Finding Purpose

Culture

Why do I always think that I’m not good enough?

“I’m really stressed,” my friend Anna* sighed, slumping into her seat opposite me at the cafe. “I need to do well during this probation period, but at the rate my department head keeps...

Work

When the dreams in your heart are torn apart

It was my dream to become a doctor for the poor, inspired by a documentary on Operation Smile, a non-profit medical organisation supported by volunteer doctors who provide free surgery for children...

Faith

Why should I be joyful?

Is your life full of pain and suffering? As we live in a fallen and weary world, I am unsurprised if many of us are grieved at some kind of trouble. And as we are daily bombarded by bad news, trouble...

Faith

When you don’t get what you want

As a Singaporean, I think many of us struggle with self-worth. In our society, it’s often easy to tie our worth or value to the grades we get in school or the income we earn at work. And it...

Faith

In a meaningless life, what is the point of tomorrow?

What is the point of tomorrow?  That was the question I used to ask myself at the end of every day. I grew up in Christianity, but it was when I entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic that God turned my life...

Faith

Has your spirit been broken?

Recently, I learned just how deep a self-dug rabbit hole could go. I was knocked down by disappointments and hurts that just came wave after wave, beating and eroding the shoreline that was my mind....

Culture

The missing ingredient in pleasure

The author was listening and responding to a sermon by Senior Pastor Jeffrey Chong of Hope Church Singapore. “Most things promise more than they deliver.” 10:56am That is true. *Copies it...

Culture

Live fast, die young

Is there more to life than this? A big question, which most of us have probably asked at some point. But in this age of hyper-connectivity, it’s almost impossible to create space to find the...

Faith

There must be more: What do you live for?

Shuffling up the grotty stairwell of People’s Park Complex, I had no precedent of what to expect. I only carried an open mind and a seeking heart. Gently opening the last door to my destination,...