especially as a connect group leader, I need to also connect people to God too! (: And connecting is not plain chit-chatting, it is more of a heart-to-heart talk, to really know MORE about that person. 5) Learn new things. Learning is a never-ending process. True? YES! In 2013, I hope to learn new things. Like Violin and driving (and I can drive since I am turning 18!). I'm looking forward to it, especially driving. Then I'll be like a free bird! YAY! lol~ Okay, I know I kinda expanded a lot on the first point (that's also the reason why I put it first.) but yeah.. these are my resolutions. Now is step 2, the plan to reach my goal. STEP 2: How To Reach My Goal. 1) Move my body. Chingay 2013, checked. I've still got a long way to go, I need to start to go weekly classes and everything. Dance is not a one-off thing, I gotta train hard. (: 2) Focus on studies. Wow, this is a hard one. Firstly, I need to do my assignments early and pay more attention in class. Then when doing my assignment, I got to FOCUS. No facebook or twitter or whatsoever. 3) No relationships! Well. Simply don't allow myself to be too close to guy friends. 4) Connect! I've go to take time out to spend with every single person that matters to me. Talk to them and show them that I care about them. I've got to arrange my time. Even though it is going to be inconvenient, but I am going to try! 5) Learn new things. "Ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find..." I will have to ASK the people around me to teach me. or FIND someone that can teach me. Hahah! Or simply, YouTube. Then comes step 3, which is to execute it. This is the HARDEST part, but I'm looking forward to it all! May God bless every single one of you to have an awesome 2013! (: |