The Alpha

Dear reader,

Sometimes I fear that it is not about control. It is about managing whatever I have by being the most influential person in the class.

Similar to how the alpha in a pack manages the entire flock via the management of the betas and charlies, I wonder if that is all I am doing, rather than achieving real change.

Regards,
Reuben

What greater love is this?

 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. -- John 15:13

Dear reader,

Recently, the Sabah quake claimed the lives of 10 Singaporeans. Two of them were teachers. Personally attending the wake, the mother of one of victims told me that the teachers were heroes. They had rescued some students and brought them to a safe spot, and returned to the quake site to rescue the rest of the students.

Why did they do this? Was it a sense of duty? Was it a fear of the consequence of public backlash? No, I would think it would be more of a nobler reason. It was out of love for the students.

And this makes me wonder if I am ready to do the same thing, if I face the same circumstance.