Wednesday, July 8, 2009

To be a two-leaf-clover

I was running around my home today for 1 and half hour. It feels so great and fresh when I run against the rain and wind, as if God washes me and make me clean. Or as if I'm running against all the rules of this world. At one moment I was in a park. Everything was green. I lied down on the grass and found that there were clovers between my legs.




Sky was gray.


I was just focusing on a group of clovers. They were all 3-leaf. You know, as common sense, people usually try to find 4-leaf one. Yeah, there are few 4-leaf-clovers in this world because of mutation. People think when they got one 4-leaf-clover, that means they got one piece of luck. Then how about 2-leaf-clovers? Are those hard to make? Nah, just get rid of one leaf from a normal clover. But I'm pretty sure it is hard to find as its natural condition.



Now let me think... If people all want to be a person like 4-leaf-clover, who has a bunch of luck in his or her life, they will always fail to content with themselves. 4-leaf-clovers are just naturally born and we cannot be just naturally born with a lot of luck. There are some people who have enough luck to make themselves happy but we cannot be like those people. If we keep trying to be 4-leaf-clover-person, we will never be content with our current condition.


Then how about 2-leaf-clovers? I haven't seen a clover which is naturally born with 2 leaves, so I'll assume that it is harder to find. But all clovers can be 2-leaf-clovers which are more special and rare than 4-leaf-clovers. The process needs one touch of nature (including human) and pain. And 3-leaf-clovers probably not want to lose one leaf because if they lose, they'll lose one source that they get their energy. But still, they can live. We are just like 3-leaf-clovers, normal, ordinary and nothing-interesting people. We are greedy and don't want to lose our luck. Being envy of 4-leaf-clovers, always blame someone else who are not responsible of our 3-leaf-condition. We can also be special. Just one touch from God. He will take one leaf away from us. Yes, the process is very painful. But still, I think the result worth it. God wants to make us all special, and the process of living life can be painful. If I'm not 4-leaf, then I'll just move on to be 2-leaf even though I will be suffered.

3 comments:

  1. Hi again Seunghee. Nice photo at the top. Did you take it?

    You know we are really all special in God's eyes, but we don't feel like it right? And you definitely are special, in many ways. For example, I'm sure you're the only 18 year old in our fellowship! (Other young people are there with their parents.) And you're right, I think, God will work with us to make us even "more special"! Maybe it's painful sometimes, but God does it for the good. The sermon last week talked about this, how God disciplines us for our good. (It was from Hebrews 12:4-17.) "Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons [and daughters]"! - Tom

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  2. Ah... I already forgot what the sermon was about last week... I was thinking about my going back to Korea and feeling sorry about that. Thanks for you are comments, Tom! Agree, We are all special :) and can be more special as well!

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  3. I really enjoyed reading this post, Seunghee, and I agree with you: I'd rather be a 2-leaf than a 4-leaf clover.

    Blessings.

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