princess paupr’s Reflections

Think about the love inside the strength of heart
Think about the heroes saving life in the dark
Climbing higher through the fire, time was running out
Never knowing you weren’t going to be coming down alive
But you still came back for me
You were strong and you believed

Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong. Believe.
Be strong. Believe.

Think about the chance I never had to say
Thank you for giving up your life that day
Never fearing, only hearing voices calling out
Let it all go, the life that you know, just to bring them down alive
And you still came back for me
You were strong and you believed

Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong. Believe.

Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong. Believe.

(Again today, we take into our hearts and minds those who
perished on this site one year ago, and also those who came
to toil in the rubble to bring order out of chaos, to help us
make sense of our despair)

Wanna hold my wife when I get home
Wanna tell the kids they’ll never know how much I love to see them smile
Wanna make a change right here right now
Wanna live a life like you somehow
Wanna make your sacrifice worthwhile

Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong. Believe.

Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong. Believe.

Think about the love inside the strength of heart
Think about the heroes saving life in the dark
Think about the chance I never had to say
Thank you for giving up your life that day

(The world will little note, nor long remember what we say
here, but it can never forget what they did here)

headbanging and airguitaring like a maniac. teehee…

Hmm…I first read this from my brother’s friend, Arthur’s site. He wrote an interesting article on why women should dress modestly. It got me thinking on why so many girls have trouble with this issue. I’m not saying that I don’t, but I guess current events have led me to question my stance on what is appropriate, what is not.

Last week, I went clubbing with a bunch of my friends from ccf…It was really really fun=) It was also my first time clubbing. I wasn’t sure what to expect, how to dress…I asked my gal friends for advice. What I had in mind to wear wasn’t appropriate for clubbing…I think it was too formal(?)

I don’t have a large selection of clubbing clothes (by that, i mean i have nothing clubbish)…I ended up borrowing an “A-line” sweater from a friend. Because my formal dress was a similar style, I felt more “comfortable” wearing it. I didn’t want to stand out as the nun at Fed Hall and I also wasn’t looking to attract attention. But it was definitely not something I would wear normally, in public. I don’t feel at ease showing skin…but i thought clubbing was an exception–everyone there would be wearing something “stylish”/revealing anyways.

So yeah, I didn’t put much thought into it. All my friends said it was “hot” or “sexy” and they agreed it wasn’t “too much”.

No one really said a word to me to make me question myself. except Chris. (har har) In his very humorous way, he demanded to know “why”.

And I couldn’t really answer him.

“If you could go back in time, would you wear the same thing?”

“…I don’t know.”

After talking to some older sisters in Christ, they got me thinking about my motives.

I know that I wasn’t trying to pick up guys and I wasn’t trying to attract attention. It was probably partially due to peer pressure and wanting to “prove myself”. Yeah, I’m not sure. But maybe it was that I’m just tired of being “safe, good, clean Jacqueline.” Safe=boring. Good=predictable/no fun.

“…didn’t see THAT coming, did you?”

So should the standard be, as Helen said, that if you can wear it to church, then you can wear it? I know some ppl who are just stylish. And some ppl don’t know that what they wear is offensive…Do we change who we are or what we wear, for the sake of not being a “stumbling block”? It seems really unfair, but perhaps as one passage says in the bible “Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.” Romans 14:13. Of course, this passage is talking about meat..=?

I guess one good reminder for myself is the verse “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2

Maybe a good indication was…

I didn’t feel comfortable.