TL;DR: I learned what it means to lean into "Less hustle, more grace".
2017: The year I said yes
Easter 2015: Choosing the Light
I wanted so badly to say I love Jesus and I love the church, broken and beautiful as she is, the bride of Christ. But I couldn’t. One day, I decided to stop running. To just give it up, lay it down. And literally go - okay, God. You win. You always have. You are good. I’m going to stop fighting. I decided to choose the light.
2014: A year of love and (mis)adventure
This year I fully understood that life isn't black and white. There are way more than fifty shades of grey we contend with every single day. Learning to live the questions, to look ahead and look up in spite of it all, is the challenge.
This Easter, what does death mean to you?
...the Cross is a reminder that life on earth is transient - even for arguably the most famous man that walked this earth. That we can choose to look beyond ourselves, and know there is hope even in death.
We are not all heroes.
Amidst luxury brands and high street stores Singapore's Orchard Road is famous for sits an old lady just outside Mandarin Gallery peddling an assortment of eclectic wares. From packets of tissue paper to a bottle of dark soy sauce, I always wondered why she chose such a spot (without shelter) to sell her stuff. But …
What if God was one of us?
It's been a week filled with bad news. Working in the media sometimes means you're addicted to knowing what happens next. So there I was, on Thursday afternoon scrolling through my Facebook news feed when I saw a friend post a photo of a collapsed wall. If you live in Melbourne, you're more than likely …
When you forget, I’ll remember for us.
When I look into your eyes It's like watching the night sky, or a beautiful sunrise Well, there's so much they hold And just like them old stars, I see that you've come so far to be right where you are How old is your soul? I won't give up on us, even when the …
The years go by… A retrospective look at 2012.
"I'm not the same person I was at the start of this year." The above conclusion came up in a conversation I was having with a friend on Whatsapp a couple of weeks ago, while we were looking back at the events of the year. For one brief moment, I panicked. We often say "people …
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What it means to be “excellent”.
Since I've been on the jobhunt for awhile, I've realised one of the requirements for every job description I've read is to be "excellent". Excellent computer skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent and confident telephone manner It's hard to define excellence, though. What is excellent to me could be terrible to another person. …
Thanksgiving.
"It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season — like all the other seasons — …
Diane Leow 