Expand the capacity

I recently get acquainted with a family who lives in a single family residential in saratoga ( a rich neighbourhood in silicon valley). They do not have any Children because the wife had two mis-carriages. "Then why not adopt?" "While the wife was not sure if she will love the child if it is adopted."

I recently get to know a family having all their children are adopted. (http://qbabel.blogspot.com/)
When my son was having play date with them, I honestly felt the mom could not love them more. And that love is contagious to me.

And here is some one, capable of having their own biological child but decide to adopt, and the third one is one with a medical condition, prompted by God. (http://maksters.blogspot.com/2011/03/her-heart-condition.html)

I had an old acquaintance, who have two houses, 4 cars including one sport, one luxury, weekly massage,...but children are too much work for her.

Father God, please build our capacities, to have our next generation having expanding capacities.

A life without limbs

I heard of Nick Vujicic when I was told by doctors and statics that my son has 1/9 risk of being a down syndrome baby (comparing 1/thousands for a risk of normal baby).

At the time, however, my fragile heart can not take anything like that and I can not even take a glimpse or imagine a person like Nick Vujicic.

Recently, when discussing the impossibles, people told me Nick, without limbs, can ski,...
www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/
I looked him up and surprisingly I did not find weakness and vulnerable but I find strength.

Be inspired. A life without limbs have demonstrated no limits.

Be courageous.

"For the Lord our God will be with you wherever you go."

Last night, late at night, my husband asked me if I heard of Christopher Yuan. I quickly run through my thin data base of Asian CEOs of start-ups, top litigators etc...Then he told me Christopher Yuan's live story.

Then he asked me if we would be able still to pray with other people, like Chris's parents did, if my son is unconventional like Chris. I first reaction was I would commit a suicide long before his mom.

My 9-month old was in deep sleep and I was in tears. I really do not know what his life contains. Teenage years, adulthood...Maybe I should fast and pray every Monday so that his life does not have any difficulty. But isn't that there is only one way to learn about the depth of life--in its difficulties, knowing the limits of our own strength? I wept. Father God, can you give me all the troubles he will have, all the pain he will bear, so that he can be trouble, pain free?

Today, accidentally, I saw a group of young girls, singing "Be courageous, for the Lord our God will be with you wherever you go". (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjtJ4Bq3oY4&feature=related)
All of the sudden, I am released from the dark cloud from last night, not because of the lyrics, but because who sing-- a group of young people, pre-teens. Our next generation can be just like them, sing with freedom, dance with joy, regardless the circumstances, as THEIR heavenly father will be with them wherever they go.

Spend time with a device or a human being?

Sitting in the lobby of Company A waiting for my host to pick me up, a strong feeling came: I do not belong here, no matter how much is paid.

The building and environment is nice, people traveling from China wish to visit. What troubles me is that it felt a machine’s world and not a human being’s world. Everyone here, regardless where they are coming or going, wired on a device, busy txt messaging, reply emails, or surfing the web.

Directors show up, decent business people with some reasonable technical knowledge. Good friendly conversations. Industrial designers show up---they dress extremely unique…”Company A is built on each individual’s PRIDE”. “There is no consensus here”. “They do not care if they get along”. (a HR comment).

Company A’s products are worshipped all over the world. But why people want to spend their in that culture? NO Choice?