Thursday, June 26, 2008
7:54 PM | Success which are seemingly achievable,but are just a dream.
We've just finished our recent camp this June holidays. I'm sure many of you have fun in it. Regardless of some of the flaws and drags we exprienced during it,I think everyone has their own favourite part of the camp and you definately enjoyed it.But the driving force behind the success of the camp,the enojoyment purely from the participation of the camp did not happen just overnight! It was throughly planned and tried many times by the S3's who were planning their first camp, complimented with the exprience of the teachers who took time off their hectic shedule to achieve this feat. It can therefore be said that no one could had done it alone without any form of help.Leaders dont build character without crossing the bridge of discipline. Discipline, be it self-descipline or "others-enforced" disciplined is the crossing over / stepping stones to get you from a uncut diamond filled with dirt to a polished one being fitted onto a ring. From what you HOPE to be to what you WANT to be.If you all may still recall that on the last night I did not force anyone of you people to sleep instead I merely requested that you all lie down and stop talking,in case you woke your friends up. I know that on the last night of camp everyone wants to stay up and talk. But there are others who are simply worn out from the exprience. Those who are very adaptable in camps can will themselves not to have much sleep but remain just as active, but not all of us have such abilities. What happened the next morning was what i would classify was a fiasco. We all knew the time to wake up but some of us were too tired to drag our bodies out of the comfort area,even then we took our time to prepare. In this case being late was only a passable consequence. What if we were in other situations?Bridges of discipline are painful to build and cross,but once formed they can get you renewed and changed for the betterment. Our character isnt very strong at times. We all have our own downfall. When it caves in, it means you've met with your own personal disaster and you're in need of some serious fixing. Maybe you've lost your loved one,or you just broke up, or some financial outstanding debts. We may look strong on the outside,but inside you're shredding to pieces. Ironically, I feel that those who cry on the outside are generally people who feel less pain than those who cry in the inside.When our teachers says "We'll do 10 questions a day during the holidays" You'll go like " Hey man, its 10 questions! it cant be THAT bad." but when the holidays really start, you go like "its only 10! I'll get it started tomorrow and I'll still be able to complete it." When the end of the holiday comes,most of us have yet to complete it! why so? Because since Day 1 you did not lay the foundations for your bridge.Here's another example,try asking any professional athelete to do poorly in a competition. Sounds ridiculous? well, here's a newsflash! They are so trained physically and psychologically to win, that whenever they compete their minds already echo the sense of winning, the sense of glory when they win. That taste that never leaves them.For them,they've already inhibited the sense of discipline into their habits and actions. THIS is the level of achievement propels them forward until they reach the pinnacle.What about you? Have YOU began building YOUR bridge of discipline. It may be a small step such as listening in class,showing some respect to the teacher you hate most. But it has to be a deep conviction in you to change,when your teacher notice the change in you, they know then,that your status is beffiting of that of your behaviour. Its perfectly fine if you're still lost,get a goal on your own when you come together as a council board,set a shared vision. And when you arrive at the 2009 investiture,guage how far you've run the race,how well have you done. By then, if hard work was present during the process, I'm sure you'll feel that any feat isnt too hard. As the addidas slogan goes " Impossible is Nothing". ---In best regards,Isaac Liu.
