A good reminder. It is commonly known that divers believed firmly in the axiom, “Plan your dive. Dive your plan.” It is a generally accepted truth that when you go into the wild, an unfamiliar environment and do not know what to expect, you certainly cannot control it. So, a plan is important. On top of it, keeping…

Freedom. So much talk about it. Everyone is demanding their rights regardless of right and wrong. Freedom of speech, freedom of choice. We claim freely a popular verse in the Bible, John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” The Truth that we believe is indeed a Truth that…

Are we worthy and deserving? No, we are not. Since the fall of Adam and Eve, we were not. Since the existence of sin of our fathers and it’s resulting curse, we were condemned. Matthew 20:25-28 (ESV) But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it…

Is this about the beautiful but wicked Queen who was the villainess in the fairy tale, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, first published in December 1937? The one who would stand before her talking mirror to inquire, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Each time, the mirror would respond…

People often describe life as an ocean, deep and mysterious, and we are the vessels. Vessels come in small and big, from fishing boats, cargo vessels to warships. Each has its own capacity, purpose, timing to set sail and duration to sail. Once offshore, the waters will carry each, however and wherever it steers, to…

A poem I chanced upon, written by Emily Dickinson-a reclusive American poet. Unrecognized in her own time, Dickinson is known posthumously for her unusual use of form and syntax. Born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson left school as a teenager to live a reclusive life on the family homestead where she…