The Small Hill

It's just a small hill.

But it is the hill I love to climb.

I frequent it because it's easier and faster to reach the top of the hill.

Climbing up the hill takes sometime. But it's worth the time, effort, and energy.

It is cooling and refreshing to take a morning climb before the daily activities begin.

It is relaxing and calming to have an evening climb when the busy day is done.

Here, from the top of the hill, I can see how nature runs its course. Nothing runs too slowly and nothing rushes too fast. Everything flows and goes just nice and easy.

No one makes unnecessarily noise and no one complains.

Everyone and everything work together in peace and harmony.

I enjoy my every climb up the small hill.

I always come and climb with eagerness and anticipation.

And as I leave the hill, I bring along inspiration and extra energy.

Here, on top of the hill, nature opens up my eyes and mind, and widens my horizon and perspective in life.

Here, on top of the hill, I see life as it is and not as it should be. I see God's hand in everything; everything just follows.......

There are many hills and mountains around the area where I can see much further and better.

But the small hill is just enough for me to see what I desire to see.......

It will be nice to live on a hill, to really relax and to unwind from the stresses of life and work.

It will be heart warming to look at the innocent faces of the wonderful people in the hill....... It feels me with joy incomprehensible!

It will be amazing to listen to the sound of the waterfall and the overflow of water, the chirping and singing of birds and insects, the rustling and dancing of the leaves....... It nourishes my mind to the beautiful music of the rain forest!

It's just very wonderful and wonderful.......

But then, come the busy activities of the towns and cities at the bottom of the hill.

It's time to climb down the hill with this clumsy body..........

It's time to go back to the busy towns and cities that refuse to sleep........

Oh, my small hill........

As I walk slowly down the hill, I notice a signboard advertising a new housing estate up the hill........ I sigh and cry....... for my small hill.

If only they know the value of the small hill.......Sigh!

Telling A Lie

Have you ever tell a lie? Have you ever tell a lie that you would later regret? How can you stop a liar from habitually lying to you?

Many of us have a hard time dealing with lies and deceptions. Some of us are trying ways and means to recognize liars and cheaters to run away from them.

We seek true friends and true love. But the issues of rampant lies and deceptions make us weary and adversely affect our mood, behavior and emotion to want to cultivate good friendship and relationship, and to build up trust.

Sometimes we are puzzled why it is so easy for people to tell lies after lies. They have no qualms of conscience and no sense of shame.

For them, the first lie comes just too easily, and subsequent lies will come naturally. They have very quickly become habitual liars and cunning deceivers. From then on, they just don't hesitate to lie anymore. Sad to say, many of us have fallen preys to their mischief and trickery.

It is easy to lie but not easy to cover a lie. It is easy to tell a lie but hard to tell only one lie. To tell the first lie, we need to cover it with a second lie. To cover the second lie, we need a third lie. To cover the third lie, we need a fourth lie. And we will lie and lie until we are discovered and uncovered, or until we are fed up of lying.

It is never okay to tell a lie, no matter its size or content. A lie is something concocted to deviate from telling the truth. And we have the right to tell only the truth and not any lie. It is always wrong to tell a lie.

But sometimes people say, “You can tell a lie as long as you do not hurt people. Lies add spice to our lives"

But how do you know? When people are hurt, they don't necessarily tell you. Besides, word does build up or tear down, and help or harm a person. Word will either encourage or bring comfort to us, or it will bring despair and distress. No...no. It is better not to assume things. In fact, you wouldn't be happy with your pack of lies. Instead, you will be haunted by it all the time.

But sometimes people say, "You must not hesitate to tell a lie if you can save a life. It is actually not a bad thing to tell a lie in order to do a good deed." In other word, it is the ends that justify the means.

I have no answers to this kind of reasoning. I only hope that God will be pleased with me and my doings in the Judgment Day.

But I am against people who will not hesitate to tell a lie in order to shift the blame onto the other party and save their own skins. These people will not hesitate to tell a lie to better themselves and to demean others. As long as they look good, nothing else mattered.

In conclusion, I would say, "Please do not lie. To tell a lie unintentionally is a mistake. To intentionally tell a lie is stupid. And please do not bluff. The truth will eventually come out. No use to be too defensive."

It is better to tell the truth. It makes life easier, happier, simpler, and more enjoyable.

Please don't lie before people see through your lies.

Have a nice day.