When the wind stirs the water, the ripples distort the reflection. When everything is calm and still, that’s when there’s the greatest clarity.
My Dream 我的梦相
In my spoken Chinese class this week, each student gave a speech titled My Dream. This is a very important idea in China, and many young people speak of their Dream almost as a loved one: it is their inspiration, their source of strength and courage, and their hope for the future.
My Chinese is still pretty basic, but I was pleased with what I was able to say. After the spoken class, I wrote down my speech in more formal language (and got my teacher to correct the mistakes for me!)
What am I afraid of?
I heard an interesting talk today at church about fear. We often think we are scared of objects, like spiders, snakes, water, heights (slightly abstract object)… What we really fear is the effect they have on us. The fear of spiders comes from imagining some harm they could do to our bodies, etc.
Failure is a big fear, and it comes down to the fear of our personhood being worthless. To counter that I need to remember that my worth comes from God and his sacrifice for me, not from my successes and failures.