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Date Posted: 12:29:43 09/15/09 Tue
Author: Phil. 3:7
Subject: "But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ"

This is always my struggle. I have the ability to strive for the best in the world. Yet, it makes me anxious. I can be proud of many things happened in my life. Yet, I tried so hard to keep the record of perfection which indeed never happens in reality and I lost the favor of God's grace. This is the reason why I feel stress out in graduate sch. Simply because, I want to be the best. In a totally strange environment, I seek external approval to inform me my values. Pathetically, the approval is never enough to satisfy my unlimited ego.

Maybe all I need is being good enough and be okay with that. Relationship always rescue me and tone down my ambition. I may not be able to change in a night but being around with people gives me energy and reminds me, indeed, something, other than being outstanding, gains the priority in my life. I don't want to strive for sth which turns out that really doesn't mean anything to me. Quoted a song title, All I need is Love. It's the love from God. It's the love from people created by God.

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