Oops, haven't updated in such a long time...

So what's new? For one, the pace of school. It's merely been the first week and I'm tired already. Lessons are going at breakneck pace, teachers are rushing through tutorials and lectures, workload has doubled, no, tripled.

All the stress is getting to me I think. Never felt so desolated in my life.

Ah well, life goes on. Here's to another week of lessons and a SAT test to round it all off.

Smile

Wanted to put a pretentious smiley on the end of the title, but well, the lyrics below are sad enough.

At least to me.

Smile though your heart is aching,

Smile even though it's breaking.

When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by

If you smile through your fear and sorrow,

Smile and maybe tomorrow,

You'll see the sun come shining through for you.

Light up your face with gladness,

Hide every trace of sadness,

Although a tear may be ever so near.

That's the time you must keep on trying,

Smile, what's the use of crying?

You'll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just smile.

That's the time you must keep on trying,

Smile, what's the use of crying?

You'll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just smile.

Two poems to share today:

Untitled by Anonymous

What can make a mighty man fall to his knees?

What will make a struggling sinner find inner peace?

What, so strong, is able to crush the haughtiest man's pride?

What, so tender, can piece together a broken heart aright?

What can break the stubborn will of men who think they know

The path that life should follow, and what it should hold?

What illumines the star of joy, when darkness doth surround,

Uplifting sunken spirits when hope is nowhere to be found?

What can bond ten thousand men under a common love?

What will make twenty thousand kneel down to reach above?

What would case a man to give off all he can afford?

Nothing -

Nothing but the words of the Lord.

For All The Morrows by A.J. Flint

Has last year brought sadness?

Joy is yet in store.

Has it given gladness?

This year giveth more.

Let your Father measure

All your pain and care,

Let Him weigh the burden

That your heart must bear,

Sending light or shadow

As He deemeth best,

For in His sure wisdom

You can surely rest.

Peace for all the morrows,

Strength for all the days,

These shall be your portion

Through the New Year's ways.

Second one is quite an apt one, considering the period of time we are in right now. Forget resolutions and celebration, I'm just going to trust in my Lord for the year ahead. I will rest in His sure wisdom and put all my cares upon Him.

To the new year. To five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes of life ahead of me. With God by my side, I can do anything.

I just know it.