STORY 1
I once heard this interview by Rick Warren, the one who wrote "Purpose Life Driven", recently from Aubrey Koh, our Catechist.

"Life is like a railway track. One rail signifies good things in our lives, the other parallel rail refers to the bad things. This whole rail journey signifies our life journey. No matter we choose to focus on the good or the bad things in our lives, we will still reach our destination eventually. So why focus on the bad things? See on the good things in our lives God gave us."

We thank God for the gift of Life, let's be encourage and persevere to love God and in one another, esp our enemies. God loves ALL...and you say very well "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD" ... in the sign of the Crucifixion of Jesus. Knowing God is driving your life but most of the times we take God's presence for granted.

Story 2
On the first day, God created the dog and said:

'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.'

The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?'

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.'

The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?'

And God agreed .

On the third day, God created the cow and said:

'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer 's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.'

The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?'

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created humans and said:

'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.'

But the human said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?'

'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service.