You'll get what you paid for ^^

I'm sure most of you have heard of 'There is a price to pay for everything you have done.' This sentence in itself, poses plenty of negative connotation. Life might so brutal at times, everything that we want to have, we must work for it. Another familiar phrase 'There is no free lunch in the world' flashed into my mind. Even if someone give you a free meal, you have no idea whatsoever how much that person has sacrificed, be it insignificant or huge. This is what I realised from the Leadership camp I just attended.

Yet, in every situation, there is a flip side to it. A simple analogy: A coin has 2 sides right? What makes you so certain that it will always land on the side you want? Yea, some talented people can increase the probability in making the coin do so. Thats why it is important to invest in your talent too. This brings me back to my main point. 'You'll get what you paid for. ^^''

All those people have paid the price to master certain tricks/skills which enable them to perform above average acts. 'Legends are created, not born.' You think a 1-day old baby can recite all the macluarin's expansion and trigo formulas?

Just one simple analogy by Pastor Zhuang can explain my main point:

Imagine you go to a popular chicken rice stall at orchard road. So the queue is very long and the chicken rice is $4.50. Very expensive, ugh.

1)By queuing up, you have already made a decision in your mind that you will want to get that chicken rice, no matter what.

2) You took out your wallet and realised you have only $4.50 left. But you still want that plate of chicken rice, no matter what. After 5 minutes, you finally reached the counter. You smiled happily and passed the cashier all your money.

There is this satisfaction that you have inside you. It was worthwhile.

This illustrates the importance of sacrifice. If there is no sacrifice, there wont be a finally experience. Everything will be automatic, no satisfaction =(. Another thing is, whatever you pay for, you will surely receive it. Don't tell me you give your $4.50, the cashier will say: ''Huh? Did you order any thing?'' Definitely not!

Many have tried to argue about this point. They say: ''But I prayed leh. I asked God to bless me with this and that leh. How come don't have ah?'' Wait a moment. Ask yourself this question. ''Have a prayer enough for that prayer to be fufilled?''

Doing the 1st step, queuing up to buy the chicken rice, is not sufficient. If you reach the counter and you give her only $2.00, do you think she will give you that chicken rice? The answer should be pretty obvious. Likewise, how much have you prayed that you are so certain you will definitely receive the blessings? Maybe you only prayed a $2.00 prayer?

That concludes my post. Finally, the joy of being able to post so long =D. Actually this is nothing much compared to a regular GP essay, which is about 1000+ words?? Hah.

Thank you Edwin for your much needed counselling and encouragment. It really brought me out the the bottomless pit I was on the brink of tripping into. W453, lets expect a great harvest for easter yea??

First a servant, then a servant. Once a servant, always a servant. I just love serving =D. 'Well done, good and faithful servant', the core motivation of my life.



Hope you have been impacted by this post =).