Why Serve? :D

Hey :),
 Here is something I wrote for an English Test. It roughly and briefly explains why I think everybody should be involved in some form of positive "service"(and by that I mean, helping others out, keeping only the uplifting of others in mind - for absolutely no personal benefit.)

     Positive change in society begins only when its smallest and most important units - its individuals - begin to think and act positively. Citizens involved in service begin to understand that the world is much bigger than themselves and their problems. They also begin to obtain a different perspective- one which helps them see that their lives needn't be wasted, but can be full of joy and be used to change other lives as well. By this, both the one who is served and the one who serves is benefited. If we want our county to change, we need to see that we are an integral part of it, and by our actions show those around us, through service. 

I know I've said "for absolutely no personal benefit" and then , in the passage mentioned that " by this, both the one who is served and the one who serves if benefited" - and it sounds contradictory, but - it isn't . What I mean is personal benefit will roll in once we focus on other things, besides ourselves. 
    
   I'm not saying that I am an somebody who is an extremely experienced person in the field of Service. 
Au contraire , I am aware of how much I painfully lack in giving back to the society. But I will strive, to maybe become that person someday. One of the main reasons for my posting this here, on this blog, is so that it remains (for however long this page may exist) as a reminder for myself. 

 // Have been Missing In Action for several months mostly because I have been focussing on growth and taking a break-in general. I'm SUPER EXCITED to be writing here again :). Thanks for reading. God Bless :D
Love
-jeff

Ducks,Fishes And Rain .

Things I've learnt at the end of the 1st year in College :

1. With every project/ assignment/ test- it's better to be prepared early. No matter how thrilling it is to do , last minute. 
2. Friends matter. People matter. If ever you get vulnerable-these people you have around you can make or break you. So treat yourself with respect and pick out people who actually care about you.
   
3. I have some pretty amazing friends.
   
4. If something or some form of activity looks interesting-Go for it, try it out. Chances are v.high that you'll regret it later if you don't.
    
5. At the same time, you have to remember that you can't do EVERYTHING. Prioritize and don't be discouraged.
   
6. Also, this is the time for experimenting, you never know how much you like truly like doing something until you try. Follow your heart!
   
7. The quality of your notes is directly proportional to how much attention you're paying in class, and how fast you can write.
   
8. It is not okay to scribble all over the class room boards, just because they have all kinds of coloured chalk, in between classes. At least when the teacher is nearby.
   
9. To keep the Faith. And to Pray.
   
10. To Love.
    
    It's been a pretty packed year, and we've all done a lot of learning. We've also become people we weren't at the beginning of it. 

HOW WEIRD IS THAT. AND COOL TOO. 

 MORE COOL THAN WEIRD.

So here's to more such amazing, Blessed years for EVERYBODY :D yay! 

love

 -jeff 

Angular Brackets #1

                               Okay, it's been a while, yeah? And I really want to post something.
                                                                 IREALLYREALLYDO.

                                                  And there's always something to be said.
                                                                       But

                just, not right now. 

 SO INSTEAD, I'm going to Post something that one of my friends and I drew, during this free English period when the teacher had to do something else.

                                                                       ENJOY! :D

 Heh, heh.

Yeah. 

Thanks for your time :D

Love 

   -Jeff 

Love?

Why do people get to feel happy, if it’s all going to go away one day and be replaced with a horrible empty sadness?

Why do people meet other people who totally know them, will stick with them and Love them- ONLY to lose them at some point?

why do we love if it can never last? 

Why do we even bother with love?
Why do we even bother with making friends?

 I know it makes the journey worthwhile, and I know it’s foolish to think that we can make it on our own, all alone.
Because we can’t do that, we need other people. No matter how independent a person we are.
[We know this to be true because : as kids, I'm sure, we all either had to go without any real, faithful friends for a while- or at least had this period of separation from them-that made us feel bad. Just plain bad.]
But, no matter how many people we do end up having in our lives…it doesn’t matter if we don’t even Love ourselves. 
and even if we don't learn this ourselves, God has a Way of putting people in our lives to teach us these things, and hopefully lead us out of our own misery. But it's up to us to accept it.
Because the most helpful ‘other people’ can be, is to show us the way, and to let us know that they are there.
It’s up to our own self to pick ourselves and go that way. It’s up to us to let them be there for us. 

Life is weird.

But, there’s always something that keeps me hanging on.
Hope creeps up ever so often, and things sometimes make sense.
Most times,  it's confusing, very confusing.

Sometimes, though, I think it's enough to know that you're not the only one out there, feeling this way. (this is where you click the play button to the following video :) ) 

(all video credits go to Paramore.)
OH, and Thank You Christina Roshini Samuel- for reading the previous version of this post, giving your awesome constructive criticism and for showing me the important thing that was missing in it. : D
love
 -jeff

Why people write

11/2/2012,
    Why do people write?

 In my opinion, people write when we get get bored and to keep ourselves from going insane.
Why this extremity in my thinking, you ask? It's because I'm waiting here, alone, wanting to do other things, wanting to be in other places and wanting to see other events. I'm sitting alone, with no appealing sources of entertainment, but myself, and so- before I (as I usually do) start over thinking and confusing myself, or, not thinking at all and boring myself flat.-I pull out this notebook to write.
 To keep myself from going straight down insanity lane .
And that is why I think that writers write-to keep themselves from going insane.
Just sayin'.
--
(I'm exaggerating of course.
I can't possibly know why everyone who writes, write. People usually do it because they have stories to tell-and writing is a means by which they can share these stories to other people.
And besides, I know a lot of perfectly "non-insane" people who don't write all that much.)

Things you never thought you'd do someday.

Hey there,
       There are probably millions of THINGS you could do.
Mostly, in our minds we decide, we plan and we wait for the perfect moment to announce itself; and sometimes we actually do the things we want to do. And along the way, we end up doing a LOT OF NEW THINGS, that we never thought we'd be doing someday.
We may end up :
1.dyeing our hair a different colour
2.breaking a world record
3.holding a silk worm

yep, today, I actually held one of these guys/ girls :D
Er.
To those of you who find this gross/ weird/ wrong, here's a picture of a puppy:

YAY!
 : D 

Swiftly moving along,
 besides the things that you are forced to do  do because you have to, there are some things that you can actually choose to do, if time permits. 

AND OH MY GOSH, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU TO PICK OUT THESE THINGS AND HOPEFULLY ENJOY DOING THEM . 

(I'm exaggerating of course, it's not so difficult to pick out the things you like to do-sometimes- And in retrospect, God chooses what we'll be doing and who we'll be meeting.) 

 I'm still trying to figure these things out, really.
The things we choose to do, sometimes accidentally-without giving it much thought, turns out to be things of great SIGNIFICANCE, later in life.
And how different would Life have turned out to be if we didn't do the things we did or did do the things we didn't?  

If this is what your reaction was to that last sentence, I totally understand..
It was mine,too, after I wrote it..
Read it again, and feel better about your brilliance :) 

 We'll never know how it would have been. All we know is : HOW IT IS.

That's all.
And that's all we need, so it's okay.
I don't have all the answers, to all of the WHY?s the HOW?s and !@$#%$^$@^&**(?s

But.

I know that it's important to enjoy the little things in life, to make the tiny moments count-not just for yourself, but for others as well ( and in doing so, you're back to making it count for yourself : D !) and we don't really need to know the answers to all these questions about life, in order to LIVE.  

love

   -jeff