#notestomyself

Stay focus on your goal... if your 1st option didn’t work out, I’m sure there will be another option for you.

I watched eternal sunshine of the spotless mind the other day. What a good movie. I never realized how comfortable he had to be to be able to let her into some of his most intimate thoughts just to keep a memory of her. Would I be willing to do that with someone? Would someone ever be that vulnerable with me?

take everything at your own pace. complete your goals/tasks one at a time. you become overwhelmed when you take on too much at once.wake up & remind yourself of your goals. dont lose focus for too long. rest is important but always know when you’ve had enough. lose your “all or nothing” mentality. take baby steps. take more time to step back and reflect. its okay to be in a funk, just dont let it last too long. its okay to give but please do not forget to give to yourself. remember to say “no” when you need to. keep in mind that to get to where you want to be you need consistency. you can never stop taking steps towards your dreams. there are no days off. brush it off and keep going. 

Each crowd has a different sort of vibe. Almost exactly three years ago at that exact event, the alumni spoke. I was there back then and took notes as preparation for my master’s journey . Time flies. Now, I stand there in front of the audience. I perceive that whenever I get a chance to stand up and speak with a group of people for a cause that has to deal with their dreams. I always hope my goal is to have people leave the room with the concepts, that is when we give to others, we are essentially first and foremost giving to ourselves. Anytime we reach out and help another person up, we’re actually helping ourselves first and helping that person second . There was one fascinating question towards me during the discussion with a potential student. The topic regarding something that lots of us think about, hope for, and sometimes we don’t really know how to achieve. we think about things in our lives or things in our own selves that we wish could be different, we could accomplish a particular goal, but we don’t really know how to get there . We live our lives in a certain way and sometimes we get stuck in certain habits and momentum. It's just because that’s the way has always been, familiar, or we’re used to, and we’re afraid to dream and make a change. We’re afraid of something else even it’s something better just because it’s different. What we have to do is overcome this fear, because the truth is, as human beings going through this life, if we are not constantly striving, transforming and changing for a better condition, we are by default changing for the worst. . For instance, a guy who is not really practicing in a way that he really, he wishes, he could in the way that he ought to. What will happen is as an obstacle that he creates for his own self, he’ll find it as too difficult to obtain. The way that distance appears to him makes him basically becomes a barrier from him achieving or even taking any steps towards that goal. So, the key takeaways are for those of you who are facing some difficulties, don’t give up on your dream and the most important thing is always make suplications to Allah subhanahu wata’ala . #notestomyself (at Jakarta)

Zen Story - Gates of Hell or Gates of Heaven The Gates of Paradise A soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked: “Is there really a paradise and a hell?” “Who are you?” inquired Hakuin. “I am a samurai,” the warrior replied. “You, a soldier!” exclaimed Hakuin. “What kind of ruler would have you as his guard? Your face looks like that of a beggar.” Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin continued: “So you have a sword! Your weapon is probably much too dull to cut off my head.” As Nobushige drew his sword Hakuin remarked: “Here open the gates of hell!” At these words the samurai, perceiving the master’s discipline, sheathed his sword and bowed. “Here open the gates of paradise,” said Hakuin. #zeninmybackpack #theevolvingbackpacker #trancendentalliving #notestomyself

Do you enjoy being a thespian in the theatre of someone else's human experience?