Organising My Life

The past few weeks have been rather amazing. It all started after Lim Goh Tong's death. I was up in Genting Highlands the weekend that he died. I wasn't there for the wake service but rather was attending the Elijah House Facilitators' Retreat. It was a good time of reflection and stock taking. I realised that time is flying fast and there are so much things left to be done. A lot of areas in the garden of my life have been left untended. It was time to gain back lost ground.

Something wonderful must have happened in Gentings, for when I came down from the mountain, obstacles that seemed insurmountable in the past are now conquerable. It was as if I have been given a pair of new eyes and a new heart.

I educated myself on the art of re-organising my life and launched on doing the projects that I always wanted to do but never have the motivation to - namely clearing the paper piles in my office cubicle and giving my bedroom a brand new look. Now it actually does look like a room with curtains and bed furnishings that I like. At the end of everyday, I list out tasks that I need to do the next day. I make time for the important things in life like family, friends, recreation and ministry. My heart's desire is to be able to leave work earlier than I do now in order to incorporate all these in my schedule. I don't want to look back upon my life and say, "I studied, I worked, and then I expired." I do not want to postpone things that I can do today.

All I can say is, thank God for this new-found zeal to make the most of whatever time I have left on this earth. May the flame burn brighter.