Distractions.

So last week during youth, Paulynn shared about how materialistic people can be, and how they put those things first and not God. I really liked that sharing, somehow.

First, she showed us some pictures in her iPad. So there was this 17 year-old guy from China. He sold his kidney for USD 2200 for an iPad. Just an iPad, an he let the doctors take it out. Crazy.

Then there was this guy from the U.S. he worked in some financial company and was involved in a fraud case. He cheated his company and now he made the company lose at least 2 billion USD. All because he wanted to gamble.

Then there was this woman. She looks flawless, but guess what? She is 55, years old and she had to go through 52 plastic surgeries in order to achieve how Barbie-fied she is now.

The things people do to get stuff, really some are just plain ridiculous. Like, for an electronical gadget, or money, or look eternally youthful.

She tells us about how sirens are like. Sirens, they are practically like mermaids of the sea, in Greek mythology. As the sailors pass bye all they will hear is the sound of their beautiful voices, what's deceiving is that they only sing what they want you to hear. The sailors get too captivated and start sailing towards them instead and guess what? They attack the sailor and eat them up.

Like these gorgeous mermaidy creatures. They're sirens actually.

  

But there was this one guy, Jason. He was this noble Greek warrior, son of the King Aelous. He wanted to hear what the sirens could tell, as according to myth, if you manage to survive and not succumb to their calls, it makes you stronger, and wiser.

He put wax into his ears, and tied himself on a ship's pole so that the voices may not get into him, and he ordered his crew to put wax too. Even though how hard it may have been, he managed to do it, and it did make him stronger.

I'm not saying that we should al put wax into our ears and listen to evil-mermaid creatures sing. I'm just saying that we should not be too distracted by all these riches and materials, and put God first in our eyes.

She shared also how much she wants to go to business school and she doesn't want to work her current job at the financial sector. She has been applying and well, it has been hard for her, to sell herself as she is and not what people wanted her to be. Her friend helped her with her résumés and she really couldn't believe it. Most of what was written didn't even describe who she is, and she didn't like it. She was like: 'I really can't do this, this is not me. At all' She asked her friend and he told her how it wouldn't harm to just do it once, and after that he can just walk down the streets and just be her for the rest of her life. She really has been praying, a lot, and well please add her in your prayers? Pray for her to make the right decisions and for her not to succumb to all these bad things that she has to sneak her way in to be accepted.

I really liked that lesson. :)

Anyways, my piano exam is next week. Oh the joy. My scales and pieces are still pretty rough and I don't have the motivation to practice! Pray for me too yeah?

Okay then I shall try writing more, as my level is still pretty low. :(

The Life of Alex Morrison shall continue soon. :)