June 10, 2001: Late to Church & 5 Simple Rules

Hi,

How was your weekend? For me, this weekend was fairly low key. I went to
this area called Clementi to do some shopping for home furnishings.
Clementi reminds me of the housing estates in Hong Kong. Right when you
get off the MRT (subway), there is a huge number of stores selling just
about everything, many food courts, and large residential apartment
buildings, all in close proximity. Among my favorite purchases were two
vases, one a Ming dynasty look-alike (white with blue patterns), and
another that is a solid blue glaze. The best thing is that they only cost
S$2 each! Also, I bought these heavy metal balls that Chinese people like
to twirl around in their hands for S$5. These hand exercises is suppose to
improve your health.

I visited two more churches this weekend, and sang two songs that are among
my favorites, "How Great Is Your Love", and "I Could Sing of Your Love
Forever". The worship time at both churches were pretty good, and the
teaching was good as well. I think I have about four or five more churches
that I want to visit before deciding on one. It's going to be a tough
decision because there are so many good churches here.

This coming Saturday, I'll be going to Shanghai, China, for over a week.
Let me know if you have any friends in the Shanghai area. I would love to
meet up with them. Avery Dennison has a large factory in the Shanghai
area, and we also have a "Converting College", where we train Avery
employees and our customers on the different printing technology and how
they work with our adhesives. On the weekends, I'll get a chance to tour
the Shanghai area. So, I may not be able to send out a weekly email next
weekend.

Speaking of traveling, I have some friends who are going to Europe in the
coming two months. One group is going to Paris, and another friend who is
going to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. If you have any friends in those
cities, I'm sure that they would love to meet up with an American there.
So, please send me any contact info for your friends and I'll forward it to
them. Thanks!

This week's thought provoking question is: "If you were to choose a
musical instrument that best describes your character, what would you
choose?"

The humor and inspirational pieces below was forwarded by Anna Man.

Enjoy!

-Josh.
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Late to Church

One Sunday morning a little girl in her Sunday best was running so she
wouldn't be late for church. As she ran she kept praying, "Dear God, please
don't let me be late to church. Please don't let me be late to church...."

And, as she was running she tripped and fell. When she got back up she
began praying again, "Please, God don't let me be late to church -- but
don't shove me either!"
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Five Simple Rules

1. Free your heart from hatred.

2. Free your mind from worries.

3. Live simply.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less.

No one can go back and make a brand new start, but anyone can start from
now and make a brand new ending.

Disappointments are like road humps, they slow you down a bit but you enjoy
the smooth road afterwards.
Don't stay on the humps too long. Move on!

When you feel down because you didn't get what you wanted, just sit tight
and be happy, because there is
something better in store for you.

When something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it means. There's
a purpose to life's events, to
teach you how to laugh more or not to cry too hard. You can't make someone
love you, all you can do is be
someone who can be loved, the rest is up to the person to realize your
worth.

Be Blessed!