Shanzhai Lu http://www.shanzhailu.com “Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.” ~Chinese proverb posterous.com Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:16:07 -0800 Suffering Hurts. But It Also Creates. http://www.shanzhailu.com/suffering-hurts-but-it-also-creates http://www.shanzhailu.com/suffering-hurts-but-it-also-creates

I was reminded today of these words by Rob Bell:

We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t been before, a place
We never would have imagined on our own,

And so it was difficult and unexpected and maybe even
Tragic and yet it opened us up and freed us to see
Things in a whole new way

Suffering does that—
It hurts,
But it also creates.

How many of the most significant moments in your
Life came not because it all went right, but because
It all fell apart?

It’s strange how there can be art in the agony…

~Rob Bell

 

My favorite line is the part about how suffering can also create.

I can relate to it.

I live with a restless desire to make things happen and move things forward every day.

Since my sister's death.

Since my divorce.

Since the failure of a recent startup.

It took the observations of a friend to confirm what I already know about myself.

What I'm doing now.

Where I'm going.

Where I want to be.

Has everything to do with that rear view mirror of where I've been.

...and where I don't want to see anyone else end up if I can help it.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/144443/facebook_avatar2.jpg http://posterous.com/people/10xN81Qkp8Z Christine Lu Christine Christine Lu Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:01:00 -0800 Missed Calls Are OK ~ #rethink http://www.shanzhailu.com/missed-calls-are-ok-rethink http://www.shanzhailu.com/missed-calls-are-ok-rethink

Missed calls are a reminder that we can't be in sync all the time.

And I'm really ok with that.

After all, how important is it if you can't DM me.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/144443/facebook_avatar2.jpg http://posterous.com/people/10xN81Qkp8Z Christine Lu Christine Christine Lu Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:43:03 -0700 sometimes when i think of social media, i think of... http://www.shanzhailu.com/sometimes-when-i-think-of-social-media-i-thin http://www.shanzhailu.com/sometimes-when-i-think-of-social-media-i-thin

chattering teeth. at first glance, kind of cute. but once it gets all wound up and starts walking and talking towards you, you have to admit. it's kind of creepy.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/144443/facebook_avatar2.jpg http://posterous.com/people/10xN81Qkp8Z Christine Lu Christine Christine Lu Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:23:00 -0700 everything connects if you let go and pay attention. http://www.shanzhailu.com/everything-connects-if-you-let-go-and-pay-att http://www.shanzhailu.com/everything-connects-if-you-let-go-and-pay-att

Everything connects if you let go and pay attention to the opportunities that come from not trying to control things that are meant to be shared.

 

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