Wisdom-to-share

“ We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect. ” ― Emilio Estevez I woke up in the morning and found this beautiful drawing made by my daughter Devina Gunawan. Beautiful face came from many piece of paper, but it has all the detail that the face should have. I think that is really the reflection of us. We all come from many pieces; it could be our education background, family or ethnicity. Those made us beautifully imperfect but we look ourselves in the mirror with the perfect reflection of our face. We actually don ’ t need to be perfect in this life, we don ’ t need to compare with others and think they have a perfect life. No one has a perfect life. Life is perfect when you think everything is about right, everything is okay with you and within you. And we cannot see our perfection without a reflection of mirror. That is why we need others to see the beauty of our imperfection. We

The picture represents a quote from Buddha, ” The trouble is, you think you have time ” Devina drew it with a strong understanding that in life we are always busy to plan something about our life, we want so many things to have in this life, but we forget that our time is limited. While we are busy planning our future, we miss a moment in the present, we cannot enjoy what we should enjoy or we don ’ t have any awareness about the present time because our mind tries to capture everything. We run from day to day to collect everything we need to be happy while happiness is simply in us. We are looking for something that we think we do need in life while we ignore all the blessings we already have in life. I thought I did those mistakes too in my life, I was busy going back and forth between the past and the future, I tried to fix any mistakes I made in the past and I also tried harder not to repeat the same mistakes in the future by making many good plans. Traveled between

I have been waiting to have this time to sit and to write a note for my 24 th wedding anniversary. This quote came into my mind “ A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other ” That was actually what we had been through at the first five years of our marriage. Both of us totally imperfect people who thought we were perfectly glued by the love we have. When two people promised to share their life together, it was never easy to do. We started the adjustment by daily basis, from the simple actions such as where to put the towel or the taste of the food we had.   It could create the problems from simple one to the most complicated one. It created a burden in my heart, so I told my husband, “ Maybe it is better for you to find someone who is perfect for you ” He said, “ I don ’ t want to give up on you, I tried to manage our long distance relationship for 7 years and we did, I can find someone else to be with, but there is no guarantee I wi

I would like to share in my blogs, one of my students ’  writing in Indonesian language. He wrote it by himself and I am so proud of him.  Through his writing I can see the beauty of diving in Indonesia, which I probably never do it by myself. Thank you for Mr. Tinsley for giving me  the   permission to publish his writing in my blog.  Empat Minggu di Sumatra Tujuh minggu lalu saya bekerja di Pekanbaru Sumatra. Saya kerja di sana untuk empat minggu. Saya tinggal di Sumatra, tapi saya terbang pulang pada hari Sabtu dan Minggu. Penerbangan dari Jakarta ke Pekanbaru adalah lebih baik karena saya bisa upgrade ke Kelas Bisnis. Saya menemukan rencana “EMD Jam Penerbangan” yang boleh upgrade untuk Rp 330.000,- (~US $25). Saya mencoba untuk penerbangan dari Pekanbaru ke Jakarta tapi orang Garuda tidak tahu tentang itu. Waktu di Sumatra, saya melihat banyak monyet. Ada tiga jenis monyet satu kecil coklat, satu kecil hitam, dan satu lebih besar. Tapi monyet besar tidak kelih

“ This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for. ” ― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven It was March 5, 2015 in a clinic; it was a regular check up for my mother. We entered the waiting room; an old lady was sitting there with her son. She saw my mother and then they just started the conversation. As I expected, they wanted to know whether they had something in common. My mother: “ Are you going to meet Dr. Anton? ” The old lady, “ Yes. How about you? “ My mother, “ Yes, I will see him too. How old are you? “ The old lady, “ I am 80 years old. And you? ” My mother, “ I am also 80 years, we are in the same age. How many children and grandchildren do you have? “ The next conversation was really about how many children and grandchildren they have.   And they continued to talk like they  met before. I sat and pretended to read the newspaper,