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Sunday, April 29, 2007, Sunday, April 29, 2007
Addiction and Emptiness
Just finished watching Protege and this film impacted and convicted me of many things.
Essentially, the film is about the drug trade and its manifestations on the drug dealer, his family as well as victims. Throughout the film, the vivid scenes of drug addicts feeding their addiction daily are truly disgusting and I found myself cringing at parts of the scenes. Towards the end of the film, one sentence that Daniel Wu (who acted as the protege) asked was
Which is more dangerous? The emptiness inside the addict or the addiction itself?
It's so true I realised. Even when I looked and examine my own life for a moment just now, I realised that in the past the emptiness in my life that I tried so hard to fill, had in turn caused so much anguish and heartache for myself and the people around me. Of course, being in the midst of all, I always felt that no one understood how I felt or what I am going through at times. And Yes you guess it; I went into the self pity mode automatically.
However, with each passing day of the past 5 years of my life, I found my life being more fruitful and meaningful. The experience I earned is different from volunteering yourself to help old folks at a home or to visit poor families. Of course, all those are good and should be encouraged but at the end of the day, there is a void in our hearts that only God can fill.
After all, we are 2/3 spirit and 1/3 flesh isn't it? Thus, its normal to feel empty when I am not walking close and experiencing enough of His presence.
In other words, if we can fill the emptiness in our lives with His presence and peace, then any addiction that we have can be cast away!
I love what Pst Robb said last night:
Know a man not by his words, but by his life. Let a person's life be the message you read aloud.
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