A Silver Lining

My friends know I'm all about "The Cheese". Sometimes, I'm as Cheesy as Cheesy gets. Nuff said.

You know what they say about, "Behind every cloud is a silver lining". Well, this saying is especially true because I've found mine.

But before I go on to say anything else, I really do wanna express my most sincere gratitude towards my dear friends and family for showing their strength, comfort and consideration towards me last week.

That experience (as per my previous post) was honestly one of the worst things I've had to deal with in a very long time. I'll be even more honest by saying that I don't think I've been THAT sad since my late Grandmother's funeral close to 7 years ago. So glad no one saw me then.

To some of you, I was completely honest. To some, I was really vague. It was just really hard to bring it up again after everything. But things are better now. After some time, I no longer feel any shame or condemnation towards what happened last week and I praise God for it. Some things just takes time...

And I don't know if I've said this before, but there really is no Strength on Earth like the one from Jesus Christ.

So thank you again for everything.

Just a short update on what's happened since then. I've begun to fully accept my circumstances and slowly been able to share and talk to people about it again. And like I said, my Faith Journey should really be titled, "God's Closed Doors" or something.

Because for me, personally, God's grace is almost always shown through shutting numerous doors, before opening different, unexpected and better ones in my life.

For instance, just about the same time as I received that horrible news earlier, I got an email from this Land Surveying/Town Planning firm and was invited to work at their firm as a casual Office Assistant for a coupla weeks. The only reason I was contacted by this firm was because I had met the Director/CEO of this company at an industry even many months ago, who still remembered me very well (which I am so humbled by) since then. I certainly remembered the amazing conversation I had with him but never expected it to be vice versa.

It was so unexpected and I am so happy for this opportunity. I'm not sure what doors it'll open, since it's not even in my field of study. But being able to be in close contact with someone in his position is always amazing I never know what the future holds. So far, I'm just even more humbled by the fact that someone like him would recognise and value me, as an individual, among so many people even though I don't have much to give.

As for the fact that I don't have a job JUST YET, my new option right now is to do a year-long Masters Program next year. Feelin' really good about it, the more I think about it. It's now been able to open up SO many opportunities to do so many things. For instance:

- to get a Masters Degree early on (before I actually start working full-time)
- go back for Summer to see and play with my NEPHEW for the first time (!!!!!!!!!!)
- fly to Kuching for a friend's wedding in Jan (ALWAYS wanted to go!!)
- give my WHOLE family a chance to visit me in Dec 2012 (brother, sis-in-law and nephew included) and have the holiday in Australia we've ALWAYS talked about
- maybe travel after that...?
- and so much more...

Basically, I'm no longer scared of what the Future holds for me. Because I know with all my heart that it is HIS WILL that will prevail above all others, and especially mine.

Life has its ups and downs. But thank God for Friends and Family during the ups and especially the downs.

It probably won't always be smooth sailing from hereon, but let's not forget to take care of one another.

Love you all,
Winston.