Birthday Tree

A friend sent this to me...

My birthday tree is the Maple Tree. Supposedly, I'm have the following characteristics:

- Independence of mind (quite, I think....hubby calls it "stubborn"...haha...)
- no ordinary person (yup, I'm special to my loved ones!)
- full of imagination (haha...very true! I like to daydream!) and originality (hmm...dunno about this one)
- shy and reserved (used to be...but somewhat changed as I grew older)
- ambitious (only when it comes to certain things)
- proud (yah...tink i'm quite...don't apologize easily when I'm wrong)
- self-confident (quite also I think...hehe...)
- hungers for new experiences (this is just euphemism for me being easily bored)
- sometimes nervous (hmm...don't we all get nervous sometimes?)
- has many complexities (I'm no simple gal...watch out!)
- good memory (I do have a pretty good memory...hehe)
- learns easily (hmm...only applies to things that do not require hand, leg and visual judgement coordinater eg driving, cycling)
- complicated love life (nay...my love life is very simple: hubby was my first and only boyfriend)
- wants to impress (come on lah...don't we all wanna impress others?)


Hubby's birthday tree is the Hornbeam Tree. Supposedly, he has the following characteristics:

- Good Taste (I fully agree!!)
- of cool beauty (err...what's "cool beauty"?)
- cares for its looks and condition (fully agree!!)
- is not egoistic (now...I don't believe there's any guys in the world that's not ego lor...)
- makes life as comfortable as possible (Hubby sure knows how to enjoy life!)
- leads a reasonable and disciplined life (Well, Hubby's is very organized person...come to think of it, yah lah...he's quite disciplined)
- looks for kindness and acknowledgement in an emotional partner (that's quite true too...but everyone also hope that their partner is kind to them and acknowledge them mah...)
- dreams of unusual lovers (this one I won't know...)
- is seldom happy with it's feelings (not true lah)
- mistrusts most people (hmm...let's just say that it's not that easy to gain his trust)
- is never sure of it's decisions (haha...this one quite true...something which sometimes irks me...hehe)
- very conscientions ("very" is an understatement...he's super conscientious!)


I usually don't believe in any of these birthday tree, birthday stone, birthday flower thingy...dats why after typing the above 2 paras, I decide to do a little experiment. I continued to read up on all the other birthday trees...and realised that most of the trees describe me quite well also lah...Chey!!

It's just something that people came up with to make people feel special and belonged, I suppose...perhaps in our day and age where everything is moving so quickly and people are losing face to face rapidly as the use to internet is growing rapidly too, more and more people are feeling lonely and not understood. Therefore little "tests" like these serves as sources of comfort to know that there are still people who knows what they are like. For a brief moment, I also felt good to find out that I was an "maple tree". It's hard to describe, but it's that brief moment of joy and happiness I felt when I realised that I belong to group of people who are like me...my fellow "maple trees".

But the nature of such things are such...it makes one feel good for that brief moment, but it doesn't last. A week later, if I hadn't written this blog, would I still remember that my birthday tree is the maple tree? Even if I do, would I remember what the characteristics are? Probably not...so what if for a moment I felt that I belonged to a community of "maple trees"? It doesn't last...even if I never forget the "maple tree", would it still hold as much significance to me after a week, a month, a year? I doubt.

Makes me wonder if society has gotten to a point where even these little boosters in life are enough to make people feel happier than they usually are. What in this world can they depend on to give them lasting joy and assurance? Have they found the ultimate source?

Once again, for a moment in time, God opened my eyes to see that His words are very true: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away" (Matt 24:35, Mark 13:31, Luke 21:33) Perhaps the things we are busy chasing after is meaningless, just like what King Solomon had written in the Ecclesiastes. Perhaps we think we are satisfied with instant gratifications, but are we really? In the midst of all the busyness, don't we realise that we are actually very hungry and thirsty for something that can satisfy us once and for all? Don't all of us seek something that is more lasting and eternal? Or perhaps we have been too busy to even stop and think about it?

For those who are reading this and have yet to know Jesus, I would like to share with you that in the midst of all the chaos that the world is in now, Jesus is the only one thing that has never changed from the beginning of age till now. If you're looking for something that last, someone who will never let you down, who promise to love you just the way you are, whose love for you will never change no matter what happens, who loves you enough that He suffered the torture on the cross so that you would be saved and loved (even before you were born), who promises to be with you for eternity (who promises you eternity!)...why not turn to Jesus? He is opening His door to you today!

I have experienced this many times in my life, God has never failed me, and only He was able to comfort me and give me peace when no one and nothing else could. But no amount of words from me will be able to describe what it's like if you decide to have Jesus be the Lord of your life, it's something you gotta experience yourself.

The invitation has been made, the door has been open for you...now Jesus is standing at the door of your heart, waiting for you to open your door. Are you willing to let him in?

(If you wanna give Jesus a chance to enter your life, look for any christian friends to help you take the step! If there's no one you can turn to, please feel free to email me. God bless!)