- to mature in my faith, to have an eagerness to learn about God
- to dedicate effort, time and prayer to the ministry of GCS so that I may serve my brothers and sisters as well as unbelievers on campus
- to be more fruitful in prayer
- to stop whining and grumbling and instead to be more thankful and joyous
- to be make time to stay in touch with my old friends, and new
- to spend time calling home each week
- to blog more, to journal more, and to aspire towards greater things
- to be more patient, less anxious and depend on prayer and providence
- to be more bold in my invitations
- to be more bold in order to serve others and/or to emerge from my comfort levels so that I may love people
- to be more focused in my studies
- to care less about money but at the same time be wise with it
- to live in the instant
- to go hiking again
- to go on ridiculous roadtrips
- to start up a boardgame group (alright, maybe not)
- to lose weight, and/or gain self confidence and appreciation
- to improve my Chinese, hopefully be able to attempt a level 5 HSK examination
- to be able to read a book of the Bible in Chinese
- to write to my friends overseas
- to be generous and steward well
- to trust and ask for favours
- to not be afraid of being looked down upon
- to cook well
- to remember that in the midst of things, I can only go onwards and upwards.
Ad altiora.
In all truthfulness, this post was written in the last week of February, a late start for resolutions, but perhaps I could get away with calling them ‘Chinese New Year Resolutions’? I set the date and time to 7th of January 2015 minutes short of 10PM in memory of ‘Christmas’ spent with OCAC coursemates (GZYC, CJLL, KH, ASZ, SL) at XiangShan in Taipei where we devoured an assortment of Sunmerry’s cakes, including the Strawberry Cake, Pineapple pies and Cream Puffs. Listening to ASZ’s Pentatonix Christmas selection, asking a security guard to take a photo for us with KH’s HTC m8, taking instax and ‘parkour parkour’.
Though I’ve been bitter and apathetic about the trip and the people I’ve met from it, it’s reflecting on precious, once-in-a-lifetime moments like these that make me teary-eyed, knowing that we were happy at that instant, and that we all felt loved and appreciated that night, sitting on large stones and looking at the majestic Taipei 101. If any of the aforementioned stumble across this, thank you dearly because I know that for certain that you guys made my trip incredibly memorable.
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