according to stoicism, a life wasted by fear, inaction, and doubt is the worst thing you can do. your lack of urgency and imagination is killing your potential.
when God puts me in strange and terrifying situations, I see myself as a cat going to the vet. it’s good for me somehow, I say, or else someone who loves me wouldn’t have taken me there
the topics i speak about in Malay at work: where to eat lunch, what happened over the weekend, casual greetings.
the topics my colleagues speak about at work in Mandarin: work related things they realise they have to repeat in English if they need me to do anything about it.
Whatever you do, pray for the ability to see your own sins, your own hypocrisy, and your own shortcomings. Never lose sight of that. Never get so carried away, pointing fingers that you forget you, too, have abscesses that need tending.