Wisdom-to-share

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. ...

“ 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 n...

“What is your secret to be successful? What is your secret ingredient” are probably the most common questions people like to ask to the most successful person they know. I have been asked to share my secret many times, even though I am not a successful businesswoman or career woman.  What secret should I share?  I am only a mother of two talented and smart daughters, who continuously make me proud to be their mother.  My first daughter Devina and my second daughter Devita are only thirteen months apart so they almost spend all their time together.  When they were in elementary school, they had similar activities such as Balinese dance and Piano lesson. In general both of my daughters won “The Balinese dance, writing and piano competition” and they also were the top students each year.  I was famous as the mother of excellent students in that elementary school.  Most of the mothers in that school kept asking me, “Do they take extra lesson ...

“ We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ” ― Joseph Campbell We like to plan what we want to be, but many of us also don ’ t know what we want to be. It is probably a common question in life, “ What do I want to be? ” If you asked me many years ago, the answers could be wide from being a dancer, a choreographer or a psychologist, but never   wanted to be a teacher. Most of the journey of my life I just followed half of the world population do, to find someone they love then to get married and to have children.   I had to leave the life that I planned before; I planned to create the Broadway show, I had my own studio and I could dance all the time. On the way to accept the new life I have, I kept asking myself, how many of those people could find their happiness outside the life they planned before. I bet some of them weren ’ t lucky enough in building their family, some had to divorced or to have...

“Recognize that you are enough, and that all external gifts are simply extra blessings.” ―  Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life How do you describe that you are blessed? Sometimes in life, when I meet a very wealthy family, I wonder how much money they have, how big is their house, how many cars they have and hundreds of questions in my mind. I believe, once in a while those questions come into our minds. Who doesn ’ t want to be wealthy?   A young man came to my house to share his dream. He said, “ I want to be very wealthy in my life ” So I asked him, “ What definition of very wealthy? ” He mentioned some names in the top list of the wealthiest person in this country and in the world.   I could imagine what the wealthiest people have in their life and how their “ Balance sheet ” looks like. He mentioned one famous name and said, “ I want to be like him ”   The only thing I could say, “ It is a...