Each year tells different stories... These are the stories of my 2009
I have seen how things improved at work. We started the year with very little, along the way we had to sacrifice many things in order to survive, struggling and there were moments when it was totally hopeless for the company. But what goes down only will comes up, to our surprise new projects (big ones) are coming in, that allow us to breathe fresher air and know that we are survived and moving forward.
In life, I have seen how the only thing that can kill me was my own thoughts. I have seen that being in “comfortable” zone can create an effortless whining personality that only complains, worrying things, ungrateful and forget to live the present moment. I have seen that it is important to stay positive in the mind, body and soul. I understand that it is not easy to do so especially when everything surrounds me giving zero help to my efforts, but again it is a choice I can make, living positively or in doom with negativity.
I have seen that no matter how good or bad a situation is, it surely will change. I have seen that in both ways. One day I was flying high up on heaven and in seconds my face was on the ground. I have seen that friends are blessings from heaven. They may not know whether I was sad or not, but having them around makes me realized that I am not alone.
I have learnt that everything needs process. No gold, diamonds created in seconds, all came from a long tedious process. There is just no shortcut to happiness. There may be, but it won't last long. I believe in hard work, things that you earned with tears and sweats, with efforts and passions are bound to be timeless. Hard work doesn't always mean physically, it is more mentally from within you keep pushing to pursue your dreams or whatever your wishes are.
I learn that in order to survive the process I need to be patience and persevere. Many times I have no patience. In patience I have learn that I need to slow down at times, take time to pause and to observe, to sharpen vision, to improve steps, to build up energy to move even further. It is no harm to take time to slow down as long as I never stop or quitting. In perseverance, I learn that no matter how many times I faced losses, I will try again one more time. It takes true winner to be able to get up and start again after got beaten up.
In life, everyone wants the best, EVERYONE DESERVES THE BEST. But BEST is a subjective matter. I remembered a scene in Avatar, where the warrior is being test to ride a Banshee (flying creature), in order to be acknowledged by the tribe. The warrior can choose the Banshee, but the Banshee must also choose him. He can be the best warrior in the whole tribe and chooses the best Banshee to ride, but in the end it's up to the creature if it sees the warrior as the BEST in its own eyes and allows him to ride him.
One can only try to do his best and whatever he gained after was a reward for his hard work. It is give and take, but in the end we can only give, whatever we take depends on those who want to give. It may not come from those whom we had given many to. When we give in order to take back then, it is kind of selfish.
I have seen that no matter how thin we sliced there are always 2 sides of it. Generalizing matters, prejudice, assumptions, act like I know everything when I don't, destroys good things. I encountered many times people thought of me as a domestic helper, they don’t bother to ask; they just assumed and decided from the way I looked or dressed. They made prejudice that certain style was the ‘low class’ and other style was ‘high class’, judging from the exterior. It is sad to see how human minimize the capacity of their brain and heart to love, to feel, to work together and to live freely with respect, by having such narrow mindsets.
2010, no one knows what it will bring. As blur or uncertain as it may be, one thing for sure 2010 will never be a dead or alive situation in my world, as I am blessed with a life and everything that surrounds me,... and from there I will continue to move on.
I have seen how things improved at work. We started the year with very little, along the way we had to sacrifice many things in order to survive, struggling and there were moments when it was totally hopeless for the company. But what goes down only will comes up, to our surprise new projects (big ones) are coming in, that allow us to breathe fresher air and know that we are survived and moving forward.
In life, I have seen how the only thing that can kill me was my own thoughts. I have seen that being in “comfortable” zone can create an effortless whining personality that only complains, worrying things, ungrateful and forget to live the present moment. I have seen that it is important to stay positive in the mind, body and soul. I understand that it is not easy to do so especially when everything surrounds me giving zero help to my efforts, but again it is a choice I can make, living positively or in doom with negativity.
I have seen that no matter how good or bad a situation is, it surely will change. I have seen that in both ways. One day I was flying high up on heaven and in seconds my face was on the ground. I have seen that friends are blessings from heaven. They may not know whether I was sad or not, but having them around makes me realized that I am not alone.
I have learnt that everything needs process. No gold, diamonds created in seconds, all came from a long tedious process. There is just no shortcut to happiness. There may be, but it won't last long. I believe in hard work, things that you earned with tears and sweats, with efforts and passions are bound to be timeless. Hard work doesn't always mean physically, it is more mentally from within you keep pushing to pursue your dreams or whatever your wishes are.
I learn that in order to survive the process I need to be patience and persevere. Many times I have no patience. In patience I have learn that I need to slow down at times, take time to pause and to observe, to sharpen vision, to improve steps, to build up energy to move even further. It is no harm to take time to slow down as long as I never stop or quitting. In perseverance, I learn that no matter how many times I faced losses, I will try again one more time. It takes true winner to be able to get up and start again after got beaten up.
In life, everyone wants the best, EVERYONE DESERVES THE BEST. But BEST is a subjective matter. I remembered a scene in Avatar, where the warrior is being test to ride a Banshee (flying creature), in order to be acknowledged by the tribe. The warrior can choose the Banshee, but the Banshee must also choose him. He can be the best warrior in the whole tribe and chooses the best Banshee to ride, but in the end it's up to the creature if it sees the warrior as the BEST in its own eyes and allows him to ride him.
One can only try to do his best and whatever he gained after was a reward for his hard work. It is give and take, but in the end we can only give, whatever we take depends on those who want to give. It may not come from those whom we had given many to. When we give in order to take back then, it is kind of selfish.
I have seen that no matter how thin we sliced there are always 2 sides of it. Generalizing matters, prejudice, assumptions, act like I know everything when I don't, destroys good things. I encountered many times people thought of me as a domestic helper, they don’t bother to ask; they just assumed and decided from the way I looked or dressed. They made prejudice that certain style was the ‘low class’ and other style was ‘high class’, judging from the exterior. It is sad to see how human minimize the capacity of their brain and heart to love, to feel, to work together and to live freely with respect, by having such narrow mindsets.
2010, no one knows what it will bring. As blur or uncertain as it may be, one thing for sure 2010 will never be a dead or alive situation in my world, as I am blessed with a life and everything that surrounds me,... and from there I will continue to move on.
BYE BYE 2009.... WELCOME 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! I wish for a better life for all of us. Better year ahead for works, for family lives, relationships, goals, wishes, dreams. God bless us all!
