I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much
I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an 'Atta boy' or 'Atta girl'
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
The temporary trappings of this world
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthly list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy
Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well Done" good and faithful one...
just finished watching "a beautiful mind" and "prozac nation". the thought of watching "a beautiful mind" was when i was strolling in a dvd shop trying to see if "the leap years" dvd is out. well, cldnt find it in 3 dvd shops, so i guessed it is not out yet or may not be out at all since it is a local production. anyway, the title of that show attracted me... a beautiful mind.. i wonder wat it is about. looking at the synopsis, i wldnt say that it attracted me to watch it but i thought just to give it a try since it is in a way, a true story. i have an inclination to watch movies based on true stories.
it was rather touching and sad at some point of the show. it was great to have such a supportive wife when such a calamity falls. im nt sure if real life this truly happened but it was depicted in the movie. i wondered in real life nowadays especially, will the wife have stayed on cos the husband was considered "un-functional" at a point in his life. true that i have read some stories too on reader digest, that the wife stuck with the husband even though illness struck... but again, they are of the last or an even earlier generation. in this materialistic and self-centered wold now, will it still exist. i guess this will have to do with the concept of marriage and covenant - "all that i have i give to u, all that i have in share with you... in sickness, in health. richer or poorer... till death do us part..." - does this vow matter much to ppl nowadays i wondered.
anyway, im sometimes amazed how i cld write so much without the intention of writing those comments in the 1st place. i have wanted to write abt how the mind works fascinated me again, or more accurately, how a disturbed or sick mind comes about. i have always been, can i say fascinated? i thought i wld sound sick too... haha... but i do really think about how did all those depression, multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia come abt.. how did the mind got sick in the 1st place. (after-all i have wanted to be a psychologist or psychiatrist before). those who thinks too much? stress? those who have a v sad childhood? those who suffered traumas. they are all v often reasons and background of those who are sick in the mind.
im particularly interested in multiple personality disorder where difft personalities took over in a person. and they usually comes about when a trauma happened, or when they were forced to do something they do not want to.. somehow, these personalities appear and become another person in them... scary but true... i shall one day look into some of these theories.. though most of the time these theories are a bore... well, and some psychiatrist do not believe mpd exist. i once read on a magazine that the brain cell that carries the creativity and depression are in the same area... so i think thats y many ppl who are creative have depression or have mood problems. but of cos, i do believe that mental illnesses may be spiritual too...
