Huat ah!

Came across this phrase and i really love it, so im here to share. If ur interested, read. Not interested, off u go. Oops, thats mean. (did some editing cos too holy alr)

It uses two women, one wise and the other foolish. The wise woman chooses to build herself a house. The foolish one destroys hers.

The house in this verse represents our total prosperity. We have the right to decide on our prosperity. What type prosperity do you want to have? How much money do you want? You decide for yourself. The only catch here is, if you want to build up your prosperity, you need to gain wisdom. If you prefer to tear down your house and be poor, learn to be foolish. The decision is yours.

We can now understand that it is our own responsibility to shape our own future. We can no longer blame any others. Many people like to complain on things they cannot control. When asked on why they are not rich, they will tell you many reasons like born in poor families, not enough education, no opportunity etc. As long as they continue to focus on these negative factors, they will never improve and be rich.

Proverbs 14:1 says the wise woman builds her house. It does not say how this woman is able to get the materials, knowledge and muscles to do it. It seems that her wisdom is able to help her to get the job done.

The second part of the verse says “but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.” This implies that the foolish woman already owned a house. Her foolishness causes her to lose it. Foolishness is the opposite of wisdom and it produces the opposite results. Wisdom can cause a homeless woman to own a house but foolishness can cause a woman who used to own her house to become homeless. So, foolishness is very bad. It causes poverty. Those who think poverty is good should learn to be foolish.

In conclusion, your future is in your hands. The type of future you will live in depends on the actions you take now in the present.

— Yeap Chee Seng

Posted by Shermane Ten at 1:28 AM