PERSPECTIVE

Put things into perspective. People who obsess about what others think tend to put 'issues' under the microscope and can't see the forest for the trees. People who don't obsess about what other people think tend to look at the big picture. You, yes you only get one chance at life, are you going to allow other people's thoughts to make it less enjoyable.

Be confident in yourself. What if we could eliminate the amount of times we second-guess ourselves? Well, you can. The trick, if you want to call it that, It is to simply be more confident in the decisions and actions you are taking.

RETHINK

Don't underestimate yourself. You're capable of more than can ever imagine. When life press in on you the hardest, that's when your breakthrough is near. Press on. Don't stop to think about the work you have to do. Just put yourself on auto-pilot. Hold yourself to a higher standard daily. Your family, friends and co-workers all look to you for their cues. Be mindful to lift the vibration in every room you enter. Treat yourself to a higher belief system. Trust and let go. Greatness is in your DNA. God don’t make junk. Each day you have a new chance to develop new ideas, reach for new goals and conquer new mountains. Chase down your dream like it’s the last bus of the night. Go get it! You have something special within you. Believe in yourself right now, even though it may be hard. You don’t have to be up, to look up. Don’t allow yourself to be overwhelmed by darkness, surrounded by negativity, or give in to despair. None of these things improve your life. Do not give yourself permission to feel sorry for yourself, or give up your power, or giving up so quickly to something good.

Start right now to take massive action on your own behalf to move your life forward. You can do this, trust it. Keep your mind focused on the outcome you desire. It takes discipline of mind, heart and spirit to create your breakthrough. What you think about, you bring about. your circumstances and all of the challenges you're facing know this. Now it's time for you to believe it. Make it happen. You can do it. Sometimes when you have outgrown the situation in your life, and you're not aware or don't have the courage to move on, life will move on you. You may have been told that your company is going in another direction. You knew it was coming and you didn't prepare yourself. Now you're angry & feel you were wronged. You have to move on. Sometimes you feel your relationship of many years may have ended & you were devastated, confused and shocked. You’re in pain; feel disillusioned; full of despair. However, it’s time to move on. Your mind might be reeling. Your heart probably feels like it’s been ripped out and handed to you on a platter. As hard as it will be, you must shake it off and move on. Heyyy people ‘moving on’ doesn't mean that you give up. Moving on means that no job, relationship, house, or any other thing is worth your sanity. Don’t focus on the things that you've lost. You can always get these back and much more. Focus your mind. Get still. Go within. Tap into your greatness and move on. You deserve having better life, better relationship, better feeling and so on and so forth.

You can start over again. Don't even think of quitting now. It's easy to replay in your mind how things didn't work, how much you lost, what you're going through, and how angry you are. There's no amount of conversation or magic that's going to wipe the slate clean. You're wasting valuable time and energy that could be used to regain a new normal and start another version of your life. Even though you're hurt and you may be feeling down, just stop kicking yourself, people. Face what has happened and make the decision to start over again. This life and everybody should be happy on their decision and ways, either you. In life, friendships change, ‘divorces’ of something happen. People move on and others die. Money and jobs will come and go. Live long enough and your health and body will change. It goes with the territory of being human. The fact that you’re still here gives you an advantage. Don’t look back. Look straight ahead. Your right way is in front of you not behind you. Decide to use all of your knowledge, skills, experiences, as well as your life lessons from your mistakes, defeats and setbacks, to start over again. Life changes. You may not have the same life as before, but you can still enjoy your new life, your NOW life.

Focus your energy on the things that really matter. There will always be distractions that will keep you from achieving your goals. Don't give in to them. How have you increased your skills, knowledge and abilities determining your success. Do you really expect to be successful given how you are using the majority of your time, resources and skills? Are you spending time with people who can enhance and enrich your life? What are you doing to take your life to the next level? Will your current efforts make the next few days even more successful than what you just experienced? Be honest with your assessment. Don't play games with yourself. Remember, if you don't have an agenda for your life, you are a part of someone else's agenda. Go all out. Decide to live a bigger life. Get outside your box and push yourself beyond your comfort zone to explore the unknown aspects of you. Choose to conquer your fears, make your life more fulfilling and achieve your dreams. You may need to let go of negative people and habits that no longer fit into who you are or rethink key relationships. Surround yourself with people that you can learn from and grow with. Live with a spirit of possibility. Make your move NOW to create your greatest life. Give yourself a break. It is easy to stress out over a lack of productivity, or fail to turn off your ‘work’ brain. This weekend, take time to re-energize, but don’t forget to keep your mind open. When you are open to it, you can find inspiration in the most surprising places. Wherever you are, enjoy, and take advantage of the days granted to you. Know that you are a part of this world because you have something to offer. If you know what that is, be thankful and generous. If not, it’s time to discover your talents and share your gifts. You have something special to show up to the world. 

Happy New Year everyone. May God bless us.

SUCCESS AND EFFORT

Overcoming fear is essential to your success. The future belongs to the risk-takers, not the security seekers. Life is perverse in the sense that, the more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire. What have you always wanted to do, but have been afraid to attempt? Don’t be afraid to fail but be afraid not to try. Success & effort working in the same level. The more you put hardest in your effort the more you close to the success. Remember success is only for those who is ‘living in’ not ‘living out’. Don't stop now cause your breakthrough is just right around the corner. The last mile is often the longest one then keep moving forward, look for ways to pull ahead and win. Someone is about to step in and give you a break. Continue to believe in miracles and work to bring about a victory. Strengthen your faith to believe that anything is possible in every aspects in your life: relationships, career, health or finances. Your words create your world, so affirm yourself daily. Monitor your thoughts. What you think about will bring you about. Keep your mind focused on your goal. Never give up. Because, you have something special. Most people have gone as far as they want to go and they are satisfied with living a small life. But that's not you. Make up your mind to break loose and live the life you were meant to live, fueled by your passion, skills and determination. Continue to hold the vision of what you want for your life and live from your dream. Start to break the shackles of fear, procrastination and despair. Tap into your faith, relentless action and inspiration to create your greatest life. Your life matters in the greater scheme of things. You were put here to make a difference and create something original. Design a legacy worthy of your greatest self. Stay on the path and you will see something special happen.

Live your life from a place of power. Remind yourself daily, regardless of what you're facing moment to moment, that you are stronger than anything you are going through, facing, or have to handle. Refuse to operate at the level of the problems or challenges that you're facing!! Project yourself in the future, and see yourself victorious as a person who has resolved, completed and achieved your goals. Just keep your head up and your spirit strong, and continue to develop an achievement driven mindset. Tell yourself that you're going to operate at the top of your game. Apply your best thinking to the issues before you, and bulldoze your way to the top. It’s time. It’s time for you to make a tough decision. Just take one step first, began to take a deep breath. Get still. Visualize the worst case scenario. After doing that, see your self having made the decision, stepping into your personal power, becoming more courageous and stronger. It’s time buddy, Your mental well being health and happiness, off course, are dependent upon you making this decision. If you don’t do it now, you will look at yourself one day and say “Why did I waste so much valuable time?” If you don’t do it now, you will regret it, and this situation will continue to take a toll on you mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically!

It’s been said that people delay making tough decisions, not because they don’t know what to do. But they really know what to do, but lack the courage and will to deal with the emotional consequences. You can do this, see it done. You are now operating from a higher place of integrity and personal power and going to the next level in your life. You deserve for the best. Be your own advocate. If you have a dream, you must be its primary cheerleader. While the support of others is helpful, appreciated and sought after, you must first believe in your goal and then encourage others to follow. If you're feeling apprehensive or unsure of your strengths and capabilities, then others will feed off of your negative self-thought. Do what you can to reassure yourself that you are talented, worthy, and have something of value to create and share. Once you believe this, you'll do more than convince others of your dream, you'll be able to help family, friends, and peers recognize the same heart and strength in themselves. Encourage yourself and feed others with your positive spirit and energy. Because everyone has Greatness within them, but first they must refuse to live a defeated life. You were born to do great things. Success can be yours. Regardless of your present situation or circumstances. Tap into the discipline, the perseverance and the mindset of determination to create a new future for yourself. Affirm to yourself that no excuse is acceptable to keep you from achieving your goal. And last but not least, surround yourself with top achievers and with people who are focused and hungry to accomplish more... to experience more and to do more with their lives. Say to yourself, everyday as you greet each new day. I have Greatness within me and you guys either. Have a very nice weekend everyone. You and i deserve to the best.

DON'T COMPARE

Don't compare your chapter one to someone else's chapter ten. You do not compare yourself with abstract standards, but, rather, you compare yourself with people you know. To feel like a winner, you must know for sure that you are doing as well as or better than someone else. The more you know about how well the others in your field are doing, and the more favorably you compare with them, the more you will feel like a winner, and the higher your self-esteem will be.

Successful people continually compare themselves with other successful people. They think about them and read about them and study their performances, and then they work to surpass them one step at a time. Eventually, successful people reach the point where they compete only with themselves and with their past accomplishments. But this comes after they have moved to the top and left many of their competitors behind.

NEVER GIVING UP

Don't give up. Only looser will giving up so quickly. Just try and try and try and try. Trying, it doesn't mean you just do and act one time then quit. But try, as for me, is do it again and again and again and again. If you fail for the 1st try, do it again until the last doing and you will see how close success to your way.

Don't give up. Remember, only looser will giving up so quickly. The most important thing is do what you have to do. finish the way you start and keep on going. Success will be the part for those who never giving up. Heaven always knows whose trying so hard and will make it real. Have a very good night everyone.

BECAUSE YOU DESERVE BETTER

Just leave it alone. Don't try and solve the problems that others have made for themselves. They taking care of their own. Don't even give them a change to talk their own way out of what they've acted themselves into. Allow them to learn the lesson of the consequences of their choices. All things happens have consequences. Don't throw hard earned money away trying to bail someone out of a situation that they created. Muster up the courage to say "no". Because it's better, rather than to say yes and feeling quality all the times. 

The best thing you can do for them is to let them take responsibility for their own actions. Make up your mind not to be a rescuer or an enabler. Let them figure it out and handle it. The sooner you do this, the sooner they will learn their lessons. They have their own journey. Keep your money in your pocket and keep the drama and stress out of your life. Resist the guilt trip. Don't give it any more energy and protect your peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to be smile all the time without worrying anything. You deserve to be enjoy your life. Because, you have something special. Something special like you deserve to be a better life.

GREATNESS IS WITHIN YOU

Stay connected with someone or people who inspire, nourish and bring out the best in you. It takes time to pull yourself together and to heal if you've been hurt, humiliated or become emotionally broken because of what you've gone through. You can become disconnected with the real you and forget who you really are. It’s necessary to read, listen and focus on positive things. Things that strengthen your mind, develop your confidence and fortify your spirit. Create a strategy that will allow yourself to rid your life of people whose only intention is to strip, destroy or take you down.

Be aware that there are certain situations that are just not good for you. Make a conscious, deliberate effort to focus your mind exclusively on things that will build you up, give up hope and expand the possibilities in all dimensions of your life. You have the capacity and the ability to rebuild your life. What you have gone through can be used to develop another part of yourself. Stay connected with positive people with the knowledge that you will get through this. You have something special. Because greatness is within you.

BELIEVE IN IT

Ternyata hidup itu tidak selamanya harus berjalan sesuai dengan apa yang kita harapkan. Ada saat dimana kita terpaksa menerima dengan lapang dada usaha yang kita lakukan dengan mengerahkan tenaga kuda polll sekalipun seakan-akan cuma jalan ditempat. Ketika kita mengira mobil yang kita kendarai dengan kecepatan tinggi telah berjalan begitu jauh ternyata ketika menolehkan kepala ke belakang sejenak, yang kita dapati adalah roda yang hanya maju beberapa centimeter dari garis start. Saat-saat seperti itu seringkali dilema mulai bermunculan, keyakinan super duper tinggi mulai meleleh perlahan-lahan, kepercayaan akan semua impian yang bisa dicapai seakan-akan hilang perlahan-lahan. Ketika semua mata tertuju pada hasil yang tidak menembus target. Ketika semua pikiran tertuju pada usaha yang sia-sia. Lalu semua telunjuk menuding ketidakmampuan itu. Sedih rasanya jika kamu sudah terbiasa dengan keberhasilan. Ketika kamu sudah terbiasa menjadi nomor satu. Ketika semua yang kamu ‘sentuh’ sebelumnya akan menghasilkan sesuatu yang tidak hanya sekedar wow tapi boom. Sedih rasanya jika semua orang yang berada disekelilingmu akhirnya mencoba mengajari kamu melakukan A-Z yang notabene adalah hal yang bersifat teori. Mungkin, mungkin itu benar adanya tapi jika dilakukan hari ini belum tentu juga akan menampakkan hasil saat itu juga. Sedih rasanya ketika orang-orang yang ada disekelilingmu hanya berdiri dan memuntahkan semua ketidakpercayaan mereka.

Tidak mudah, saya tahu itu. Tidak mudah ada di situasi dimana bahkan pikiran kita sendiripun mulai mengkhianati kepercayaan yang dengan susah payah dibangun selama ini. Namun apapun itu bentuknya saya yakin, seyakin-yakinnya bahwa kadang perlu rasanya mengalami hal yang berseberangan dengan kepercayaan kita. Ada saatnya harus merasa kalah untuk kemudian dapat bangit kembali. Ada kalanya tersandung itu harus sampai mencium tanah. Ada saatnya ketika jatuh merasa berdarah dulu. Ada saatnya jatuh merupakan cara terbaik untuk mengantarkan kesuksesan.

Yang paling penting dari semua ini adalah mengembalikan keyakinan dan kepercayaan itu pada titik semestinya. Sehingga ketika semua orang mulai meragukan kemampuan itu kita tetap mampu berkata bahwa ini adalah bagian dari drama kesuksesan. Tidak mudah memang tapi saya memilih untuk melawan semua keraguan itu dan membuat kesuksesan itu jadi babak penutup cerita ini. Saya yakin surga akan selalu berpihak pada usaha, kerja keras & ketekunan.

MULAILAH SEKARANG

Sedang memacu motor dengan tenangnya mata saya tertuju pada indicator bahan bakar dan danggggg bensin nyaris habis. Benar-benar sudah diujung jarum. Mengarahkan stang motor ke SPBU, mengantri sebentar dan tibalah giliran saya. Well, motor saya akhirnya minum juga. Sedang membereskan uang kembalian yang tentunya akan saya masukan ke dompet, mata saya tertumbuk pada sesuatu yang tidak biasa. Sesuatu??? Bukan, bukan, tapi seseorang. Ya seseorang yang secara penampilan lebih terlihat seperti seonggok tubuh disana. Saya mematikan mesin motor, mengurungkan niat untuk beranjak. Saya memperhatikan bapak tua yang sangat renta, sedang duduk diujung sana dengan posisi duduk yang sangat tidak nyaman. Bersandar di undakan trotoar tanpa alas kaki dan......bajunya?, ya bajunya sangat sangat lusuh. Entah dicuci atau tidak. Baju itu begitu lusuh dan usangnya. Seakan-akan sebentar lagi siap hancur. Saya mendekati si bapak tua dengan perlahan. Well ini adalah sesuatu buat saya. Sesuatu yang mampu membuat saya melupakan sejenak aktivitas rutin hari ini.

Duduk berjongkok didepan si bapak membuat saya sangat terkejut dengan pemandangan yang tidak biasa. Didepan saya saat ini duduk dengan posisi miring seseorang yang sangat tua, renta malah, mata tertutup katarak dan badan penuh dengan bekas luka. Hati saya benar-benar sedih melihat ini. Saya menghampiri si bapak tua, bertanya apa kabarnya hari ini. Apakah dia sudah makan. Untuk siapa dia rela duduk ditempat seperti ini menjadi pengemis. Pertanyaan saya tidak dijawab. Saya mengulanginya sekali lagi. Bapak tua diam saja. Diam membisu. Beberapa detik kemudian saya baru menyadari selain buta bapak tua ini juga tuli. Tertegun sekian detik akhirnya refleks saja saya memegang tangan si bapak. Kemudian ada rasa yang mengalir deras dihati kecil saya. 

Dimana orang-orang yang dia cintai? Demi siapa dia melakukan semua ini? Demi siapa dia yang tidak bisa berjalan lagi rela duduk seharian ditempat ini menjadi pengemis? Untuk sesaat saja dunia rasanya tidak adil bukan? Buat beberapa orang inilah bentuk keadilan. Namun buat saya inilah bentuk ketidakpedulian. Air mata saya hampir menetes. Sambil mengelus tangan si bapak tua saya mengingatkannya untuk menyimpan uangnya sebaik mungkin. Dan saya berlalu, masih membawa sejuta pertanyaan yang belum terjawab. 

Sepanjang perjalanan otak saya hanya terfokus pada pemandangan tidak biasa tadi, sult sekali mengalihkan ke hal lainnya. Untuk siapa dia melakukan semua itu? Menjadi pengemis di hari tuanya. Dengan mata penuh katarak, telinga tuli dan kaki yang sudah tidak bisa berjalan lagi. Tahukah teman, dengan menggunakan sisa tubuhnya yang masih mampu bergerak lah si bapak bisa sampai ke tempat itu. Menyeret tubuh dengan lutut berjalan di aspal yang panas dan penuh batu. Bisa dibayangkan? Seseorang menghampiri saya sesaat sebelum saya beranjak tadi dan menceritakan bagaimana dia bisa sampai ketempat itu setiap harinya.

Bukankah ini adil buat beberapa orang namun bagi saya ini bentuk ketidakpedulian. Saya tidak bisa berbuat banyak. Tapi tahukah teman bahwa tidak dibutuhkan tindakan besar untuk dapat melakukan perubahaan. Mulailah dengan tindakan kecil & sederhana. Tidak perlu menoleh kanan kiri untuk menghampiri, hanya dibutuhkan kemauan untuk bertindak. Tidak perlu menunggu apakah ada orang lain yang memulai lebih dulu, hanya dibutuhkan keinginan untuk berempati dengan kondisi orang lain.

Teman, hidup hanya satu kali. Tapi jika kita mampu mengisinya dengan tindakan kecil & sederhana saja, satu kali itu sudah cukup untuk membuatnya lebih indah. Seringkali kita menunggu kesempatan datang demi sebuah perubahan. Seringkali kita berpikir bahwa perubahan harus didahului dengan perbuatan yang besar. Buat saya sederhana saja, ketika kita memulai melakukan hal kecil, konsisten melakukannya. Hal kecil ini akan selalu membawa impact perubahan besar. Sesuatu yang besar selalunya dimulai dari hal-hal kecil dan sederhana. Sudahkah hari ini kita berhenti sejenak memperhatikan sekeliling dan menemukan bentuk lain dari perubahan?

BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT

Because WE can make a different instead of doing something by yourself alone. Ketika melakukan sesuatu dengan 'KITA' akan ada lebih dari satu kepala yang mampu menyumbangkan ide disana. Ada lebih dari sepasang kaki & tangan yang bergerak juga disitu. Bekerja sendiri mungkin mampu menghasilkan efek wow. Tapi bekerja dengan 'KITA' akan mampu menciptakan efek boom. Dan itulah yang sedang saya butuhkan saat ini. Yap, saya sedang membutuhkan efek boom bukan hanya sekedar wow. Peer-nya cukup berat. Namun saya sendiri punya keyakinan semua ini akan berhasil. Ditengah banyaknya cemoohan yang datang & pesimisme yang terang-terangan mengarahkan telunjuk didepan hidung ini. Saya lebih memilih untuk meneruskan apa yang telah saya mulai. Menyerah seringkali ingin saya lakukan. Jatuh? terlalu sering saya jatuh pada ketidakyakinan. Seringkali juga saya terpengaruh dengan ketidakpercayaan. Namun entah kekuatan darimana yang mampu membuat saya berdiri kembali ketika saya jatuh. Tetap mencoba cara lainnya ketika tahu yang satu ini gatot alias gagal total. Entah kekuatan darimana yang membuat saya justru ingin membuat semua ini berhasil. Entah keyakinan darimana yang membuat saya bertahan ditengah banyaknya pilihan yang ditawarkan yang jauh lebih baik & lebih sempurna. Entah kekuatan darimana yang membuat saya justru ingin membuat hasil itu sangat sebanding dengan prosesnya selama ini. Entah apa yang membuat saya melakukan semua ini. Entah apa yang membuat saya jatuh cinta dengan semua ini. Entah apa yang membuat saya rela melepaskan kesempatan yang jauh lebih baik. Entah apa yang membuat saya ingin memperjuangkan semua ini.

Diluar sana tawaran itu lebih baik dan lebih menjanjikan. Posisi? Jabatan? Fasilitas? diluar sana bahkan ada yang berani menunggu sampai saya bosan dengan mainan baru saya saat ini. Namun ada sesuatu yang membuat saya benar-benar tidak bisa bergerak dari sini. Seakan-akan saya telah jatuh cnta dengan semua ini. Jika ingin membuat saya berhenti, saat ini bukan waktu yang tepat. Karena saya sendiri sulit untuk mengendalikan kecepatan gas yang saya injak. Seakan-akan rem kaki & tangan yang ada disekitar saya jadi tidak berfungsi sama sekali. 

Saya tahu destiny, saya belajar banyak tentang jatuh cinta. Saya pun paham dengan jalan hidup. Namun semua definisi itu seakan-akan harus dirombak ulang dan disusun dengan bahasa yang terbalik karena semua pemahaman saya tentang semua ini mengkerdilkan pemahaman saya tentang destiny, jatuh cinta dan jalan hidup. Entahlah, yang saya tahu pasti saya seakan-akan menemukan semua pemahaman, pengalaman dan pembelajaran baru disini. Dan saya akan membuat semua mimpi dan ekspetasi ini jadi kenyataan. Karena saya percaya... WE can make a different instead of doing something by yourself alone. Semoga surga mendengarkan ini :)