ALWAYS GRATEFUL

Please watch this video first. This is so amazing and give us motivation about never give up about struggling of life. Please click here for watch a movie.

Maybe we don't know about him. His name is James Zubicic who doesn't have arms and legs since he was born. This condition is out of his ability, if he can choice he will not be here, but it cannot be changed because it has been since he was born. When he was kid he thought that he wanted to have arms and legs. He just focused and worry on his disabled condition, he thought that he cannot do anything. All people laughed him and see him like a monster. He wanted playing football like other boy. He felt depression and sometime want to end his life. He thought that he never marry with a girl and he never gets job because of his condition. Finally, he realised that he shouldn't think like that, he should move on and get up. And, he can prove it. Now he has job as motivator. He lives with his beautiful wife and his cute son. His principles for this all always have feeling grateful to his God.

He never gives up to learn how to stand up again if he falls to the ground because he didn't know how to stand up without arm and leg. He tries..and try.. again and again without give up. He got 100 fails to stand after fall to the ground, then he tried again until he can do it. It is the same with our life, when we are in good condition and we are in comfort zone, we never think that we will fall to bad condition. Sometime we don't get ready to that. Then, when we fall to bad condition we don't know how to stand up again, we do not know how to stand up from adversity. But he shows that he can stand after fail for 100 times. It means if we can do like him that we can stand up from adversity after we try to not give up and make it be good.

When he wants to move to get something he should walk with his small leg, but it needs a long time because of short step moving. Then, he thought how to get long step moving. And, he did jump with right action. Although James Zubicic are disabled person, but his mind and his heart are not disabled. He knows his ability. He always feel happy and think that his life is like journey and beautiful. The most important is always say thank to God.

We can take positive about his life. Now see ourselves. We should always say thanks to God, that we have perfect limbs. We can playing football, we can write, we can take  things and we can run. We have good physic. We should can do more than him. When we fall down and we feel depression and we should know how to stand up and not give up, we shouldn’t think to regret about our life, but we should grateful to God for every condition we are. We know that Allah SWT promises, if we always grateful to Him, we will get more fortune than now. Yea, that is true. Every we say thank to God, we feel satisfied, we feel better and sometime we feel easy to face our life. When we want to solve our problem or pursuit our dream, we will focus on it and try the way to get it without give up. And, we realize that we have potential and we have ability to do it. We should focus on our ability and not care about underestimate of other about us. We can do more than them and even make them shock about what we can do. Sometime we think it is impossible, when we believe that will happen, it will be possible.

Life is not always good and happy, we will face sadness, depress, so what should we do? Does we focus and cry on it? Or will we try to escape from it with good solution. That our choice because we run it. If we want to get good in life so we will try to think how to escape from bad condition, we shouldn't quite and cry about it without doing anything. We must move on and think positively to get  good then. We are great person that God create and we should thank for that. And, we realize as a great person will think great about our life now and future.

So, the most important in our life is grateful about what we have and what we get. This can change our mind to think better, do better and get better things.

By MEYF

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WE START THEN FINISH IT!!!!

We live in this earth in the short time, we don't know how many times we can do more in life. God gives us everything that we need and God knows what is the best for us. We have more colourful life such as happiness, sadness, success, goodness, badness, etc. 

Nobody lives without having problems and get risk in their life. When we start to do something, so we should finish it, although we will get more problems and risk. It is our power and our great soul we have. All people around us are the nature teachers are teach us about life. They do bad or good we can learn from them to take positive for life. And, think that our life is a great struggle and we will get great result.

If we look back, we know that Derek Redmond was a British athlete who recorded for 400 metres sprint and won gold medals in the 4x400 metres at the World Championships, European Championship and Commonwealth Games. He was so great athlete for sprint, but one thing that we can learn from him is his spirit when he got accident.

In 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, he followed the 400 metres sprint. This Olympic was his challenge to win after he won gold medals before. In the semifinal Derek Redmond started well, but in the back straight about 250 metres from the finish, he got an accident that he tore his hamstring, he felt really pain and fell the ground. Most people in the olympic thought that he would stop it. He realises his olympic dream was over. He cried out and say “There's no way, I am getting on that stretcher. I am going to finish my stretcher.” With the pain he began to hobble along the track. People at the race tried to stop him, but he didn't care, he still continued it. Suddenly, a man comes from the top and fight back security that stopped him to enter the race. And, a man said “That's my son out there”. He was Jim Redmond.

He said to Derek Redmond, “I am here son, you don't have to do this.” Then Derek Redmond cried and said to his dad “Yes I do”. Without thinking anymore, his dad said “Well then, we will finish this together”. Jim and Derek completed the lap of the track together with Derek leaning on his dad's shoulder for support. Although he didn't get medal in this olympic, but he finished his race with his father beside him and 65.000 spectators rose to give Derek a standing ovation.

This is great motivation that we can catch from him. He didn't give up for his dream to finish his race competition in olympic. Although he got an accident and will get more risk if he continued it, he has decided to start it and do his commitment to finish it. This teach us that if we start to do something and we should finish it. Although we get more risk and challenge to finish it. Maybe more people will try to stop us, or environment doesn't support us or ourselves doesn't support to do our dream, but we still have passion, spirit and ambition that never die and never give up with bless of God.

We have strong feeling and believe that we can do our passion and our dream with bless of God. When we get problems we should think positively to not give up, we should think that is a good information and good teacher for us to do next level on the way to pursuit our dream, even God give us someone or environment that will support us to get it.

"Our beliefs become our thoughts
Our thoughts become our words
Our words become our actions
When we think that something is impossible, shift our thoughts.

So Impossible mean I’m possible."

This is a video of Derec Redmond. You should watch it!!!

please klick here.

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TALK A BIT ABOUT TALENT

Yesterday, I uploaded more song video from youtube in my facebook. I downloaded it because I awesome about them, they sing the songs of the artist with their ability. Maybe some people will say that they imitated or they are not creative, but we take positive from it. They have a talent and they can express it, and they are famous from it. They have more friends over the world, and they are famous as an artist or musicians. And, it is not possible if they get an offer to be famous singer. This is their talent that they can express it for other.

A few years ago, I always read articles from blog or magazines, in my mind I thought that how they can do it? How they think to write that article. And, they share good information and good knowledge for everybody. And, if we need information, it can be taken directly by type the topic in mister google and we get it in a minute. How great they are. They can express their mind, they can share information and knowledge by their ability.  

In some countries have the programme of television about talent. The participant shows their ability in more field, singing, dancing, playing music, paying magic, or other activity they have it and they can show how amazing they are.

When I see myself and I asked myself what is my talent? How can I know it? How can I develop it? How can I express it?  How can I share good for other? Maybe somebody will think like me as well. When we don't know what is our ability.

Nowadays,  the hot issue is about selfie. Everyone takes their own picture, then they upload it in social media. They get more comment. Some selfies are extreme close-ups, others show of an arm held straight outward and a few the great one feature is standing in front of bathroom mirror so they get full body. More selfie style people show for other. More reason why they take selfies. Maybe to  get attention from many people possible, to show off their own great achievement, to get self-esteem boost, etc. The positive from this they have confidence to express their ability in front of camera. And, maybe they know their talent after positive response from other people. The chance to be a photographer or a model.

How about us if we don't know our talent. Does everybody have it?

Talent is God gift for us, and we have it. Talent is not only able to singing, writing, playing piano, playing football. But being creative people and give bright idea, able to teaching, able to motivating other, this is kind of other talent that we can focus and develop it. Talent is high potential, it is the skill inherent in the individual. And, everybody has it. Just the problem is how to know it, maybe from other people who can see our talent or from ourselves afterthought in a long time, or it appears alone after we can do something and do focus it.

Somebody is able to know other talent, if they want, they will develop other talent and give attention to grow it. This usually do in human resource in company, when they know the talent of their employee, and it will be useful for company, they will focus and grow their employee's talent and they point to company goal.

For me, it is difficult to know my talent, I can writing, teaching or playing music instrument, cooking and creative with handicraft. But I don't know which one is my talent. And, I just do what can I do and always improve and develop it, hope it will be useful for other.And how about you?

by MEYF

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MENGAPA MENGIKUTI ??

Di Indonesia, saat pertama kita mengenal dunia pendidikan kita diajarkan untuk bernyanyi, mengenal huruf dan angka, serta menggambar. Sekolah menyediakan berbagai alat-alat mewarnai, menulis hingga perlatan musik. Semuanya penuh dengan warna-warna yang cerah yang sangat menarik perhatian memandangnya. Dan ada satu hal yang mungkin kita tidak sadari semasa kecil, saat guru menyuruh kita untuk membuat sebuah gambar, mungkin semua kita yang pernah mengenyam pendidikan di Indonesia semasa kecil memiliki gambar yang sama. Sebut saja jika disuruh menggambar pemandangan alam, ada dua gunung, matahari di tengah, ada bintang padahal hari di siang hari, ada sawah dan jalan yang membentang di tengah serta tak pernah lupa yaitu pohon kelapa. Mungkin anda akan tersenyum jika mengingat hal ini kembali. Saya pun juga begitu, setiap menggambar pasti membuat dua gunung kembar beserta pelengkapnya. Kadang ditambah dengan burung dan awan di atas gunung.

Kalau kita disuruh menggambar seekor itik, ada sesuatu yang unik di sini yang mungkin kita tidak menyadarinya. Jika orang luar melihat gambar itik anak-anak Indonesia, mereka akan kaget kenapa itik Indonesia selalu menghadap ke arah kiri? Kenapa tidak menghadap ke arah kanan. Mungkin sampai sekarang masih melakukan hal yang sama di beberapa sekolah. Atau kenapa itiknya tidak sedang minum air.

Apa yang keliru dalam hal ini?

Apakah sistem pendidikan kita yang dari dulu lebih banyak mengajarkan dan mendikte anak-anak sekolah untuk melakukan A atau melakukan B atau pun Z. Sebut saja menggambar gunung kembar, di SD kita diajarkan oleh guru membuat gambar gunung kembar beserta pelengkapnya, dan itu pun harus persis sama untuk memperoleh nilai delapan. Begitu juga gambar itik, kita diajarkan membuat gambar itik dimulai dari angka dua, sehingga gambar itik selalu menghadap ke kiri. Kita hanya diajarkan dan didikte untuk meniru apa yang diajarkan guru dan selalu berpikiran bahwa semua aturan guru adalah benar dan harus ditiru. Jika tidak maka poin atau nilai pun akan dikurangi. Hal ini menjadikan suasana yang tidak kreatif, hanya mengikuti dan berharap untuk mendapatkan poin atau nilai dibandingkan mendapatkan ilmu.

Saat saya membuka tempat les kecil di rumah, saya pun kaget saat mereka hafal sebuah bacaan berikut koma dan titiknya. Dan saat ditanya dengan pertanyaan yang sedikit berbeda dibandingkan buku, mereka tidak mampu menjawab pertanyaan tersebut. Karena mereka mengikuti dan menghafal, bukan memikirkan dan menganalisis apa yang mereka baca dan pelajari. Tulisan ini bukan berarti menyalahkan atau menyesalkan guru, namun memperlihatkan ada yang salah dalam sistem pendidikan yang lebih cenderung mengajarkan anak-anak sekolah untuk mengikuti bukan untuk berpikir kreatif dan inovatif. Sehingga mereka bisa berkreasi menciptakan sesuatu yang baru. Mungkin saat ini tidak semua sekolah yang masih melakukan hal yang sama, terutama sekolah swasta yang memiliki visi dan misi yang berbeda dengan sekolah negeri.

Selanjutnya, kenapa kita diajarkan semua materi di sekolah baik ilmu alam, ilmu pasti maupun ilmu sosial. Dalam masa belajar yang sama, semenjak usia 6 tahun, kita tidak diberikan kesempatan untuk fokus pada satu bidang saja. Tapi kita diharuskan untuk menguasai semua bidang ilmu, sehingga memaksa kita untuk mempelajarinya dan bahkan membuat kita bingung dan muak dengan apa yang kita pelajari. Baru pada usia 15 tahun lebih kita diberi kesempatan untuk fokus kepada satu bidang ilmu. Mungkin alasan awalnya bagus, bahwa kita akan mampu menguasai semua ilmu pengetahuan dan menjadi bekal kita kelak. Namun hal ini membuat kita jenuh dan bosan dalam belajar, sehingga banyak siswa yang bolos dan bohong dalam belajar.

Jika kita bandingkan dengan pendidikan diluar negeri, mereka diberikan kebebasan untuk fokus pada bidang minat mereka, sehingga itulah banyak lahir manusia-manusia yang cerdas dan di usia muda sudah menjadi profesor dan menciptakan suatu hal yang baru. Mereka diberi kebebasan untuk mengembangkan ilmu mereka semaksimal mungkin. Di usia yang kurang dari 20 tahun, Mark Zuckerberg mampu menciptakan sebuah inovasi media sosial baru yang hingga saat ini digunakan oleh seluruh umat manusia di dunia yaitu Facebook. Richard Branson yang diberi kebebasan untuk memilih pendidikan atau bisnis. Di usia nya 16 tahun saat masih bersekolah, Richard sudah mampu menghasilkan majalah, yang berjudul Student. Hingga saat ini dia terkenal dengan berbagai bidang usaha bisnis yang dia geluti dengan label The Virgin. Ini semua karena mereka diberi kebebasan untuk memfokuskan diri mereka mempelajari apa yang mereka sukai, dan bahkan mereka tidak didoktrin atau tidak didikte dalam hal pendidikan. Mereka mampu memberikan ide-ide yang kreatif dan inovatif hingga mereka mampu menghasilkan  sesuatu yang luar biasa dan sangat berguna bagi orang lain.

Bagaimana dengan kita yang sudah terlanjur mengenyam pendidikan yang selalu mendikte dan menyuruh kita untuk meniru bukan untuk merobah atau mencipta sesuatu yang lebih baik. Saat saya mengajar mahasiswa di kampus pun mereka lebih cenderung untuk mengikuti pola apa yang saya ajarkan, mereka menganggap semua yang saya ajarkan adalah benar. Mereka tidak meyakini kebenaran jika disuruh untuk mencari informasi dan ilmu terkait pada media lainnya. Mereka hanya percaya dengan apa yang saya sampaikan. Sekali lagi mungkin ini masih banyak terjadi di daerah-daerah selain kampus-kampus di kota-kota besar. Karena dari semasa sekolah dasar, ilmu selalu diberikan layaknya anak bayi yang makan disuapi. Jika tidak ada suapan nasi ke mulut bayi mungil maka dia tidak akan makan dan menangis jika lapar atau diam jika kenyang. Bayi tidak mampu menyuap nasi sendiri walaupun dalam keadaan sangat lapar.

Semua yang keliru dalam hal ini memang sulit untuk dirubah, hal yang sudah terbiasa bahkan sejak ratusan tahun lalu. Jadi kita sebagai pengajar atau kita sebagai pelajar wajib untuk saling mengingatkan dan memperbaiki atau merobah hal-hal yang sudah tidak tepat lagi digunakan untuk diganti dengan sesuatu yang baru yang lebih inovatif dan cerdas agar terlahir manusia-manusia yang luar biasa dengan semua kreatifitas ciptaannya yang bermanfaat bagi khalayak ramai.

Kebiasaan ini akan berlanjut di berbagai bidang lainnya, sebut saja dalam pemilihan jenis pekerjaan. Sebagian daerah lebih cenderung untuk bekerja sebagai pegawai pemerintah, sebagian lagi keluar negeri sebagai pembantu, jarang yang ada untuk menciptakan lapangan pekerjaan sendiri dengan berbagai alasan yang menyanggahnya. Karena di mindset kita yang tidak pernah tertanam untuk memiliki daya cipta dan percaya diri dalam melakukan sebuah inovasi yang luar biasa. Kita tidak diajarkan untuk bagaimana menghadapi resiko, namun kita diajarkan untuk menghindari resiko, sehingga kita tidak berani untuk memulainya. Banyak orang Indonesia sebagai pengikut, sebagai pegawai, sebagai pembantu dan bahkan budak dari majikannya yang selalu mencari perhatian layaknya penjilat mengharapkan kesenangan dari majikannya.

Akan kah kita terus bertahan dalam keadaan seperti ini?

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THE LESSON FROM MOVIE "THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS"

When I cleaned my room, I found my dvd movie collections there. I found my favorite movie, The Pursuit of Happyness. I have watched this movie more than 10 times and never feel boring. I can tell this movie is an extraordinary movie and more lesson that I can get from it. This movie is true story about stockbroker in America, Chris Gardner. This movie was first released in 2006. It tells the story about Chris Gardner life from people who don't have anything and become the richest as Gardner Rich LLC CEO. The movie tells how the struggles, ups and downs of his life to become the richest man in America.

Start with a man who works as salesman who sells portable bone-density scanners which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays. He doesn't have fixed salary. He lives with his wife and his son, then one day they have financial problems. His wife leaves him because she can't leave in poor condition. Gardner Rich has passion and believe that he can give happiness to his son. He is willing to queue for long hours in social apartment to get adequate housing for his son, even he is willing to sleep in toilet for his lovely son.

One day he meets a man who drives a red farrari car, he searches place for parking his car. Gardner asked two questions while offering the parking place, “What do you do and How do you do?”. And, a man answer that he is a stockbroker and his salary is $80.000 in a month. This statement makes Gardner change his mind and his motivation. He shocks and curious, then he decides to apply to be stockbroker participant. Unfortunately, he failed because that man was fired, and even Gardner has left his old job as salesman.

Gardner never gives up, he tries to apply for other company to Dean Witter Reynolds. He still needs more effort and with low salary, but he always has high motivation. Finally, he gets certificate and join with Bear, Stearns&Company.  After he is being a high stockbroker level, he is getting resign and build a company, Gardner Rich&Company, Inc. The low condition, poor condition can change his life, he is able to rise and get great life.

This movie is so touching heart and more inspiration that can give encourage to our soul. It is ashame if we pass it. There is a unique thing from this movie, the wrong spelling of the tittle “Happyness”, it should be written as “Happiness”. We don't know the reason that why they make it wrong spell. Happiness mean life with happy and wealth, and to reach it will face more risk and obstacles, and it is not easy to reach and it is not easy as expected. But we have to do efforts, prayer and believe that what we have done will be as expected.

In one of scenes from this movie, Gardner tells to his son that “You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period".

This movie learns to struggle in life and prayer to pursuit our dream, then rare we will face smooth way to get it. The patient, belief, and positive thinking is so important. The shortages and poverty is not an obstacle even something evoke the spirit and change our mindset about life. A strong desire force us to get out from uncomfortable zone to comfortable zone. The great man can be inspired us to afford to live. Assuming that he is a human and we are human as well, they can through their hard life and be great human, then we can through hard life and be great human as well in our specific field.

The education is a key to through this life, education is not only in school or formal education, also informal education that we can get from our experience or other experience and from what we have seen in this world. “Become Life-Long Learner”.

The struggle in life has more risks and we have to be brave to face and bear the risks about what we choose, do everything to be honest and thorough and patient in life. We always try to positive think and confidence what we will do and enjoy life with open heart and sincere. Passion, spirit and motivation can make we believe that we are capable through life in pursuit our dream. The success is in our mind, action and heart. If we are able to make it balance, then success will be close to us.

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