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Happy new year. I was listening to Jars of Clay song titled ‘Frail’ and I had this imagery in my mind walking through the paddy fields of Kedah.
Walking alone, enjoying the greenery as far as the eyes can see and being free.
Here are the lyrics:
Convinced of my deception
I’ve always been a fool
I fear this love reaction
Just like you said I wouldA rose could never lie
About the love it brings
And I could never promise
To be any of those things[Chorus:]
If I was not so weak
If I was not so cold
If I was not so scared of being broken
Growing old
I would be…
I would be…
I would be…Blessed are the shallow
Depth they’ll never find
Seemed to be some comfort
In rooms I try to hideExposed beyond the shadows
You take the cup from me
Your dirt removes my blindness
Your pain becomes my peace
When it goes, “Blessed are the shallow, depth they never find.”
It reminds me of decisions that I have made which I can’t turn away through enlightenment. Those who are shallow doesn’t have to know the depth and just move on in life.
Maybe that’s why sometimes I feel like discouraging people from doing a postgrad. Are we able to take in so much as shallow people?
I guess, time will lead us to it.