2. Baggage

I had tried but unsuccessfully to let our bags be placed in the room while we carried out our treasure hunt. But God may have allowed it to happen to teach us something. People say that life is a marathon. However, for many of us, we are travelling through it with baggages in our lives.

What are the baggages in our lives? It could be the resentment we feel towards someone, whatever happended in the past or the guilt of doing something wrong. These things weigh us down in our walk of life. In Hebrews 12:1, "Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us"

2. Treasure

Did anyone wondered why at the end of the treasure hunt, where was the treasure? Maybe some expected a prize at the end of the "race". I wondered what was the rush. Inititally, we expected the programme to end at 4pm. I was so concerned we could not end on time that I considered we pack our lunch and eat along the way!

When we reached our midpoint earlier than expected, I knew we have alot of time on our hands. It was never meant to be a competition. My group even took time to take pictures and explored abit. Ben said something, "Let's do something we would not normally do". The road that we took was one that we may not have gone ever in our life, but we did.

The real treasure was the friendships we made and the experiences we had along the way. Let us seek for treasures that thieves cannot steal and moths cannot destroy. This is something I learnt after the Adventure Quest we had this year. I thought that being top 20% of the first leg was an achievement. That was not the point. The point that we should learn is that of humilty, teamwork and perseverance. There will always be another competition and another winner. By then our names might even be forgotten. But we won't forget the experiences and exasperations!

I hope we have the right attitude as we organize activities and plan for programmes. Prizes are not essential, people are.

Roger