"Above all else, guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life... Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not turn to the right or the left."
//Proverbs 4:24-26
I was taking a different flight from my friends on my way from HK back to SG so before I boarded, I had some time to sit down and reflect on the 5 days we spent in HK basically just shopping, eating and chilling out together. When I opened up my bible, funnily it fell open to Proverbs 4:11-24, so I read it through once. And for some reason, the verse about guarding your heart above all else really touched me deeply. Then without knowing why, I took out my iPhone and clicked on my tumblr app and lo and behold, the first thing to pop out on my dashboard was the lovely pic above! Then and there, I knew for sure that he was telling me something about guarding my heart.
So I quietly asked, what are you telling me to guard my heart against?
And the words were clear. Guard against judging other people based on how they act, look and speak. Guard against glorifying yourself. Guard against pursuing the things of the world that do not last. Guard against the different things that will pull you to the left and to the right when you enter the working world.
More amazingly, when I got onto the plane and I was deciding what movie to watch, I came across an interesting synopsis of this Korean courtroom drama called '부러진 화살' or Unbowed. And when I watched it, I think I kinda understood more fully what he was trying to tell me. Basically, the movie is based on the real life story of a Math professor who is apparently wrongly accused of attacking a judge with a crossbow and how he and his lawyer battle against the Korean legal system to get him a fair trial.
I think the movie showed me a glimpse of me the decisions I can choose to make as a lawyer when I go out to work in the future, and how the decisions I make can affect other people's lives. And just before I go into Part B and take the Bar, I think it's just such a timely reminder of how I need to fence up my heart and protect it well, how I need to continuously go back to the place of grace to find strength, and how I need to fix my eyes on the things that are eternal.
"Above all else, guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life... Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not turn to the right or the left."
//Proverbs 4:24-26
I was taking a different flight from my friends on my way from HK back to SG so before I boarded, I had some time to sit down and reflect on the 5 days we spent in HK basically just shopping, eating and chilling out together. When I opened up my bible, funnily it fell open to Proverbs 4:11-24, so I read it through once. And for some reason, the verse about guarding your heart above all else really touched me deeply. Then without knowing why, I took out my iPhone and clicked on my tumblr app and lo and behold, the first thing to pop out on my dashboard was the lovely pic above! Then and there, I knew for sure that he was telling me something about guarding my heart.
So I quietly asked, what are you telling me to guard my heart against?
And the words were clear. Guard against judging other people based on how they act, look and speak. Guard against glorifying yourself. Guard against pursuing the things of the world that do not last. Guard against the different things that will pull you to the left and to the right when you enter the working world.
More amazingly, when I got onto the plane and I was deciding what movie to watch, I came across an interesting synopsis of this Korean courtroom drama called '부러진 화살' or Unbowed. And when I watched it, I think I kinda understood more fully what he was trying to tell me. Basically, the movie is based on the real life story of a Math professor who is apparently wrongly accused of attacking a judge with a crossbow and how he and his lawyer battle against the Korean legal system to get him a fair trial.
I think the movie showed me a glimpse of me the decisions I can choose to make as a lawyer when I go out to work in the future, and how the decisions I make can affect other people's lives. And just before I go into Part B and take the Bar, I think it's just such a timely reminder of how I need to fence up my heart and protect it well, how I need to continuously go back to the place of grace to find strength, and how I need to fix my eyes on the things that are eternal.
