Archive for May, 2005

To Let Go…

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

To let go…

…is not to try to change or blame another, it is to make the most of myself…

To let go…

….is not to care for, but to care about…

To let go…

…is not to fix, but to be supportive…

To let go…

…is not to judge but to allow another to be a human being…

To let go…

…does not mean to stop caring, it only means that I can’t do it for someone else…

To let go…

…is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies…

To let go…

…is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality…

To let go…

…is not to deny but to accept…

To let go…

…is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it…

To Let You Go…

…is not to regret the past but to grow and to live for the future…

To Let You Go…

…is to fear less and love more…

Now, I am letting you go… I pray that you are happy, really happy now, and that one day I’ll be happy too…

Twenty Causes for Personal Failure

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

by Curtis Hutson

I’ve read these ‘points’ when I was browsing in my friend’s profile. I added my opinions/reactions after each number. Happy reading!

1. Drifting through life without definite goal.

* so guys, you should have a goal in mind when you are doing something.

2. Overly curious about other people’s affairs.

* mind your own business!

3. Inadequate education or inadequate information on your subject.

* be a knowledge seeker!

4. Lack of self-discipline.

* discipline starts within yourself!

5. Lack of ambition to aim high.

* look up and set your eyes to your goal and give your best shot at everything you do!

6. Lack of persistence on carrying through that which you have begun.

* urong-sulong will lead you nowhere!

7. A negative mental attitude in general.

* be an optimist! I admit I am a pessimist and I’m trying my best to change it, with God’s help, of course.

8. Lack of emotional control.

* control yourself. you won’t accomplish things when you get so emotional.

9. The desire to get something for nothing.

* set a goal.

10. Failure to reach decisions promptly and definitely when all of the facts necessary for decision are at hand.

* when you are making decisions, ask God’s wisdom and guidance.

11. Fear of failure.

* it will just bring you down. I have a fear of failure and the only way to get rid of that is to trust in the Lord.

12. Indiscriminate spending of time and money.

* manage your time and money wisely. Now this is where I am not good at!

13. Lack of control over tongue.

* the tongue is like a two-edged sword, be careful when you use it. I’ve learned from experience how a tongue can create a gap in relationships.

14. Having a closed mind; that is, unwilling to take advice from others.

* those who hates instructions are foolish.

15. Lack of loyalty where loyalty is due.

* place your loyalty to the right person.

16. Lack of vision and imagination.

* aim high…

17. Egotism and vanity without control.

* it will just complicate things. Maybe I need a little bit of both because I really lack self-confidence!haha kidding!

18. Having wrong motives.

* do things for the right reason.

19. A desire for revenge for real or imaginary grievances.

* vengeance is not ours. 

20. Unwilling to go to the ‘extra mile’.

* you’ll never know what you will see in that ‘extra mile’ if you’ll never go! Especially when you are jogging, you’ll never burn calories of you are not willing to go to the extra mile!haha

"The person who succeeds is the one who does more than enough and keeps on doing it"

Bum…

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Bumming around is what I am good at. But it does not mean I am doing nothing. It only means that something deep inside me is working - my brain or heart. I am not sure if my brain is capable of thinking, but I know that my heart is capable of loving. Or is it the other way around?

Maybe I love with my brain and think with my heart. Maybe, just maybe, I am who I am today because I use my brain to love and my heart to think.

It’s rather complicated and I really can’t explain it. I just figured it out myself. Maybe there’s is nothing wrong with people. I once thought that there is something wrong with people around me, that is why most of the time I feel like they need to be corrected. But now I think I know better. There is nothing wrong with them. There is indeed something wrong with me.

That’s just it. That is my problem. I close my heart to love and opens it to knowledge. I close my mind to knowledge but opens it up to the idea of love.

Confusing, right? I am also confused myself. Because I am not making sense. Really not making sense.

As you can see, I’m just bumming around. Right now, something deep within me is working. And this is the result…