Heading the new life

First of all, I would like to say "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" to everyone of you..^^

Well, the new year is coming...what do you think? hmm..

When it come to the end of the year, I usually think about the resolution for the coming year. How about you?

Facing a new year is like starting a new chapter in our lives. So, usually people make some resolutions for their life to make a new "story", a better one of course. Then, how to make the 'right' resolution which you can accomplish and make your life better by the end of the following year?

Initially, we need to have a reflection. Before making the resolution, we have to evaluate our lives in the current year first. Are we changing? Getting better? Or accomplish the previous resolution, our goals for that year?? Evaluating our lives takes time. We need to recall our memories, analyze our habits, behaviors, and attitudes. Not only that, we can also analyze our works, attainments, and achievements. Surely we had failure and success. Therefore, we need to analyze what made us succeed and failed. When we know the causes, we will be able know our strength and weakness more precisely.

Afterwards, make new orientation. Don't be perfunctory in makin new goals. Think it carefully so it will help us to be better. We can make goals in many aspects in our lives, such as, our relation with our God, family, friends; our study; or our job. Mainly we have to reset our priorities so we can spend our time well. And it is more important that we have to develop our character so we can be responsible and commited to undergo our resolutions and complete it by the end of the year. And, make sure that it will make you have a better life with a better effect for others too..=)

Making a resolution is important, but it is more important to do it. Plans and goals are nothing if they do not work at all. So, resolutions..hmm..make it and live it.. HAPPY NEW YEAR people!! Go get a new great life..^^

=) T.I.M.E (=

Hmm talking about time... Many people feel 24 hours in a day is not enough.
Have you ever felt that too? Well..i used to feel like that too, i blamed God for giving me only 24 hours with so many things to do.. but that's my past ^^, though I'm busier now, i know 24 hours is sufficient if i can manage it well..=)

God has designed it for our good. Let's think..What if we have 30 hours in a day? It will make us work longer and harder. May be at first we would think that we could get more time to rest and relax. But if it really happened, other people would not let you rest, they will even force you to work. And of course we would be more tired, more stressed because we got more things to do. Remember, human will never feel satisfied.

All of us know time is something out of our control. Sometimes we regret something and wish if we could turn back the time. It means we have to use our time wisely. To use it wisely, we need to get our priorities straight. Our time for our family, study, work, relation with God and friends should be balanced so we got a healthy life too. There is always time to relax, to have some fun, but we have to do our responsibility first. Be a good manager! ^^

Talking about managing time is talking about managing our priorities well. Don't let urgent things steal your time to do the important things! If you keep doing that, one day you will realize that you got your important things abandoned. And if you have no more opportunities, you will regret that..=( Choose which one is the most important and which one is more important than the other one. Be careful guys, if you think you are too busy to do an important thing because of other 'important' thing, actually, according to you, that important thing is less important than the other 'important' thing. Get the meaning? ^^

So manage your time well. You must differentiate the important one and the urgent but unimportant one.. Just be wise guys, 24 hours in a day is just right.. God bless you =)

..birthday..

All of us know that we get older every time.. Once a year, we have our birthday! ^^
On that day usually people gave us wishes, presents, birthday cakes, surprises, or any special things. They want to make the birthday one happy on that special day.

Once in a year, I used to celebrate my birthday..
well,, not with parties or something extravagant but just celebrating myself and feel that I'm the special one that day.. in other words, i feel like I am the center of the attention that day...*how selfish*

But I got a special experience on my last birthday.. My 19th birthday is the most special birthday I've ever had.. Well, actually it's just an ordinary birthday, but i learned something great that day..^^

14 March 2009, there was 2 special occasions in my life..
First, was my birthday.. And the second one was my small group's mentor's wedding day..^^
She is a special one in my life..(: and I had to play the piano for her wedding ceremony and be an usher at the reception.
It's been a busy, tiring, and a totally great day! On the reception, I and my small group friends gave a really surprising surprise for our beloved 'big sister'..Yeah..we sang, i played the music, and 1 of us gave an 'on the spot' poem..haha..

And about my birthday.. I couldn't celebrate myself like usual, because everyone's attention went to the bride and groom. I wasn't around the people i know on that day, well not everyone, but most of them. It doesn't mean that i got no wish at all. My friends still wish me happy birthday through SMS and some of them came when i just woke up. They sang, gave me a doughnuts cake, and gave me some birthday presents. How special they are..=3

But i learned something great that day..
I realized that birthday isn't only receiving things, because it depends on the circumstances. When the circumstance was good and you receive so many special things, you'll be happy on your birthday..
It'll be more joyful when the true birthday meaning is giving.. Giving something to others doesn't depend on the circumstances. When you give, you'll be happier than when you receive.. What a great birthday!

Happiness does not depend on the things around you.
Happiness depends on yourself..=)

d' Essentials of LIFE

We all know that life has an end. Well, i see life like a plant..

First the seed is in the soil and produces roots, then it grows a sprout. It will only grow healthy if it gets enough water and sunlight. Then the roots find water to drink and the sprout gets taller and taller. Then it blooms flowers. When it is about to die, it drops seeds in the ground and the life cycle begins again. . .

We were born in this earth and our family and environment produce roots..well the roots are our basic values.. Then we grow older and be more mature. We will only grow healthily if we get enough physical and spiritual food. Then naturally, when we grow older our curiosity leads us to seek more logical things that build our character and maturity. Then we got a mature personality which make us a blessing to others. When we are about to die, we leave the essence of our life to this world..

Hmm..What do we live for? Many people don't know what do they live for. Isn't it a very serious problem? wew.. Thx God I know that I live to glorify my God's name..^^
Living on this earth is preparing for the eternal life.. Our live now is just a rehearsal.. The actual life isn't here.. so..Where would you spend the eternity? Think about it deeply..
And according to the previous one, the other question is.. What message will you leave to this world when you are gone? Those are the two questions you should think of..
So use your life EFFECTively.. Do your best in everything for God's glory..and for sure, the impact will be positive..

The last thing is..Love your life and be grateful of it.. c:
I thank God You never leave me, though sometimes i forget You..
I thank God for my family and friends, though they have a lot of weaknesses..
I thank God for my physical appearance, though i'm not that beautiful..
I thank God for my brain, though i'm not a genius..
I thank God for all my belongings, though it's just enough..
I thank God for being in Indonesia, though there are problems everywhere..
I thank God for all aspects in my life, though it's far from perfect.. :)