Thursday, February 07, 2008

Goals for a lifetime

I am not Chinese but I claim this date as mine to celebrate. I was supposed to finish my goals last month but as usual, busy lives hinder us to do the things we want to do. But I want to finish this. I wrote something like this so many years ago but I lost it. I tried to recover that list but I can't find it among my trash...er... stuff. : -)

In a previous blog, I mentioned that three among the five things in my miracle list were granted. And then I read Mark Batterson's blog (www.evotional.com) about setting goals for our lives. I won't repeat what he said but suffice to say, I was inspired to make my own. What's there to lose? This will be my faith list. If God grants half of the things in my list, I would be so happy! But my God is a generous father and thus, I am assured that He can make all of these things happen. As He wills.

I divided them into 3 subcategories : family, experience (includes learning and traveling) and influence goals. Some appear to be very simple while others seem so impossible. They range from learning how to put on make-up to teaching a class, from a cruise for my parents to sending students to school, from having a helicopter ride to having a year-long vacation, from a Batanes tour to entering the pyramids of Egypt, from dancing under the rain to owning my company.

By the way, I am not limiting myself to these things. The list can change each year.

I am too private to tell all of them here but for sure, every time God blesses me with an answer, I will celebrate it by writing it here. For what else can I do but declare His goodness?

Kung Hei Fat Choy!

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Lion Chaser Manifesto

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

Chase the lion.

In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson (www.evotional.com)