A strange, strange title. At least to me, it is.
Let's get straight to the point, since most probably wouldn't understand what I'm talking about in the title unless I really go into depth.
Nike vs. Singlish.
Just Do It vs. Sure Or Not?
Which would you choose? I think the answer should be pretty clear.
But more often than not, when the choices presented to us aren't clear and there are people, circumstances, issues all around us, influencing us one way or another, we tend to take the Singlish way. The Easy way. The way we know best.
But should it be like that?
No!
I've come to realise one thing - Ultimately, when many people start showing disapproval or ask you to be careful, those signs are often misunderstood merely as being disapproval, period. What I've been taught time and again (and it's something I should have realised on my own) is that these people care for you, or else they wouldn't even bother to give you any advice.
So yes, we should appreciate these people and their advice. But more than that, do not let doubt delude us into thinking that these people are attempting to sow seeds of doubt into your heart and therefore are all being used by The Enemy. As such, you should not listen to them.
Listen...LISTEN. If we ever thought like that, the one being used by The Enemy is US.
It's not them, but our doubt and our own perceptions that are forming those opinions. Not only does this sow discord between you and the people who care for you, it also waters the seeds of anger, hatred, resentment, arrogance and all the negative emotions you can think of. Ultimately, it gives rise to bitterness and unthankfulness where people are unable to understand and thus support your dream or whatever you're doing - especially if it's something really different or radical - and that leads to not life, but death.
And sometimes when we keep thinking, we just hesitate and stop. We just keep asking ourselves. "Sure Or Not?"
What we should really be doing is Just Do It.
Ultimately, though, we still need something to keep us in check, and this is what I'm going to keep close to my heart -
Proverbs 4:23
"Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it." (NIV)
"Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life."
Really, Just Do It.
