Sometimes I do wonder whether a guilty man will have the energy to go through all these appeals and even write a book about it. Only the innocent who is convicted will have the motivation to do so? Is he really innocent?
His book brings you to explore the prison life, when you're having the status of a double murderer.
After 99 months, finally when he's freed, his whole perspective of things had changed.
"I had never enjoyed being stuck in a traffic jam, or gazing at lane upon lane of stationary cars as I did that day. I actually remember thinking as I watched a traffic report in 2005 of an especially bad traffic jam that the drivers didn't know how lucky they were to have the privilege of being stuck in one." - Ram Tiwary
Weird huh? We all complain about traffic jams, but he thinks that being able to be stuck in a traffic jam is a lucky thing. Because compared with him living in a small prison cell and having roller-coaster feelings, stuck in a jam seems to be a better thing to do.
God does not need to please everybody. Many times people were disappointed due to what happened to them and blame God. When the sun shines brightly, those who need their clothes to be dried and those who have planned for an outdoor trip will be very grateful, but to those who badly need rain will not be happy. Same goes to the situation when it rains, farmers will be very happy, those who long for a cool weather will appreciate the rain, but to those who are planning for a marathon will be disappointed.
So it's not up to us to change the situation, but to change our reaction upon the situation.
Like for Ram, he changed his perspective towards the world. If you tell a KL lang that he should appreciate being stuck in jam he'll probably hit you with a Siao ah you! But really, it's an infinite times better than stuck in a prison cell.
Lately I've been feeling the same too. Usually people hate it when they sneeze a lot, because they need to have a lot of tissue to wrap wanton hahahaha. But now because my nose is blocked, and I was just diagnosed that I have sinus (bad headache at the forehead and eye parts), I badly need to sneeze so that there won't be any traffic jam in my nose anymore. I even Googled How to Make Myself Sneeze, no joke!
It's the small little things that make me try to be grateful, especially during unpleasant times. I know that there will be trials and challenges to come, but I do hope that by the time I meet them, I'll have a stable foundation and to know that with God, I can go through the tough times.
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. - Galatians 1:10 -
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