I will always remind myself that I should not put too high an expectation of the boys as God has his best interest in their life and future, not what I hope to see. I just want to journey with them, pushing and encouraging them while seeing what God had planned for them.
The recent Elias Park Primary School's Honours Day Award surprised me, as Josiah was chosen for the Best Sportsman in his class, the same award that Joshua received last year. Both boys did something that their Daddy had not achieved in the past, which was to get a trophy during the school's awards day. I just want to say that I'm proud of both of you, but the days ahead will not be as easy because you will see more competition, and you will realise many people are willing to work harder than you and many who are smarter than you all completing in your field. I hope that as both of you enter volleyball in P3, you will learn about grit and determination.
Josiah was nervous the Award's day. He seemed anxious before walking up the stage, and when I tried to pose a picture with him, his mind was all over. Even after the event, it was still tough for me to take a picture with him. He was such a compliant boy, wanting to ensure he did things correctly in according to procedures.
The boys followed me to the monthly food distribution event as I went up 2 floors of Blk 492F to remind everyone to come down and collect their food and, at the same time, try to befriend them. The boys will always help me distribute door goodies when they see children.
We also went out as usual on weekends and recently to Orchard Road with Zi Qing. The two were just followers when they met a personality like Zi Qing, who loves to lead. Boys, I hope you both will learn to lead and teach Zi Qing how to behave at times too, telling her what is right and what is not, instead of being led by her to do mischievous or defiant acts.
I always hope you will look deeper into the things we do in our daily lives. Your current daily prayers are like for the past at least 1-2 years: "God, thank you for bringing us out, thank you for buying ice cream to us, etc..." and it is all about you. I look forward to the day you will learn to pray for others and not all about yourselves.
All of us have an equal 24 hours a day. How we are going to make use of our day can determine our life ahead. Choose our activities carefully and do not spend the entire time watching YouTube and absorbing ourselves into programmes that don't need to use our brains. Such a program is okay once a while, but too much of it will bring down our IQ.
