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Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Dad — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:00:52 -0000

Long Huynh :
Good post, good attitude. There is a word which describe your ability to bounce back after being dealt a blow: resilience. It’s your inner strength that carries you through life’s ups and downs, not God’s hand.

Oh but to disagree. That inner strength is GOD's hand my friend.

Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Dad — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:00:06 -0000

Great post. Good decisions and right choices make life an easier road to take, although you may not know it until you look back at where you've been.

Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Long Huynh — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:32:45 -0000

Good post, good attitude. There is a word which describe your ability to bounce back after being dealt a blow: resilience. It's your inner strength that carries you through life's ups and downs, not God's hand.

Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Harold Martin — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:23:56 -0000

@Eve
Yeah I've got one divorce under my belt. Don't plan on anymore. :) I finally found someone that makes me smile all the time and shares my passion for love and life. :)

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Eve — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:23:14 -0000

Great post Harold, I have been down many broken roads, but I think I am on the right one now. (2 divorces later!)

Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Harold Martin — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:25:02 -0000

@Jacob Duchaine
I do agree with you somewhat. True how can you have fun in life knowing everything that happens is predestined. I guess I should clarify what I meant by saying that I feel God has a map already laid out for us. There are all kinds of paths we can take. He knows which one is the best one for us, but as you said it's up to US to choose which path to go. It may not be the one we are supposed to go down either. But yeah I agree with ya there.

@Sudeep
Sometimes to get from point A to B you have to take points A.1-A.200 to get to point B, but eventually you'll end up there.

Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Sudeep — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:18:59 -0000

Hey ,
Life has been planned for you , thats what i thought .We just go and make choices , some we feel that are bad choices , but in the long run happens to give good results .
Its not just you , but most of us if we go back and take a look at our life would realise this , atleast i do .. even now..
Thanks for writing this gr8 post
Regards
Sudeep

Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Jacob Duchaine — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:17:21 -0000

I'm personally of the opinion that while everything happens for a reason, we are responsible for guiding our own lives and actions. I think that only some of the things in life are our of our control, and it's our responsibility to do all we can to make sure our lives turn out the way we think it's supposed to. I guess I'm trying to say that I think while we may not have control of everything in our lives, it's our responsibility to make the effort, and our success or failure is our own responsibility.

I've met many people who think predestination is a fact, but I can't see things that way. If we have no control, and your god plans out your entire life for you before you're born, what's the point in living life at all? I think our ability to choose our own path and on some level control our destiny is part of the human experience that it's a shame to miss out on.

I guess a belief that your entire life is planned out ahead of time helps keep the pressure off, which would help you live life without being to stressed out. Might also help keep you humble, to think of everything you accomplish as someone elses doing.

Re: Life’s Little Surprises

Harold Martin — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:54:48 -0000

@nikki
You said it perfectly. God may not always answer us how we want but he'll answer us.

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nikki — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:47:47 -0000

this one i really like and i agree with you on this one. cause god does do things you just have to watch for them very carefully. cause when i look back on the some of the stuff i did and asked god for help he did help me i just wasn't watching what he was trying to show me.