"What a wonderful day today is", you thought. The weather is good. Your mood is good. And the traffic is unusually smooth. Your colleagues noticed how happy you are today. Suddenly, your boss called you to his office. A new assignment for you. You went into his room smiling until you heard what the assignment is all about. Something that you really dread doing. "Oh, No! Not me. Give it to someone else" shouted your inner voice. But what you could only say to your boss is "Okay, I'll do it".
Back at your desk, you are not the same person as you are when you arrived earlier this morning. Unsatisfactory and a little of anger filled up your heart. You can't concentrate. You tried to focus on your work. But it is just too difficult. You felt uncomfortable. You felt like going out somewhere to loosen up and take some fresh air, but you can't. It's office hour and you know how strict the HR department are.
"Face it", suddenly the phrase just come up in your head. You sit back. Then took a deep breath. "Why not? After all I have no choice", you thought. "Okay then, I'll do it the best I can". Next thing, you find yourself listing the objectives of your new assignment. Then the action lists. And finally you got the plan outlined. You felt content and smiled.
You can turn around just about anything that God permits, by accepting whatever comes into your life as it is. Accept them with an open heart. Then work it out from there. Enjoy it as you do it.
The moment you accept, everything will loosen up. Everything seems to fall nicely into its place. Life become easier and more pleasant. On the other hand, when you resist, you create tension. You are not following the flow of your life. You are trying to swim upstream. Life will be difficult, exhausting and full of frustration.
Therefore, be like water, always flowing smoothly and make its way through, even there are obstacles.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Your life is already perfect
Are you happy with your life? Or are you always whining about your life? Actually you are the main contributor, the determiner of how your life is.
God created us with a purpose and give us life. All we have to do is go with the flow. What comes into our life is gifts from God. Do not compare it with others. Do not ask for more. Do not crave for other things. What is there for you is yours. It is the best for you. Accept it with open heart. Be thankful to God.
When we accept whatever God give us we do not resist his gifts. We are being harmony with ourself and God. And when we thank Him for the gifts, we appreciate them and we will get more gifts. Life will be peaceful and abundant.
If we do not know what to do with the gift or doesn't like the gift. The first step is to accept it and be thankful. Something is better than nothing. Then work your way to make use of the gift. There is always a way if you focus and work on it. Trust me God will help you in you endeavor. And when you succeed, be thankful again. You will get more gifts and help from God. Your life will be full of abundance.
Sometimes on your way to success, there are obstacles and disturbances. Accept them peacefully as they come. They are teachers that help us to learn new skills, polish existing skills and learn to be patient. Work your way out smartly and peacefully. If there is nothing you can do about it. Just accept it and leave to God to deal with it. It is not your part. It comes to teach you to be patient. Then let it go and move on.
So my dear friends put a sincere smile in your face today and live your life as it is.
God created us with a purpose and give us life. All we have to do is go with the flow. What comes into our life is gifts from God. Do not compare it with others. Do not ask for more. Do not crave for other things. What is there for you is yours. It is the best for you. Accept it with open heart. Be thankful to God.
When we accept whatever God give us we do not resist his gifts. We are being harmony with ourself and God. And when we thank Him for the gifts, we appreciate them and we will get more gifts. Life will be peaceful and abundant.
If we do not know what to do with the gift or doesn't like the gift. The first step is to accept it and be thankful. Something is better than nothing. Then work your way to make use of the gift. There is always a way if you focus and work on it. Trust me God will help you in you endeavor. And when you succeed, be thankful again. You will get more gifts and help from God. Your life will be full of abundance.
Sometimes on your way to success, there are obstacles and disturbances. Accept them peacefully as they come. They are teachers that help us to learn new skills, polish existing skills and learn to be patient. Work your way out smartly and peacefully. If there is nothing you can do about it. Just accept it and leave to God to deal with it. It is not your part. It comes to teach you to be patient. Then let it go and move on.
So my dear friends put a sincere smile in your face today and live your life as it is.
How to manage your time efficiently
Time is fix. You doesn't get more today or lesser tomorrow. What has passed, is gone. And what is coming is beyond your control. All you have is NOW; a space to act in.
You can't control your future 100%, but you can be prepared. Set your priorities. Narrow down your focus. Get a good rest to ensure you have enough energy for the future. Prepare your mind and body for it. Start your day early and fresh. And do not forget to prepare yourself for the unplanned events, in case they come up. In other words, set your target, get yourself equipped mind and body, and have alternative plans or reserve space for the unexpected.
Moments come and go. Therefore do your best in each moment. Single tasked. Do one task at a time, one small step at a time. Focus and concentrate on one thing. Do not multi-tasking, your energy and attention will spread out and will be less effective. Just focus on one thing in each moment and enjoy it.
What happened in the past sometimes weighs you down. Let them go. Extract the lesson from it and use it as your tool. Then let go the past. Move on. What makes you today is not shaped by the past but by what you do now, in this moment. So get up and embrace your moment!
You can't control your future 100%, but you can be prepared. Set your priorities. Narrow down your focus. Get a good rest to ensure you have enough energy for the future. Prepare your mind and body for it. Start your day early and fresh. And do not forget to prepare yourself for the unplanned events, in case they come up. In other words, set your target, get yourself equipped mind and body, and have alternative plans or reserve space for the unexpected.
Moments come and go. Therefore do your best in each moment. Single tasked. Do one task at a time, one small step at a time. Focus and concentrate on one thing. Do not multi-tasking, your energy and attention will spread out and will be less effective. Just focus on one thing in each moment and enjoy it.
What happened in the past sometimes weighs you down. Let them go. Extract the lesson from it and use it as your tool. Then let go the past. Move on. What makes you today is not shaped by the past but by what you do now, in this moment. So get up and embrace your moment!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Pleasure of NOW
Have you ever do a task with the focus fully on your inner-self, doing the task? It's a wonderful experience, believe me! The task becomes more enjoyable. And as your mind is more focused, you become more efficient. Fast and focused. Just like a Kungfu fighter. Accomplishes so many things in a short time. And the sense of contentment at the end of the task, put a smile in your face and energizes you for more fulfilling tasks.
What happens here is you are working in harmony with yourself. Your mind, spirit and every parts of your body, all working together to accomplish only one thing at that moment. How do you do that?
Well, before you start any task, make clear of your sincere intention in your heart. Then move on to the doing with the sincere intention in mind. Feel yourself doing it and enjoy it. See and feel yourself doing it through the eyes of your spirit. Take your time. Stay calm. Though you feel that you are moving in a slow pace, actually you are more efficient as everything goes smooth and mistake are minimize compare to if you do it in a rushing mode.
Rushing is not fast. When you rush you tend to make more mistake. Correcting the mistake or making up to the damage done is more time consuming and an energy waster. You feel you are doing it fast when you rush, but when you rush, you are not focused. You are multitasking. Your mind, spirit and body are not focused to one thing. Instead the energy is spread to more than one thing. A focused energy, like laser beam is more powerful than a spread energy.
All you need is practice. Remember these points. One, sincere intention. Two, Be in harmony with the task at hand. And finally, one small step at a time.
What happens here is you are working in harmony with yourself. Your mind, spirit and every parts of your body, all working together to accomplish only one thing at that moment. How do you do that?
Well, before you start any task, make clear of your sincere intention in your heart. Then move on to the doing with the sincere intention in mind. Feel yourself doing it and enjoy it. See and feel yourself doing it through the eyes of your spirit. Take your time. Stay calm. Though you feel that you are moving in a slow pace, actually you are more efficient as everything goes smooth and mistake are minimize compare to if you do it in a rushing mode.
Rushing is not fast. When you rush you tend to make more mistake. Correcting the mistake or making up to the damage done is more time consuming and an energy waster. You feel you are doing it fast when you rush, but when you rush, you are not focused. You are multitasking. Your mind, spirit and body are not focused to one thing. Instead the energy is spread to more than one thing. A focused energy, like laser beam is more powerful than a spread energy.
All you need is practice. Remember these points. One, sincere intention. Two, Be in harmony with the task at hand. And finally, one small step at a time.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
My Ideal Writing Session
There are moments when writing is smooth and fascinating. Everything seems to flow smoothly and beautifully. The urge to put down my ideas in words is so strong, that the words just flow continuously; non-stop. I end the session with a smile in my face right from my heart. A content and full filling feelings in my heart.
I remember that moment clearly in my mind. I was sitting alone peacefully in front of my computer. Sitting up straight, comfortably and feel relax. The room was not completely quiet, but quiet enough to get me in the mood of writing. I have a subject in my mind to write about. I type the title, and begin the journey, point to point as it emerge in my mind. I keep on tapping my fingers on the keyboard without looking back at what I have wrote. Just keep on writing until I have no more point to elaborate. This is when I go back to my first word in the first paragraph, read what I have wrote, correct the syntax and spelling here and there, fine tune it until I'm satisfied.
If more ideas come in, I'll repeat the process until all is laid down satisfactorily. Once done I'll read it over and over again, word by word until I'm happy with it. Then I'll just leave it and continue with my other tasks peacefully and happily. Cheers!
I remember that moment clearly in my mind. I was sitting alone peacefully in front of my computer. Sitting up straight, comfortably and feel relax. The room was not completely quiet, but quiet enough to get me in the mood of writing. I have a subject in my mind to write about. I type the title, and begin the journey, point to point as it emerge in my mind. I keep on tapping my fingers on the keyboard without looking back at what I have wrote. Just keep on writing until I have no more point to elaborate. This is when I go back to my first word in the first paragraph, read what I have wrote, correct the syntax and spelling here and there, fine tune it until I'm satisfied.
If more ideas come in, I'll repeat the process until all is laid down satisfactorily. Once done I'll read it over and over again, word by word until I'm happy with it. Then I'll just leave it and continue with my other tasks peacefully and happily. Cheers!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Simplify!
When you feel overwhelmed, or life have become complicated, one simple advice would be to simplify. What is simplify anyway? It's like a magic word that can turn your life the other way round: from chaotic to calm, from busy to more free time, from rushing to relax.
Simplify, as it may sound is to make things simpler. How do you do that?
Simplify, as it may sound is to make things simpler. How do you do that?
- Keep or have only the necessary things in life
- Focus on one small step at a time
- Take the smallest number of steps to accomplish your task
- Just make it satisfyingly good enough, because perfection tends to make things complicated
- Do less in a day but with full conscious and enjoyment
- Remove the clutter in your mind; the past and the future. Just focus on the present moment and enjoy it
Try it, and may peace be with you.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Let your mind breathe the freshness of the moment
Have you ever catch yourself smiling alone reminiscing the past? Or feeling sad or down due to some event in the past? I'm sure everyone of us has experienced that once in a while. Sometimes you get drifted away from your present, that you missed out what is going on around you. The story you have just read, the tv program you have just watch before, the chat you had with your friends recently, they just come and go without warning or without you realizing it.
How does these memories and pictures of the past affects your daily life? A playback of a scene in an entertaining comedy you have just watch earlier might change your mood to happier mood, while a sad or a mystery story might leave you feeling sad or confused. But one thing for sure, it took you away from your present moment. One sign is, you suddenly can't remember what you have done and what you have not done. If you are sitting with a group of people, you seem to have lost connection even if you are physically there. Your time just passed by without you realizing it. And worse it eats up your energy, when you keep on repeating doing the same thing without realizing it. You seem to have lost your senses. You're watching the tv in front of you but you did not see it. You are listening to a conversation but you didn't hear what they are talking about. You're eating your food but you doesn't taste it. You're washing the dishes, but you didn't feel the water flowing or the stickiness or the oily sense on the surface of the plates. You're sitting in a park surrounded by plants and flowers but you just couldn't smell the freshness and fragrance of the flowers and plants around you. What a waste of time and energy!
If the program you're watching is from a video player you might rewind the player, when suddenly you find you have lost track of the story. If you are listening to the conversation of your friends, you might suddenly popped out a stupid or irrelevant question to them, ending up being laughed at. If the food you're eating was tasty, everyone else praises how tasty the food was, except you because you forgot to taste it. It just went through your throat without you realizing it. You might have completed your dish washing, but to your amazed, there are still food sticking on the dishes here and there. You might end up washing them again. If the park you were sitting in was beautiful, then it's too bad you didn't have the chance to enjoy and appreciate it.
What has passed, is past and gone. Be aware of what you have in your mind. Stop your thinking if what your have in your mind is the past. Don't let it decays in your mind, even though it is a sweet moment that's refreshing, it will get rotten in your mind if you keep on playing it. Just stop it there and then, when you catch yourself reminiscing. Clear your mind and enjoy your five senses in the presence of your soul. Refresh your mind with moment to moment experience.
How does these memories and pictures of the past affects your daily life? A playback of a scene in an entertaining comedy you have just watch earlier might change your mood to happier mood, while a sad or a mystery story might leave you feeling sad or confused. But one thing for sure, it took you away from your present moment. One sign is, you suddenly can't remember what you have done and what you have not done. If you are sitting with a group of people, you seem to have lost connection even if you are physically there. Your time just passed by without you realizing it. And worse it eats up your energy, when you keep on repeating doing the same thing without realizing it. You seem to have lost your senses. You're watching the tv in front of you but you did not see it. You are listening to a conversation but you didn't hear what they are talking about. You're eating your food but you doesn't taste it. You're washing the dishes, but you didn't feel the water flowing or the stickiness or the oily sense on the surface of the plates. You're sitting in a park surrounded by plants and flowers but you just couldn't smell the freshness and fragrance of the flowers and plants around you. What a waste of time and energy!
If the program you're watching is from a video player you might rewind the player, when suddenly you find you have lost track of the story. If you are listening to the conversation of your friends, you might suddenly popped out a stupid or irrelevant question to them, ending up being laughed at. If the food you're eating was tasty, everyone else praises how tasty the food was, except you because you forgot to taste it. It just went through your throat without you realizing it. You might have completed your dish washing, but to your amazed, there are still food sticking on the dishes here and there. You might end up washing them again. If the park you were sitting in was beautiful, then it's too bad you didn't have the chance to enjoy and appreciate it.
What has passed, is past and gone. Be aware of what you have in your mind. Stop your thinking if what your have in your mind is the past. Don't let it decays in your mind, even though it is a sweet moment that's refreshing, it will get rotten in your mind if you keep on playing it. Just stop it there and then, when you catch yourself reminiscing. Clear your mind and enjoy your five senses in the presence of your soul. Refresh your mind with moment to moment experience.
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