My life at stake

Just random thoughts...

What do you think I should do Lord? Today I begin to wake up at 7am to get my body adjusted to my new job position.
I need to know what’s at stake and what’s most important to me at this moment. I need to wait for “my marshmallows” instead of touching them or eating them up right away.

Need to read books. Gotta finish books in my room.

Need to organize my documents and files. Massive amount of documents, newspapers, and papers in my room need to be trashed.

Need to plan ahead for my possible internship. Might get to work in Bundang and gotta look for a place to stay.

Need to study consulting. Gotta learn ways to master business basics: frameworks, strategies, etc.

Need to get ready to start dating. Gotta gather myself up for possible dates.

Black, the movie review

I just watched a movie called “Black.” I never wept so much till I watched this movie. I can name “Life is beautiful,” and some other movies but not like this movie I wept so much. Among the statements of the actors, I found many contexts quite similar to mine. I... Read More’m in the middle of my battle with finding a job in Seoul and so was the main character: She was fighting against darkness, ignorance, unworthiness, and failures. I’m going through a similar challenge: a series of rejections from companies that I’ve applied. Although the main character or teacher of her found one of core reasons for the failure, I didn’t think I haven’t found one yet. I just realized, however, while typing this appreciation paragraph, that the true essence of my failure was from my lack of courage to fight against darkness, insecurity, and rejections from people.
From now on, I will celebrate my failures whenever I get rejection in my application process. Thank God for allowing me to see this movie today on my way to Seoul. Otherwise I might have deleted the movie on my laptop. Help me to overcome this difficult job application process.

If you don't make a choice for yourself, someone else will.

I only have 3 hours: 1 hour for file management, 1 hour for planning for interview and test, and 1 hour to get ready for tomorrow.

Realized that I need to prepare myself for the future. If I applied to Korean companies while studying in the U.S., I probably have been better off for the things that I'm going through right now. However, I didn't prepare myself and I wasn't even earnestly attempted to see my future, I now am living in misery.

Preparing for an MBA degree is the same. I could have started GMAT preparation earlier than this year but I'm now stuck in job application and other things in life.

I need to get myself ready; see things coming at me in a moment; see the waves of tsunami before it reaches to shore and crush me.

Now I know why Dion did what he did.

^{Just finished reading Romans 15 and realized what I must do to other people around me, namely neighbors.}

^{Lord, help me please my neighbor.}

¹We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. ²Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. ³For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."^a]">[a] ⁴For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

⁵May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, ⁶so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Do This and You Will Live

I learned the following message from today's sermon.

1. Deut.4:39~40
39 Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. 40 Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time.

2. 28:1~
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:

3.10:12~13
¹² And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³ and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
--> Obeying His decrees and commands=Love

4. Matt 5:17-20
¹⁷"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. ¹⁸I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. ¹⁹Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

5. Romans 13:10
¹⁰Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
--> Faith comes into reality when I love.

6. 1 John 13:18-20
¹⁸Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. ¹⁹This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence ²⁰whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
==>Faith, action, obedience, and love all go along together.
7. John 3:36
³⁶Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."^a]">[a]

8. Luke 8:15
5But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

9. Luke 6:28
²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Today, I also learned the followings in my small group meeting.
1. Humbleness-->to be used by God
2. Be sensitive to God
3. Be joyful

Today's verse

“But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”- 1 Samuel 16:7

bible verses

Romans 8:5-6 (New International Version)

⁵Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. ⁶The mind of sinful man^{a]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a]} is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;

James 4:13-15 (New International Version)

Boasting About Tomorrow

¹³Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." ¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

first car i might own: Avante LPI Hybrid

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A realization about life

When I was watching Doogie Howser, M.D. treating an emergency situation at ER, there was a lightening bolt kind of realization struck in my head. Emergency is not only just applied to medical specialists but also to other parts of life such as HCI (human computer interaction) or marketing sector. If time is like breath in life, I better treat myself curing businesses and malpractices with my marketing skills.

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내가 성공한 것은, 어느 때이건 반드시 15분 전에 도착한 덕택이다. - 넬슨 -

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Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition. - Joe Carlozo

A lesson

From yesterday at my church, I learned a great lesson in life. The quality of being capable, reasonable, and wise is the most important factors in human capital. Watching people, pastor, MCs, and performers at With You Concert challenged me to change what I do and who I am at present. I become to understand now why God chooses a man with humble heart and appropriate preparation.

No limit in life!

You are the architect of your own destiny, you are the master of your own fate, you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Accept the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking. - Brian Tracy

A good quote for me today

내가 만나본 사람들 가운데 가장 유능한 사람은 스스로 그렇게 유능하다고 생각하는 사람이다.

-루즈벨트-

어제부터해서 내 자신에 대한 회의가 시작되었다. 

오늘 아침에도 내가 정말 이렇게 사는데 하나님께 쓰임받을 수 있을까라는 생각을 했다.

혹시 이 회의가 마귀가 주는 회의가 아닌가하는 생각이 문득 들었다. 하나님께선 좋은 것을 주시고자 하고, 사도 바울도 자기에게 얽매이는 부분에 대해서 경고를 했던가?... 

내 자신에게 철저하고, 정리하고, 인생이 관리가 되고, 목표가 세워지고...

최선을 다하자. 나 자신에게 힘을 가지자. 나 자신을 이 세상에 나오게 하신 하나님을 믿자.

내 자신을 유능하게 여기자

Things I'm thankful of

Starting today, I'd like to begin writing thanksgiving things at least 5.
1. I'm thankful that I have two ears, arms, and eyes to operate.
2. I have two caring parents.
3. I have a home to stay.
4. I have some intelligence to start with.
5. I have a decent Internet connection at home.

Determine to be great!

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are only great if they are determined to be so. - Charles de Gaulle
* 위대한 사람 없이는 어떤 위대한 것도 성취될 수 없다. 사람은 위대해지고자 결심해야만 그렇게 될 수 있다.

#10. "인간은 너무나 쉽게 꿈을 포기한다.
그러나 우주는 늘 인간이 꿈을 이루도록 도와줄 준비가 되어 있다."-파울로 코엘료
-출처: 톰 버틀러 보던, <내 인생의 탐나는 자기계발 50(50 Self-help Classics)>, pp.1-88.

#3. 상대방과 같은 시선으로 세상을 바라볼 수 있도록 진심으로 노력하라.
상대의 기분을 이해하는 순간,
상대는 당신의 모든 말에 귀를 기울일 것이다."-데일 카네기

#4. "당신이 대화를 나누는 사람은 당신이나 당신의 문제보다는 그들 자신과 자신의
요구, 자신의 문제에 백배나 많은 관심을 갖고 있다는 사실을 명심하라.
누군가의 치통은 백만 명의 목숨을 앗아간 중국의 굶주림보다 당사자에게
더 큰 의미를 지닌다.
그 사람의 목에 난 종기 하나는 아프리카에서 발생한 40여 차례의 지진보다
큰 관심의 대상이다. 누군가와 대화를 나눌 때 항상 이 점을 명심하라."-데일 카네기

Persist through CRAP!

One of the TED talk was Secrets of Success in 8 Words and the speaker stated that you gotta persist through CRAP (Criticism, Rejection, Assholes, Pressures).

Quote from Caesar

“누구나 모든 현실을 볼 수 있는 것은 아니다. 대부분 자기가 보고 싶어하는 현실 밖에 보이지 않는다” - 로마의 왕, 카이사르 -

Caesar once said that "Not everyone can see all realities in life. Most of us can only see what we want to see" according to Knowyoume.com:)

That is so true. I have seen things that I want to see. I have tried to disregard things that irritate me or things that I don't like. Lord, help me listen what You want me to see not the ones that I want to see. Amen.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

do not talk behind his back

If you can't talk in front of the person, do not talk behind his back.