30. the story of three trees

this is a very simple story that someone had just told me..but it made me realised and i would like to share this with people..good things are meant to be shared, right?


Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: " I want to hold treasure. I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I'll be the most beautiful treasure chest in the world!" The second little tree looked out at the small stream trickling by on it's way to the ocean. " I want to be traveling mighty waters and carrying powerful kings. I'll be the strongest ship in the world! The third little tree looked down into the valley below where busy men and women worked in a busy town. I don't want to leave the mountain top at all. I want to grow so tall that when people stop to look at me they'll raise their eyes to heaven and think of God. I will be the tallest tree in the world.

Years, passed. The rain came, the sun shone and the little trees grew tall. One day three wood cutters climbed the mountain. The first wood cutter looked at the first tree and said, "This tree is beautiful. It is perfect for me." With a swoop of his shining axe, the first tree fell. "Now I shall make a beautiful chest, I shall hold wonderful treasure!" the first tree said.

The second wood cutter looked at the second tree and said, "This tree is strong. It's perfect for me." With a swoop of his shining axe, the second tree fell. "Now I shall sail mighty waters!" thought the second tree. " I shall be a strong ship for mighty kings!"

The third tree felt her heart sink when the last wood cutter looked her way. She stood straight and tall and pointed bravely to heaven. But the wood cutter never even looked up. "Any kind of tree will do for me." He muttered. With a swoop of his shining axe, the third tree fell.

The first tree rejoiced when the wood cutter brought her to a carpenter's shop. But the carpenter fashioned the tree into a feed box for animals. The once beautiful tree was not covered with gold, or treasure. She was coated with saw dust and filled with hay for hungry farm animals. The second tree smiled when the wood cutter took her to a shipyard, but no mighty sailing ship was made that day. Instead the once strong tree was hammered and awed into a simple fishing boat. She was too small and too weak to sail to an ocean, or even a river, instead she was taken to a little lake. The third tree was confused when the wood cutter cut her into strong beams and left her in a lumberyard. "What happened?" The once tall tree wondered. " All I ever wanted was to stay on the mountain top and point to God..."

Many days and nights passed. The three trees nearly forgot their dreams. But one night, golden starlight poured over the first tree as a young woman placed her newborn baby in the feed box. "I wish I could make a cradle for him." Her husband whispered. The mother squeezed his hand and smiled as the starlight shone on the smooth and sturdy wood. " This manger is beautiful." She said. And suddenly the first tree knew he was holding the greatest treasure in the world.

One evening a tired traveler and his friends crowded into the old fishing boat. The traveler fell asleep as the second tree quietly sailed out into the lake. Soon a thundering and a thrashing storm arose. The little tree shuddered. She knew she did not have the strength to carry so many passengers safely through the wind and the rain. The tired man awoke. He stood up, stretched out his hand, and said, "Peace." The storm stopped as quickly as it had begun. And suddenly the second tree knew he was carrying the king of heaven and earth.

One Friday morning, the third tree was startled when her beams were yanked from the forgotten wood pile. She flinched as she was carried through an angry jeering crowd. She shuddered when soldiers nailed a man's hand to her. She felt ugly and harsh and cruel. But on Sunday morning, when the sun rose and the earth trembled with joy beneath her, the third tree knew that God's love had changed everything. It had made the third tree strong. And every time people thought of the third tree, they would think of God. That was better than being the tallest tree in the world.

The next time you feel down because you didn't get what you wanted, sit tight and be happy because God is thinking of something better to give you.
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*things might not happen like what we had planned..but i'm very sure there is a reason behind everything..and prayers are answered in the way we least expect...

PRAISE GOD!!!

29. a toast

On friday the 13 we finally decided to drink our wine=) it was not to celebrate the event of bad luck..or was it to celebrate anything..we just felt that it was time to enjoy it as we had no more assignments to worry about for now..hee..or maybe the best reason was to warm ourselves--it was really cold cause there was a horrible storm outside...

we did not get drunk after one bottle but i just felt very happy cause it was my first time drinking with my friends=)haha..and need not worry...........we drank in the comfort of my house..not in some pubs with plenty of drunk british people...so we were very safe=)really had a great time of stress free...but too bad we didn't have cards with us..we shall bring it along the next time..here's some of our pictures.. i find them very special though there's nothing so special about it.....cheers!!!

my drinking buddies

jaryn

kanch

yours truly

28. something to look forward to..

i had planned to go back malaysia at least once in my 3-year stay here but i might be changing my plan for now..hehe..there's just too many things for me to explore here i guess..but who knows what will happen in future.........

my first trip that i'm looking forward to is my christmas holiday trip to SCOTLAND AND LONDON!!! ..heheh...we managed to finalise everything quite last minute but thank God everything worked out very well for us..we got cheap tickets even though it was quite near the date of our trip...we had some problems sorting out our accommodation in london due to the peak season but i gues everything is pretty much settled..PRAISE GOD!!!

i'm just feeling so excited..it's the first trip that we planned ourselves...to add to the excitement, we are going to Scotland!!! it's like so far from Plymouth but yet we managed to settle everything ourselves..(with some advice from our seniors though)..hehe...but really thank madam Nori who trained us to be so independent..hehe...had a lot of practises then organising trips around Malaysia..haha..missed the time she pressured us to be more efficient..haha..she really taught us well=)...

now that i have finish all my assignment that need to be handed up this year, i have nothing else to do but to look foraward and think of my trip...hahah..really pray that my camera will work despite the extreme weather there...praying hard for that...


HAPPY!!! HAPPY!!! and just feeling so relax and excited=)
thank God for these wonderful feelings...how good it is to be able to have these feelings at all times....praise god=)

oh by the way, i will be away from 21 dec 09 to 2 jan 10...

27. a SURPRISE!!!

i am sure it would be a surprise for those who really know me to find out that i will be going to portsmouth to watch a FOOTBALL match. notice the word FOOTBALL is being highlighted.



a girl who had never in her entire life took any notice of football is paying to go watch one. a girl who don't even know who is in blue and who is in red when liverpool played against chelsea.. i cannot believe it either. i got no idea what got into me. but i did it willingly.hahha...it's just for the experience of it i guess..to try to understand what is all the fuss about..hee...



anyway the match i will b watching is portsmouth vs man u...it's on 28 nov 2009

don't have any team to support but i think i will rather support portsmouth..hee..since man u have so many fans already...won't need my cheers..lol...



haha..i still can't believe it....hope it will be a great game=)