Ever since moving to the new house, I gave in to my audiophile bug and with a few willing accomplices, set up not just one or two, but six hifi systems up and down the house. The equipment are American, British, French, Italian, Japanese-made and the listeners, well... mainly local Singaporeans.
The thing about this bug is that one looks not just for a cure, but a better and better and better cure. A warmer sound. A more emphatic bass. A clearer mid-range. In other words, perfection.
I think this bug has not only afflicted the audiophilia part of me but also other parts of my life and even that of my family's. We are always striving for something better.
In a way, I may have caused it because I have aspirations and similarly urge my children to have theirs too so they can work towards meeting and achieving these.
But ultimately, what is this quest for perfection lead us to. I attended our church group's metatonia session last week and we were asked how we can earn eternal life. The answer (from the Word of God) troubled me and I told the group. If, in order to inherit eternal life, I have to give up my family, I said I am not sure I can do that... unlike the earliest disciples who gave it all up (their possessions, their wealth, their homes, their families) to follow him.
T, a soft spoken member of the group, shared his perspective and it resonated with me deeply. He was recounting having to go for a medical procedure which he was afraid of and as he prayed, he surrendered his family to God. It was an astounding perspective he shared and a epiphany for me.
At the end of the day, we return to our maker and will have to give it all up and so all we can do now is to make sure that we live our lives so that we can be more perfect in His eyes. Now, that is a bug worth catching!
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