LOVE, Kloudiia

This is a real story shared by a fellow Neophyte (referring to those who are newly baptised but yet to receive the certificate of Baptism) in church.

On our second mystagogy, Sister Mel asked us to recall when and where do we see God in our lives. Even very small things like praying for a sunny day so that she could wash her clothes!

Which was very interesting because exactly on that same day, I had prayed for a brezzy and non-sunny day! Well, she got what she prayed for, and guess what? Me too!

“Hi Kloudiia,

While it is the culture and society norm for a girl to be dating a guy who is older than her, things can take on a different light when he is much older than she is, and we are talking about an age gap of perhaps more than 12-15 years old.

Yes, we all advocate that love transcends everything, including race, religion, language, body size, and of course, age. I still stand by this.

But, where practicality sets in, there are indeed concerns that we have to address if you find yourself in unique situations when the age gap can bring about issues that have a huge impact on your relationship, and possibly marriage life.

Amdst the irony of it all, I captured a shot of this picture in our church.

When God says:

Love thy enemies, do good to those who hate you (Luke 6:27)

how much of it do you grasp? If you can’t capture the essence of the message, that’s alright. You could be more visual, so I hope a picture says a thousand words work for you here:

You know I’m kidding, don’t you”

There’s a cure for aging that no one talks about.
It’s called learning.

                                    ~ Robin Sharma, from his best-selling book The Greatness Guide

“Hi Kloudiia,

I’m 25 and I’ve never been in a relationship before. I’m always liking someone but not vice versa. Last year I got to know this guy from Friendster. Even though he don’t know me, he still allowed me to add him as a friend. Since then, we’ve kept in contact through msn and sms. We went out a few times too (is this considered as dating?). I like him. How can I let him know that and not ruin our friendship? I know that he treats me as a normal friend only. Should I carry on liking him or should I move on? I know you might have answered this type of questions many times already, but could you give me some advice please? Thanks!

Is the Universe throwing a message at me, that I have been defying against to listen, to learn and to apply?

Well, apparently my sister will say a resounding yes to my question, for she had laboured on to hammer this concept of respect into my head for almost 30 minutes over the phone.

After a short argument with her (as I too felt that I haven’t been heard for being “disrespectful” as she called it – to which I admitted but wanted to give an explanation for that sort of uncalled for behaviour), we let the matter rest.

This, strictly speaking, isn’t supposed to be a joke of the day. But well, why do we need to take life so seriously, right? And it does seem that the person who said this do mean to lighten up the mood of the audience, so I thought I’d just share it with you right here!

Jesus asked Simon Peter “Peter, son of David, do you love me?”

To which Peter answered the Lord “Yes Lord, you know I love you”.

Jesus said “Take care of my lamb”.

Jesus asked Peter the same question three times, to which Peter had the same reply that truly, he loved the Lord.

Do you agree? I totally do.

Sister Mel from the Cenacle Sisters Singapore is very kind to agree to lead us in our seven weeks of Mystagogia, our last lap of journey in our RCIA after our baptism.

Last Friday was the second session. As she recounted this story to us, I was astounded by that simple yet so powerful message delivered.

There is this family who will always bring them canned food and groceries on their pay day. Nothing much to you, you may think. But, to this family who aren’t well-off, it can be quite a lot. Knowing this fact, Sister Mel kindly said no and asked them not to buy them anymore food next time. This was what this family said to her:

“Kloudiia,

Hope you are doing fine. I just bought The 69 Love Notes from bookstore last weekend.

These few weeks my ex-girlfriend trying hard to get me back, I’ve told her I’m happily with my current girlfriend. She couldn’t accept our relationship has ended; in fact we already broke up for 1 year. Everyday she messages me saying she still loves me and asking me why I choose a Malaysian gal instead of her. I felt disturbed.