my thoughts with regard to the earlier post about google making us stupid

i think its not just google that is causing us to have a lack of focus and concentrated..
much of our concentration is to dispersed... the myriad of channels on TV..
yes.. they are good.. but.. how much do we cling on to that information?

i agree when the article mentions that our concentration becomes pathetic..
and we are not only what we read but how we read..
i remember being able to read a book or a novel that was 1000 pages. now.. i get by with just 1 chapter..
i could be absorbed in a book.. flipping page after page.. even forgetting dinner..
no way that i could do that now.

images capture and convey more than ever.. however.. because there are too many images.. we aren't given sufficient time to appreciate every picture.
The composition... the subject.. the expression.. details...

now.. just an overview is needed.. no need to be indepth.. why? because people wouldn't really have the time anyway to really understand and comprehend the thoughts behind a piece of work...
with that being said.. there are so many things in this world that steal our time and attention..

but i've just been pondering over this question.. what deserves our attention?
is it the PSP? an inanimate object? or the father or mother next to you.. the brother sleeping beside you..

each man has a limited amount of time..
i went to gym with ilango, vic and jason today. on the way back.. ilango was adamently demanding why the singaporean system recognizes people who are book smart and neglects those who may not be as book smart but are EQ smaart..
is it because there are too many smart people?

people can't be bothered to take the time to screen the people and look at their hearts instead of the paper which represents them..

although it is resentful and detestable that a piece of paper justifies our worth in monetary value, thats the way the world works..

people like Ilango still have fire which i admire in them.. the defiance to look for their own opportunities and the wisdom to say no to the system. the inhuman system that dictates that without education you are nothing. a system which says that you deserve to be rewarded based on how hard you work.

anyone knows that this is not true.

everyone believes that to survive you have to be cunning. ruthless. merciless. lying..
no one really cares much about their own dignity.. and they are willing to lie at a moments notice so that things would turn out the way they want it to.

i find it painful and heart wrenching when i think about this.
more so because of the fact that i feel powerless to change this system , a great wheel that has been set in motion.

But greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.

May i cling to this hope. and cling to what man call foolishness...
this hope that doing the right thing is more important that doing the thing that feels right.
a greater destiny and painful path face those who dare consider this..

i .

want to be able to walk this path.

God.. though i know i'm not able.. i think you are.
but it is not enough to just think you are able to help me..
but help me "KNOW" that you can..

i'm feeling kind of trodden. with the sudden avalanche of events happening that i've never foreseen. all demanding my attention. i feel so stretched now.. my time suddenly feels too little..
i've never really been awaree of this aspect of my time..
sudddenly when i'm going to leave singapore for thailand and korea.... suddenly... i've discovered there are is so much unfinished business..
makes me feel so stressed and burdened.. i just wana shout.. and sleep and shut everything off..
but it dosn't help me at all knowing that i can't just bury my head in the sand and wish my troubles away..
i need someone to carry me now.

and that someone.. is u
My God. My Jesus..
the faithful to the faithless