... appearance wins over the eyes, but personality wins over the heart...

(Andre, email, June, 2007).

A nice sentence and a good lesson. Heart is the most important thing; appearance can be changed, it will not last forever. Heart will be the source of peace and comfort.

Today will be the best day for my lovely brother (hopefully, amin). You taught me many things and the one that I know: to be there for me, always... So, have a very happy day, dearest brother. I wish you both to be one, giving and sharing a happiness, peaceful and comfortable life with each other until the last day. Be Happy :)

... appearance wins over the eyes, but personality wins over the heart...
(Andre, msg June10th, 2007).

A nice sentence and a good lesson. Heart is the most important thing, appearance can be changed, it will not last forever. Heart will be the source of peace and comfort.

Hopefully... have a very happy day, dearest brother. I wish you both to be one, giving and sharing a happiness, peaceful and comfortable life with each other until the last day. Be Happy :)

Be positive, ..., we can help each other to make it better. .... Let me share my braveness with you. Don't worry and be relaxed. You will be alright!
(Satoshi-san, 20/11/'06, sms)

The Power of Positive Thinking
... teori oleh Dr. Norman Vincent Peale...

A. Percaya diri dan tahu kemampuan sendiri

B. Pikiran yang tenang memberi suatu kekuatan tersendiri

C. Cobalah kekuatan doa
D. Berhentilah mengeluh dan menghakimi orang lain
E. Jangan merasa kalah/ gagal

KEGAGALAN ADALAH SUKSES YANG TERTUNDA. Keep up the good work, my friend! ... (KoKi, sent by Ally C.W.A - Canada)

Every Woman Deserves the Best

A woman will get only what she seeks
Choose your goals carefully
Know what you like and what you do not like
Be critical about what you can do well and what you cannot do well
Choose a career or lifestyle that interests you and work hard to make it a success
but also have fun in what you do
Be honest with people and help them if you can
but don’t depend on anyone to make life easy or happy for you
(only you can do that for yourself)
Be strong and decisive but remain sensitive
Understand who you are and what you want in life
before sharing your life with someone
When you are ready to enter a relationship
make sure that the person is worthy of everything you are physically and mentally
Strive to achieve all that you want
Find happiness in everything you do
Love with your entire being
Love with an uninhibited soul
Make a triumph of every aspect of your life

(KoKi, sent by Fatso, Sydney)

FRIEND

Teman adalah hadiah dari Yang Di Atas buat kita.
Seperti hadiah, ada yang bungkusnya bagus dan ada yang bungkusnya jelek. Yang bungkusnya bagus punya wajah rupawan, atau kepribadian yang menarik. Yang bungkusnya jelek punya wajah biasa saja, atau kepribadian yang biasa saja, atau malah menjengkelkan.

Seperti hadiah, ada yang isinya bagus dan ada yang isinya jelek. Yang isinya bagus punya jiwa yang begitu indah sehingga kita terpukau ketika berbagi rasa dengannya, ketika kita tahan menghabiskan waktu berjam-jam saling bercerita dan menghibur, menangis bersama, dan tertawa bersama.Kita mencintai dia dan dia mencintai kita.

Yang isinya buruk punya jiwa yang terluka. Begitu dalam luka-lukanya sehingga jiwanya tidak mampu lagi mencintai, justru karena ia tidak merasakan cinta dalam hidupnya.

Sayangnya yang kita tangkap darinya seringkali justru sikap penolakan, dendam, kebencian, iri hati, kesombongan, amarah, dll. Kita tidak suka dengan jiwa-jiwa semacam ini dan mencoba menghindar dari mereka.

Kita tidak tahu bahwa itu semua BUKANlah karena mereka pada dasarnya buruk, tetapi ketidakmampuan jiwanya memberikan cinta karena justru ia membutuhkan cinta kita, membutuhkan empati kita, kesabaran dan keberanian kita untuk mendengarkan luka-luka terdalam yang memasung jiwanya.

Bagaimana bisa kita mengharapkan seseorang yang terluka lututnya berlari bersama kita? Bagaimana bisa kita mengajak seseorang yang takut air berenang bersama? Luka di lututnya dan ketakutan terhadap airlah yang mesti disembuhkan, bukan mencaci mereka karena mereka tidak mau berlari atau berenang bersama kita.

Mereka tidak akan bilang bahwa "lutut" mereka luka atau mereka takut air", mereka akan bilang bahwa mereka tidak suka berlari atau mereka akan bilang berenang itu membosankan dll.
It's a defense mechanism. Itulah cara mereka mempertahankan diri.
Mereka tidak akan bilang:

"Aku tidak bisa menari"
"Aku membutuhkan kamu"
"Aku kesepian"
"Aku butuh diterima"
"Aku ingin didengarkan"

Mereka akan bilang:
"Menari itu tidak menarik."
"Tidak ada yang cocok denganku."
"Teman-temanku sudah lulus semua"
"Aku ini buruk, siapa yang bakal tahan denganku.."
"Kisah hidupku membosankan.."

Mereka semua hadiah buat kita, entah bungkusnya bagus atau jelek, entah isinya bagus atau jelek. Dan jangan tertipu oleh kemasan. Hanya ketika kita bertemu jiwa-dengan-jiwa, kita tahu hadiah sesungguhnya yang sudah disiapkanNya buat kita.

Berikanlah makna di dalam kehidupan Anda bukan hanya untuk diri Anda sendiri saja melainkan juga untuk membahagiakan sesama manusia di dalam lingkungan kehidupan Anda.

Berikanlah waktu Anda dgn digabung oleh rasa kasih! Seorang sahabat sama seperti satu permata yg tak ternilai harganya. Seorang kawan bisa membuat kita ceria, membuat kita terhibur.

Mereka meminjamkan kupingnya kepada kita pada saat kita membutuhkannya. Mereka bersedia membuka hati maupun perasaannya untuk berbagi suka dan duka dgn kita pada saat kita membutuhkannya.

Maka dari itu janganlah buang waktu yg Anda miliki, janganlah sia2 akan waktu yg sedemikian berharganya.Bagikanlah sebagian dari waktu yg Anda miliki untuk seorang kawan. Pasti waktu yg Anda berikan tsb akan berbalik kembali seperti juga satu lingkaran walaupun terkadang kita tidak tahu dari mana dan dari siapa datangnya.

^-^ from Sil with love ^-^
(Sylvia Susanti by email March 6th, 2007)

“Allah tidak pernah tidur, Dia tahu apa yang terlihat dan terdengar walau samar.. Allah menilai manusia dari niatan dan apa yang tersembunyi di hatinya.. sementara manusia hanya tau dari apa yang dia lihat dan apa yang dia dengar saja padahal itu sangat rapuh” (Hafizh Kharisma, www.eramuslim.com)

Life truly is huge. It is filled with so many emotions... joy, sadness, silliness, seriousness, love, hate, anger, fear, confidence, confusion, curiousity, clarity, courage, calm, panic, peace, happiness... and so much more. Just take The surprising power of Affirmations... I'M HAPPY.(Life Is Huge/Susan Jeffers--with a little change--ORCHID SHOW, Botanical Garden,Toowong, Feb 10, 2007)

.... The boy was poor--his only worthwhile possession was a watch he'd inherited from his grandfather. Thinking about his sweetheart's lovely hair, he decided to sell the watch in order to buy her a silver barrette.

The girl had no money herself to buy him a present. She went to a shop of the most successful merchant in the town and sold him her hair. With the money, she bought a gold watchband for her lover.

When they met on the day of engagement party, she gave him the wristband for a watch he had sold, and he gave her the barratte for the hair she no longer had.

(By The River Piedra, I Sat and Wept/Paulo Coelho)

EVERY DAY IS A NEW LIFE, ...
(Surfer Paradise, Dec '06 -- Indooroopilly, Jan 2nd, '07: The Queen)

If you want time to enjoy one of the greatest luxurious in life, the luxury of having enough time, time to rest, time to think things through, time to get things done and know you have done them to the best of your ability, remember there is only one way. Take enought time to think and plan things in the order of their important. Your life will take on a new zest, you will add years to your life, and more life to your years. Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time.
(Benjamin Franklin)

pernah denger gak yang seperti ini...
hidup itu seperti siang dan malam
saat siang hari, semua terlihat dengan jelas bagi kita...
saat malam semua menjadi gelap...
tapi jangan lupa, teriknya siang hari kadang bisa membuat kita terbakar..
dan jangan lupa juga, pada saat malam menjelang... pada saat kita mulai takut akan gelap...
kita tidak pernah dibiarkan benar-benar dalam kegelapan...
karena bulan dan bintang mulai muncul menemani perjalanan..
tapi kadang karena kurang sabar aja... kita menjadi kalang kabut..... dan kebingungan..
tapi mungkin itulah seninya hidup..
jadi emang hidup adalah pelajaran yang ga pernah berakhir...
selalu ada PR dan PR yang hanya selesai pada saat kita dipanggil untuk berpulang... (wayan suasnawa - email: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:54:02 +0800)

... Ami sayang unang ... /... Lusi kirim foto, unang caliak lah lamo-lamo,... / ... Tio minta maaf, nang ..., tapi Tio janji ... (by letter - 04/08/'06)

Hallo nang, how are you? Dara fine, ... (by sms - 03/08/'06 : 19.28)

// Thank you, for always be with me...you all are my inspirator, motivator...my everything... luv you all... //

James Blunt - You're Beautiful

My life is brilliant.
My life is brilliant
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yes, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last 'till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

La la la la la la la la la

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,

I will never be with you.

Dreams are to be forgorten, reality is 2B lived, desires R2B fulfilled N destinies R2B reached. Where it began, there it will end. Friends from the start, friends til the end….

( NDARU (01/01/06: 18.50)

The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. No heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.

( Paulo Coelho/ The Alchemist )

Time to listen, time to understand, time to share, time to live ....

Let's start and wish a success!

together...

There's always story to tell about....

FRIENDSHIP....

(Druv Kanna- Delhi)

It's a long road, but the journey will be over before you know it

(Michael, 21/07/06:03.55p.m.)

Kita tidak dapat memperoleh pikiran yang damai kecuali kita dapat berhubungan dengan Sumber kedamaian yang ada di dalam diri kita.

Damai yang kamu miliki dalam dirimu, dan jika kamu mencarinya di luar,

kamu tidak akan pernah menemukannya.

(Maha Guru Ching Hai)

If I'm OK and you're OK, How Come I don't Feel OK?

(Harris and Harris, Staying OK)

I think it should be just OK for 3 of us,

eventhough we don't always do everything together...

I think it's OK if sometimes 1 of us just wanna be alone...

Today, I feel so tired, wish 2 of you understand my reason not to go together...

I just can say sorry for my absence for the party

I won't enjoy it...

so, how can I be OK there?

Hopefully, two of you would understand that we have differences in some distance...

tonight, I just want to be my self...

enjoying my time alone...

sorry...