do you know that if you let your thoughts run and just write it all down or type it once a day or so.. you'll actually be able to think faster and connect your dots better as well?
that's what i read in 250 tips for speakers in this pdf book by some eric guy who's supposed to be able to speak really well. he has a website as well.

"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint"
- Isaiah 40:31

holding on to this verse. Feeling a little sian diao because of irp report.. wanted to start on it on friday but i realised that all of a sudden, i am partially clueless as to what i really want to find and what's so important about my results. hurhur. maybe it'll help to shed some more light into the nature of bilingualism? or to help in supporting some cognitive model about language? i have no idea. i have some notions about running away, some notions about giving up, some notions about just failing this module and giving up honours all together.
"even youths grow tired and weary"
a weary heart and mind, which in turn produces a weary body:)
"but those who hope in the Lord"
hoping in the Lord. trusting in His providence. trusting that His strength is sufficient for me. learning to lean on Him for what i lack. praying to Him for wisdom. praying for Him to give me joy in doing the task. praying for Him to help me see a bigger picture of what my research entails. hoping in the Lord.
hoping in the Lord helps you to look upwards. it's so true that when you look at the circumstances around you, you'll be easily swallowed up by it. so true that when you want to do a good report because of the grades or because of your nice supervisor, you'll be easily stressed out to an unhealthy degree.
"Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men" Eph 6:7.
but when i turn the perspective and remember that i'm doing the irp so that i can honour God even in my studies, i feel lighter. just do my best, let God do the rest.
"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength"
renew. in the old testament, the Hebrew word for it was 'chalaph'. sprouting out.
something new from what was not there before.
help me to soar on wings like eagles.. who lean on the currents on the wind to bring them higher and higher.
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everyone have their own strengths and weaknesses. i have my own as well. and in my weakness, i thank God for the availability of His strength.