Saturday, July 22, 2006
Ask or Knock
Hello,
Knock, and the door shall open
Ask, and you shall be given.
This works as simply as when AliBaba says Sesame. But to some it does not seem to work. Probably it did sometimes, but they could not see it. This is because they miss the woods for the trees. Just like in the case of AliBaba, the gold and jewelleries were there for him, but they were not packed and handed to him; he still had to go in, get it and risk his life to retain it.
What all this means is that what shall be given would not be exactly as what one expected it to be. Is it not enough to see a deer when one asks for food, or does one expect a slice of barbecued marinated venison ? Will one pass the examination without slogging but praying. A child does it better by throwing tantrums. Well, in some families it gets a whacking instead !
To those who view this saying positively, they usually got what they ask for, because they know how and what to ask, and they ask for the how and the what to do for what they needed. They ask for the way and not for a lift in a sedan chair to get to somewhere. They ask for the hows, the wheres, the whys, and the whens and not for the manna that falls from heaven.
The beggars in Singapore practises this well. They sell us tissue papers, kropok, sweets and ikan bilis, and not thrusting a tin can in our face for the money. They go to the food courts, and they do not wait on fivefoot ways, like cripples.
Two boys came home hungry. Their mother was sick and did not cook their meals. She told them what to do to make their noodles. One did as she told them and ate; the other was disappointed, he did nothing and stayed hungry.
There was this well told joke about a poor man. He kept complaining to God about not being made well-off despite being faithful all his life. He did not cheat, gamble, steal, or rob but did his job diligently, and all the while he lives from hand to mouth.
And even in his dream he complained.
Then God asked him, "Do you ever pass by the TOTO booth ?"
"Yes, God, I do," he answered.
"What do people do when they go to a TOTO booth ?" God asked.
"I see people giving money to the cashier", he said.
"I do not mind being the cashier !" he mumbled to himself.
He could not see himself giving money to the cashier.
He is still complaining.
Ask for help to do something ..... it won't be long in coming,
Ask to be given something ..... this needs enduring patience.
Pray for mercy ..... forgiveness is divine,
Pray for a miracle ..... needs perpetual hope.
Have a nice day
Ronald
Knock, and the door shall open
Ask, and you shall be given.
This works as simply as when AliBaba says Sesame. But to some it does not seem to work. Probably it did sometimes, but they could not see it. This is because they miss the woods for the trees. Just like in the case of AliBaba, the gold and jewelleries were there for him, but they were not packed and handed to him; he still had to go in, get it and risk his life to retain it.
What all this means is that what shall be given would not be exactly as what one expected it to be. Is it not enough to see a deer when one asks for food, or does one expect a slice of barbecued marinated venison ? Will one pass the examination without slogging but praying. A child does it better by throwing tantrums. Well, in some families it gets a whacking instead !
To those who view this saying positively, they usually got what they ask for, because they know how and what to ask, and they ask for the how and the what to do for what they needed. They ask for the way and not for a lift in a sedan chair to get to somewhere. They ask for the hows, the wheres, the whys, and the whens and not for the manna that falls from heaven.
The beggars in Singapore practises this well. They sell us tissue papers, kropok, sweets and ikan bilis, and not thrusting a tin can in our face for the money. They go to the food courts, and they do not wait on fivefoot ways, like cripples.
Two boys came home hungry. Their mother was sick and did not cook their meals. She told them what to do to make their noodles. One did as she told them and ate; the other was disappointed, he did nothing and stayed hungry.
There was this well told joke about a poor man. He kept complaining to God about not being made well-off despite being faithful all his life. He did not cheat, gamble, steal, or rob but did his job diligently, and all the while he lives from hand to mouth.
And even in his dream he complained.
Then God asked him, "Do you ever pass by the TOTO booth ?"
"Yes, God, I do," he answered.
"What do people do when they go to a TOTO booth ?" God asked.
"I see people giving money to the cashier", he said.
"I do not mind being the cashier !" he mumbled to himself.
He could not see himself giving money to the cashier.
He is still complaining.
Ask for help to do something ..... it won't be long in coming,
Ask to be given something ..... this needs enduring patience.
Pray for mercy ..... forgiveness is divine,
Pray for a miracle ..... needs perpetual hope.
Have a nice day
Ronald
# posted by chunmu @ 6:46 PM 
