Project Heavy Traffic

Watch this video and stop complaining that your life sucks...

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:51:00 +0000

If you think your life sucks, stop and watch this video. Be grateful and strong. Triumph over your disabilities.

Connecting the dots...A Tribute to Steve Jobs

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:57:00 +0000

At his commencement speech at Stanford in 2005, Jobs said,

“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fears of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truely important.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

Video of his speech can be found at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&feature=player_embedded

Oh Lord, you are my Security

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:29:00 +0000

Dear Lord, I want to come before you and submit myself into your hands. I acknowledge your divine plan for me and know that you will not short-change me in anyway.

Though things seems not turning out as what i have seeked, i want to continue to put my trust in you and pray for your blessing to be showered upon me and my family. I submit this whole matter into your hands and ask for your divine intervention. In Jesus name we pray. [After note: My prayer was answered. Praise be to God!]

Love someone.

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:28:00 +0000

I find part of this speech by Adrian Tan (author of The Teenage Textbook) meaningful.
This was his speech to the graduating class of 2008 at a recent NTU convocation ceremony. I found it at one of the blogs i visited.

Disclaimer: I do not agree to all his views. Only the parts about Live your Dream and Loving love another human being.

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[Introduction]

My wife is a wonderful person and perfect in every way except one. She is the editor of a magazine. She corrects people for a living. She has honed her expert skills over a quarter of a century, mostly by practising at home during conversations between her and me.

On the other hand, I am a litigator. Essentially, I spend my day telling people how wrong they are. I make my living being disagreeable.

Nevertheless, there is perfect harmony in our matrimonial home. That is because when an editor and a litigator have an argument, the one who triumphs is always the wife.

And so I want to start by giving one piece of advice to the men: when you’ve already won her heart, you don’t need to win every argument.

Marriage is considered one milestone of life. Some of you may already be married. Some of you may never be married. Some of you will be married. Some of you will enjoy the experience so much, you will be married many, many times. Good for you.

The next big milestone in your life is today: your graduation. The end of education. You’re done learning.

You’ve probably been told the big lie that “Learning is a lifelong process” and that therefore you will continue studying and taking masters’ degrees and doctorates and professorships and so on. You know the sort of people who tell you that? Teachers. Don’t you think there is some measure of conflict of interest? They are in the business of learning, after all. Where would they be without you? They need you to be repeat customers.

The good news is that they’re wrong.

The bad news is that you don’t need further education because your entire life is over. It is gone. That may come as a shock to some of you. You’re in your teens or early twenties. People may tell you that you will live to be 70, 80, 90 years old. That is your life expectancy.

I love that term: life expectancy. We all understand the term to mean the average life span of a group of people. But I’m here to talk about a bigger idea, which is what you expect from your life.

You may be very happy to know that Singapore is currently ranked as the country with the third highest life expectancy. We are behind Andorra and Japan, and tied with San Marino. It seems quite clear why people in those countries, and ours, live so long. We share one thing in common: our football teams are all hopeless. There’s very little danger of any of our citizens having their pulses raised by watching us play in the World Cup. Spectators are more likely to be lulled into a gentle and restful nap.

Singaporeans have a life expectancy of 81.8 years. Singapore men live to an average of 79.21 years, while Singapore women live more than five years longer, probably to take into account the additional time they need to spend in the bathroom.

So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.

Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they’re 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn’t meet their life expectancy.

I’m here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.

After all, it’s calculated based on an average. And you never, ever want to expect being average.

Revisit those expectations. You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that, as graduates, you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much.

That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste.

If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself. You will be living your life according to boundaries set by average people. I have nothing against average people. But no one should aspire to be them. And you don’t need years of education by the best minds in Singapore to prepare you to be average.

What you should prepare for is mess. Life’s a mess. You are not entitled to expect anything from it. Life is not fair. Everything does not balance out in the end. Life happens, and you have no control over it. Good and bad things happen to you day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment. Your degree is a poor armour against fate.

Don’t expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live. Your life is over as of today. At this point in time, you have grown as tall as you will ever be, you are physically the fittest you will ever be in your entire life and you are probably looking the best that you will ever look. This is as good as it gets. It is all downhill from here. Or up. No one knows.

What does this mean for you? It is good that your life is over.

Since your life is over, you are free. Let me tell you the many wonderful things that you can do when you are free.

The most important is this: do not work.

Work is anything that you are compelled to do. By its very nature, it is undesirable.

Work kills. The Japanese have a term “Karoshi”, which means death from overwork. That’s the most dramatic form of how work can kill. But it can also kill you in more subtle ways. If you work, then day by day, bit by bit, your soul is chipped away, disintegrating until there’s nothing left. A rock has been ground into sand and dust.

There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making a living”. No, they’re not. They’re dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

People will tell you that work ennobles you, that work lends you a certain dignity. Work makes you free. The slogan “Arbeit macht frei” was placed at the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps. Utter nonsense.

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway.

Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself.

I like arguing, and I love language. So, I became a litigator. I enjoy it and I would do it for free. If I didn’t do that, I would’ve been in some other type of work that still involved writing fiction – probably a sports journalist.

So what should you do? You will find your own niche. I don’t imagine you will need to look very hard. By this time in your life, you will have a very good idea of what you will want to do. In fact, I’ll go further and say the ideal situation would be that you will not be able to stop yourself pursuing your passions. By this time you should know what your obsessions are. If you enjoy showing off your knowledge and feeling superior, you might become a teacher.

Find that pursuit that will energise you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don’t, you are working.

Most of you will end up in activities which involve communication. To those of you I have a second message: be wary of the truth. I’m not asking you to speak it, or write it, for there are times when it is dangerous or impossible to do those things. The truth has a great capacity to offend and injure, and you will find that the closer you are to someone, the more care you must take to disguise or even conceal the truth. Often, there is great virtue in being evasive, or equivocating. There is also great skill. Any child can blurt out the truth, without thought to the consequences. It takes great maturity to appreciate the value of silence.

In order to be wary of the truth, you must first know it. That requires great frankness to yourself. Never fool the person in the mirror.

I have told you that your life is over, that you should not work, and that you should avoid telling the truth. I now say this to you: be hated.

It’s not as easy as it sounds. Do you know anyone who hates you? Yet every great figure who has contributed to the human race has been hated, not just by one person, but often by a great many. That hatred is so strong it has caused those great figures to be shunned, abused, murdered and in one famous instance, nailed to a cross.

One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself. Popularity is a sure sign that you are doing something wrong.

The other side of the coin is this: fall in love.

I didn’t say “be loved”. That requires too much compromise. If one changes one’s looks, personality and values, one can be loved by anyone.

Rather, I exhort you to love another human being. It may seem odd for me to tell you this. You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation. That is false. Modern society is anti-love. We’ve taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings. It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. It is hard work – the only kind of work that I find palatable.

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the truth worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human. Loving is good for the soul.

Loving someone is therefore very important, and it is also important to choose the right person. Despite popular culture, love doesn’t happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming. It is not a silly weed, but a mighty tree that weathers every storm.

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.

Love feels no burden

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:08:00 +0000

“Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above it’s strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility, for it thinks all things are lawful for itself and all things are possible.”
~ Thomas Kemp

Security

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:54:00 +0000

It’s often easier to trust
In what our eyes can see,
But God asks us to look to Him
For our security.

Thus far the Lord has helped me

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:17:00 +0000

By God’s help i have come this far in life, and He will see me through to the end.

"Thus far the Lord has helped us." 1 Samuel 7:12

A prayer for a way out

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:18:00 +0000

Dear Lord, you are the God of mercy, you know all things and your grace is sufficient for us.

Many things that happen may not seem logical to us, but we want to acknowledge your plan for us is always to prosper and not shortchange us.

I have put my trust in you. Please do not turn a deaf ear to my cry. Show me your way and provide a way out for me. Nothing is too difficult for You.

Let your peace that transcend all understanding guards my heart and brings deliverance to my woes. Let your blessings and goodness continue to follow me all the days of my life.

In Jesus name i pray.

Disappointed

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:45:00 +0000

Forgive me for feeling disappointed.

Nothing seems to go my way.

I can't see it, oh Lord.

Is it because you want me to follow your way?

I proclaim your Sovereignty, please show me thy path.

Carry me, oh Lord, for i can't carry on.

I need a miracle everyday.

Waiting upon the Lord

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:52:00 +0000

Waiting upon the Lord

Walking the dotted line of Faith..................

Leaving everything in God’s hands

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:40:00 +0000

“I’m a firm believer that God has His hand in everything that happens. He is letting me live for some reason. I try to do the things that I believe He wants me to.” - Jack Borden

If you know that God’s hand is in everything,
you can leave everything in God’s hands.

Embracing God's word and love

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:35:00 +0000

We often love things and use people when we should be using things and loving people.

Human beings are selfish by nature. That is why we need the renewal of our mind everyday, embracing God's word and love.

God is Sovereign

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:32:00 +0000

God is Sovereign. Everything that took place or is about to happen, cannot carry on without His knowledge. Trusting God means knowing He is in full control of all.

Exchanging our cares for His peace

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:42:00 +0000

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:6-7).

Purpose and Satisfaction

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Purpose and satisfaction come only from knowing and obeying God.

God's Promises

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:38:00 +0000

GOD SAID:
Ps 32:8, "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."

Ps 50:15, "And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me."

Is 41:10, "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

Is 41:13, "For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee."

Jer 29:13, "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."

Jer 33:3, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."

Ez 34:15, "I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD."

Ez 34:16, "I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment."

Ez 34:26, "And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing."

Hos 14:4, "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."

JESUS SAID:
Matt 6:31-33, "Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Matt 7:7-8, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."

Matt 11:28-29, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."

Matt 17:20, "... If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Matt 21:21-22, "... Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

Mark 9:23, "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."

Mark 11:23-26, "...whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Luke 6:38, "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."

Luke 11:9-10, "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."

John 5:24, "He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."

John 6:37, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

John 14:12-14, "... He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it."

John 14:18, "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you."

John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

John 15:7, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

John 16:13, "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."

John 16:15, "All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you."

John 16:23, "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you."

Acts 1:8, "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

Promise

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:37:00 +0000

When we claim one of God’s promises in the Bible, whether it is for peace of mind, courage, or provision of our needs, we place ourselves in His hands and on His schedule. As we wait, it may at times seem as if the Lord has forgotten us. But trust embraces the reality that when we stand on a promise of God, He remains faithful. The assurance is in our hearts, and the timing is in His hands.

Believe

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:08:00 +0000

I believe that He has a plan to prosper me and not short-change me because i seek Him earnestly.

Wisdom

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding,

3 and if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,

4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,

5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom,
and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He holds victory in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.

9 Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,

The Second Call

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:46:00 +0000

In order to live a Christ-like life
(by our own nature, it is impossible)
Only by Grace (how?)
He appointed the Twelve
In Order that they might be with Him
(Live with Christ)

Have you wondered why you are not able to live a Christ-like life, it is because we do not make enough effort to Be With Christ everyday of our live.

Placing Him first and foremost in our lives is the key to true prosperity and abundant life.

We are only here to tell the world about your grace

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:35:00 +0000

Father of love, never failing to forgive
Each moment is a gift from You to live
We're only here to tell the world about Your grace
Until the day You take us all away

Loving the blesser is more important than the blessings

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:19:00 +0000

'How often we simply want God to bless us without having to listen to His command'.

Loving the blesser is more important than the blessings.

Builds

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:54:00 +0000

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.

Have you ever wondered why at times (or quite regularly for some), you have this feeling of doing something in vain. Even when you have spent a lot of effort, time and resources doing it. Even when you have achieved that award or medal, you don't feel "accomplished".

I have learnt lately that Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Even when it seems to be a Success in the eyes of the world. Unless He sanctifies it,unless it is in His love and for the extension of His Will and Kingdom, we really labour in vain. None of our achievements can be brought with us when we leave this world. But His loves endures forever...

Restore

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000

The parts of our lives that we have tried and failed to repair can be restored by the hand of God. Through faith in Christ, we can be made whole.

Sunny Side Up

noreply@blogger.com (MakeTraffic) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:21:00 +0000

Hey, not sure why in the midst of all these afflictions that...i want to be Happy today.

Some strange and cannot-be-explained feeling.

Hey! feeling happy is Better than feeling sad.

Sunny Side Up, anyone?