Just when you thought you've had it with these lemons, things happen and you just blink back in surprise and you don't know if you're gonna laugh or gonna cry in both frustration and in delight.
Like my good friend said, Spring is around, and perhaps it is our golden time! Yay! I completely forgot how I can be outside of my own bubble. It's good that I'm going on a vacation soon. I look forward to the Chinese New Year. New me, new body, new sense of adventure and new outlook in life.
All positives.
Say I'm meeting lots of people, enjoying new friends and interesting conversations. I get perhaps a raise or a promotion of sorts to which the consequences are personally daunting, socially that is. I might get into something of interest and in an environment I want.
I'm achieving one part of my resolution which is to travel to at least 5 new countries this year. It will be grand! I'm going to a new place, long haul flight, all by myself!! Yahoo! :) The friends that wait for me there make it even more worth it.
Shall I head over to Japan? Korea? Cambodia? Singapore? Thailand? Canada? US? Two of those might be a go this year! Let's make it happen! :) Every month should be a party month!!
What's up so far:
1.) Travelogues #1 with me myself and I
2.) OMG @ Benz Arena
3.) Travelogues #2 with the girls
4.) Travelogues #3 with my funny gal
5.) Homecoming
January 30, 2011
January 27, 2011
Phoenix
My good friend has given me this book and I've managed to finish reading it last year. It completely echoes the tensions within myself. And so, I have to quote this excerpt from Paolo Coelho's blog on Brida:
If there is one thing, I'm sure of at this point, whatever people have thought of the situation from the get go, nothing is completely wrong and there is no room for regrets. After taking another risk like this, that fear is now long gone even if there is pain. Baptized by the consquences, there is no reason to fear what you have already been through. Since it is the second time around, it moves me to look and realize that if a second time can happen, a third time can happen too. This is possible. So stronger and more free will I be after the embers die down and the ashes get scattered by the wind.
I think I've managed to face that particular fear last year and completely love. Right now it is a matter of swallowing and accepting failure, disappointment, disillusion that come with the risk I've taken. This and a constant reminder to myself to be open and never cease to hope.After her first romantic disappointment, she had never again given herself entirely. She feared pain, loss, and separation.
These things were inevitable on the path to love, and the only way of
avoiding them was by deciding not to take that path at all.
In order not to suffer, you had to renounce Love. It was like putting out
your own eyes not to see the bad things in life.
Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light
in their eyes.
"When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way."
"Don't bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain
your emotions."
"But how will I know who my Soulmate is?" Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.
"By taking risks" she said to Brida. "By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing your search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end."
Nothing is completely wrong. Even a broken watch is right twice a day.
If there is one thing, I'm sure of at this point, whatever people have thought of the situation from the get go, nothing is completely wrong and there is no room for regrets. After taking another risk like this, that fear is now long gone even if there is pain. Baptized by the consquences, there is no reason to fear what you have already been through. Since it is the second time around, it moves me to look and realize that if a second time can happen, a third time can happen too. This is possible. So stronger and more free will I be after the embers die down and the ashes get scattered by the wind.
January 26, 2011
Coincidence 巧
Readings from Cainer:
Is it possible to go too far? Of course. But it is equally possible not to go far enough. Of the two, the former is preferable. If you go too far, you can retreat. If you don't go anywhere you had better hope that the place you are already in is wonderful in every way. Can we say this with conviction about the position you find yourself in now? Well, if you can, why are you reading this? Life is offering you the chance to go a little further than you usually go. Don't be afraid of this. Just go through your day with an open mind. You haven't got a 'problem'. You have an incredible opportunity.
Sometimes, when the wind blows, everything swirls around and flies about until the storm dies down. By then, who knows where anything is any more. We just have to do our best to pick up the pieces and start again. Sometimes, though, the wind is just as fierce. But, though everything flutters, it doesn't go anywhere. It stays still. It is held in position by a force that's powerful enough to withstand the pressure. The wind of a big potential change is blowing now, but it is not going to scatter you too far.
Is it possible to go too far? Of course. But it is equally possible not to go far enough. Of the two, the former is preferable. If you go too far, you can retreat. If you don't go anywhere you had better hope that the place you are already in is wonderful in every way. Can we say this with conviction about the position you find yourself in now? Well, if you can, why are you reading this? Life is offering you the chance to go a little further than you usually go. Don't be afraid of this. Just go through your day with an open mind. You haven't got a 'problem'. You have an incredible opportunity.
Sometimes, when the wind blows, everything swirls around and flies about until the storm dies down. By then, who knows where anything is any more. We just have to do our best to pick up the pieces and start again. Sometimes, though, the wind is just as fierce. But, though everything flutters, it doesn't go anywhere. It stays still. It is held in position by a force that's powerful enough to withstand the pressure. The wind of a big potential change is blowing now, but it is not going to scatter you too far.
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