Thanks for Accenture, for teaching me how tough it is to make a living, yet granting me mercies that I may be spared from too much work, and giving me a good pay. Thanks for Fun Bin, for teaching me planning, project management, emotional management, and many close friends. Thanks for my parents, who are in good health, and who have been patient and longsuffering all their lives in order to provide me and my brothers with the best, and for never complaining, not even once, about giving up so much for us. Thanks for church, for giving me a strong foundation in understanding the bible, for granting me solace and a safe haven every Lord's Day. Thanks for my pastor's wife, who has been a supportive mentor and senior in listening to my deepest emotional turmoils. Thanks for Mun Wee, for showing to me the importance of putting parents first, and for being my best friend in university. Thanks for Dun Jie, for showing me what it means to be a better person, and to be able to manage my emotions better and more logically. Thanks for Kristyn, for showing to me the power and intensity of romance, for teaching me how to be diligent and conscientious at work. Thanks for Ariele, for providing me always with an anchored opinion of what is balanced. Thanks for Amanda, for showing me what it means to truly listen and have empathy for others, for showing me what it means to honour and love God first, and for showing me once again the power of love. Thanks for Bernard, for revealing to me my weaknesses, and to be there to cover up for them, and in training me to fix them. Thanks for Nathan, for being another strong pillar of support in Christ in a workplace that is so devoid of Christ. Thanks for Timothy, for being a brother in Christ, and allowing me to have a workplace buddy where I can share my joys and sorrows. Thanks for Rudi, for showing to me a different world of consulting out there, and for teaching me the importance of personal development and improvement, for igniting my love in people development. Thanks for Donovan, for being an example of what it means to push hard for the things we like, and for being a fellow brother in games and in ideals, and for always extending a hand to help me regardless of the amount of effort it takes. Thanks for Priscilla, for being a very welcome friend in church, for someone who is close in age to me and whom I can speak to comfortably, for helping out so much in church camp preparations, and always being a sunny and cheerful person all the time.

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Lord, You have taught me that true living isn't living by the Law, but living by Grace. You have shown me that to live by grace is to love You and to place You first, so that every righteous thing I do stems from love and not fear. So teach me Lord, to learn how to be grateful, to empathise with others truly on a personal level, to put others first, to give rather than receive, to be patient and longsuffering, to have faith like Abraham despite how our eyes see things as falling apart, to walk by faith and not by sight, to understand love in its truest form. Lord, help me to love You. || posted by Kuan Hui