| well. so here i am. attempting to start another blog or somethig. this is like my third blog that i've started up. all the other ones i've never really kept up with. i'm hoping this one would actually last. so why the change of account all of a sudden?! well one of my friend from the States mentioned on the myspace discussion board that people use stuff like myspace, xanga, facebook etc. the wrong way. it's not a popularity contest to see who has more friends and subscriptions and all that. to be honest when i first started i ju added a lot of different people to fill up the subscription list and never really read their blog nor giving their life a second look. that's pathetic of me and i want to change that. i guess from now on i want to use my blog as somewhere i can genuinely express my emotions. i want to start all over again and write things that are meaningful for people to read. let this be a place where you get to know Eliot, and where Eliot gets to know more about Eliot by reflecting on the things that happens in his life.
so why Selaheto? as some of you might already recognize, i made up that word. There're two parts to this word: Selah and E.To. The second one is an obvious one, E.To, describing who this blog is about. The other word Selah, is probably a familiar one for all you church kids out there. Selah in Hebrew means "stop and listen" according to Wikipedia. Therefore the obvious reason contributing to the name, is to STOP by and LISTEN.
here's a more complicated reason. Selah appears in the Psalms of the bible. It is often described as a musical term which signifies a pause and a point of reflection. Being a big music guy, i love that. I might have mentioned this in my previous blogs before. But i see our lives as songs. Songs that are composed and arranged by God. And these are the songs that he'd use to change lives and touch souls. So we ARE songs of God if you will. Like I said, Selah is often interpreted as a musical pause and a point of reflection, and that my life is a song that God has composed. Then Selah, is a pause in my life where I can reflect on what has happened, what I've learnt, how i've been blessed, and how I've been inspired each day.
*the title of my blog is Selah... et Ecoutez (on the banner thing). i love languages. and so i thought why not use different languages to express myself. so Selah... et Ecoutez. Selah (Hebrew) - musical pause or a break and a point of reflection. Ecoutez (French) - listen (more like a demand, to listen to me Ecoutez moi!).*
that might not make sense in any of your heads, or maybe it does. but it sure does in my head and i think it's the coolest thing ever. i'm going to try and keep up with this blog and write in it daily to "count my blessings". well, here we go... 1... 2... 3... 4...
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