Anagnorisis: the critical moment of recognition or discovery
just for e record, an excerpt from my prayer journal. 15/06/09 10.35PM:
"half an hour ago, mum called just before RO, and i suddenly remembered that it was dad's bday today. after giving him a call, getting told off for forgetting his birthday, trying to smoke that i actually did remember but was too busy to call (not that it's a good excuse anyway), feeling really indignant that i'm the bad guy despite my dedication, i stepped back and reflected.
and in an epiphanic moment, i realized this is the exact same scenario that parents go through in abandoning their children; the scenario in which the temptations and iniquities of work triumph over familial warmth and friendship, blood and water.
people always talk about the regret and the guilt. they talk about the new leaf and the slippery slope. but no one tells you about the pride that goes before the fall; no one tells you that the lethal and sinister lubricant that the slope is covered in is sometimes not the drive to succeed nor the will to achieve, but something as simple as dedication and passion.
...cos i really wonder what kind of nadir this slope would have led me to if a stop wasn't put to my fall."
Name: Foo Guo Zhong Melvyn
Age: 19+
Affiliations: MSHS (Pri), Rosyth, RI, RJC, SFX (LoG)
Bday: 14th Nov
Email: mel_protoss@hotmail.com
Anagnorisis: the critical moment of recognition or discovery
just for e record, an excerpt from my prayer journal. 15/06/09 10.35PM:
"half an hour ago, mum called just before RO, and i suddenly remembered that it was dad's bday today. after giving him a call, getting told off for forgetting his birthday, trying to smoke that i actually did remember but was too busy to call (not that it's a good excuse anyway), feeling really indignant that i'm the bad guy despite my dedication, i stepped back and reflected.
and in an epiphanic moment, i realized this is the exact same scenario that parents go through in abandoning their children; the scenario in which the temptations and iniquities of work triumph over familial warmth and friendship, blood and water.
people always talk about the regret and the guilt. they talk about the new leaf and the slippery slope. but no one tells you about the pride that goes before the fall; no one tells you that the lethal and sinister lubricant that the slope is covered in is sometimes not the drive to succeed nor the will to achieve, but something as simple as dedication and passion.
...cos i really wonder what kind of nadir this slope would have led me to if a stop wasn't put to my fall."