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I think yesterday was really one of those times when something happens to you that automatically makes you think about it, and start reflecting..

I went ice-skating early in the morning with Kai Xuan & my sis. We took SO long just to fit into those skates because we were SO afraid of blisters. =X Finally, we got those skates on, and gamely tried a little "stunts" like skating backwards and twirling around (or at least, I did). One of the coaches switched off the lights and played this Happy Birthday song for one of the skaters, complete with soap suds floating down. It was really cute, and we tried getting a little on our hair! They were complaining constantly about the skates being too tight, but I think they'd rather have blisters than a sprained ankle! My sis promised to buy me a pair of skates for my birthday, which is coming very soooon, and I heard the good ones are pretty expensive, but she promised! (Kai Xuan's the witness!)

Then at one point, this really cool music started playing. Because I always tried to skate along with the music, I was skating faster and faster (it was a fast song). There was this really huge "colony" of skaters in front of me, so I passed them, and skated pass this group of guys too busy throwing chipped ice at each other to be skating "properly". I tried to go faster and faster, trying to well, 'overtake' everyone. One by one I passed them, and I felt this energy that really made me feel like, *whooosh!* I think it's what people call 'natural high'.

Then as I skated, I went to this part of the rink that was really brightly lit, and with no one at that section (which is funny, 'cos the rink was quite crowded!) Then, as I skated "solo", right there with the lights acting like a spotlight, I thought "well, you've got this far, well done. So, what's next?"

I was like, Great, I passed all of them, then what? SO what?

Sometimes people can really get so side-tracked, can't they? We are so busy concentrating on our little ambitions, on our puny dreams and small hopes, that we forget the main picture. We get side-tracked by all that glitz and glamour, and we forget.

We forget what we should really be focussing on, and we try to reach for something that doesn't really matter. We try, hope, wish, dream, and work for something that isn't of much worth, and once we get it, if we do, we get stuck and ask, What Next?

That little ice-skating time really made me OPEN MY EYES to see and check myself. What do I work for, what Should I work for. It's a personal journey, and we reach for different goals, but I'm not going to forget my main one. I know I've found it.

Know Him, and make Him Known.