Photo: Brigitte Lacombe
Hi all.. lama tak nampak.. lama tak bercerite..how r u guys... hehe i guess been super busy these days, hardly got time to blog anymore. Plus hari raya Open houses and Newcoming / upcoming projects keeping me busy on weekends too .. so in the end i have my days all filled up 24/7.. kurang tido pon ade ..(jangan marah yer)
Nyways found this article & i find Oprah one Brilliant lady with brilliant wisdom. Seriously i admire this woman's take on life - so full of passion & so full of giving-ness. I hope i get to be like her someday (close pon jadilah hehehe)..so have a read below..
Since the day the late Gene Siskel asked me, "What do you know for sure?" and I got all flustered and started stuttering and couldn't come up with an answer, I've never stopped asking myself that question. And every month I must find yet another answer. Some months I feel I hardly know a thing, and I'm always pressed to make the deadline for this column. This time around, I looked back and came up with my all-time top 20:
1. What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what. (This is my creed.) - i find this very true most of the time. the very best common saying is "what goes around comes around"....
2. You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script. - Yes always remember its our life we deal with everyday. not them, not him, not her, not anyone even parents or significant other. So noone is entitled to make your life the way they want it except if you allow them okes!
3. Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power. - True. sometimes people have the tendency to influence our thoughts or even cloud our judgment. We must learn to seperate those who have done us harm in the past not to allow them to meddle in our present & yet our future...
4. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. (A lesson from Maya Angelou.) - Its amazing on how actions speaks much louder & clearer than the promises given. Always take action over words anytime.
5. Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you. When we do something about it; we are actually figuring out how to solve the issue.
6. What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe. Believe is a very powerful source of the mind. Untap the power. We can be whoever & whatever we want. Just believe.
7. If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that will be enough. (From the German theologian and humanist Meister Eckhart.) Of course it would be much better we include our wishes after the prayers.. so that Al-mighty can give us what we actually want. Nobody is good at guessing games.
8. The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give. We get what we give. simple methology. So give lotsa love to receive lotsa happiness...
9. Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction. Often we mourn so much on the failure (i prefer to call it "setbacks/challenges"); we become blinded to the opportunities ahead us. When facing a setback, by all means; we need to find new strategies to build up again.
10. If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart. We may view the world from the way we see them. It may look like it is falling apart - but no. it wont if we dont allow it to.
11. Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie. Our gut feelings always have a say in most decisions we make. The twinge in the stomach; the butterflies.. the migrains.. Basically they know & they're all trying to tell us something. Do hear them out.
12. Love yourself and then learn to extend that love to others in every encounter. The more we love ourselves; the more we can give love. the more happier we can be; the more love we can get....and the more love we give....its one big circle of looooove....
13. Let passion drive your profession. **My fave quote amongst all. Life with no passion is like no life at all. The same goes for love...
14. Find a way to get paid for doing what you love. Then every paycheck will be a bonus. When we have love & passion in what we do; happiness & paycheck has its way to comeback to us...
15. Love doesn't hurt. It feels really good. A real love is about joy & happiness. No love comes from bitterness, anger, hatred, jealousy & resentments.
16. Every day brings a chance to start over. Who says its impossible to start over? The future is still yet unknown & today is your chance to make the change. No, its never ever too late.
17. Being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so. Thats why in Islam; heaven is right under mum's foot (tapak kaki). The love of a mother is beyond imagination & indescribable....the true meaning of unconditional love!
18. Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward. There is a really good reason when we are in doubt. means we're simply not ready to move forward or even make that step. Next is to ask why?
19. When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come. Take a deep breath & believe there is a solution in every problem. Even in Quran says: there is a cure to every disease.. just the matter of finding it..
20. "Trouble don't last always." (A line from a Negro spiritual, which calls to mind another favorite: This, too, shall pass.) - Agree. this too shall pass. Everything will be okay. Trust yourself and believe. it will be. Eventually.
1. What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what. (This is my creed.) - i find this very true most of the time. the very best common saying is "what goes around comes around"....
2. You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script. - Yes always remember its our life we deal with everyday. not them, not him, not her, not anyone even parents or significant other. So noone is entitled to make your life the way they want it except if you allow them okes!
3. Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power. - True. sometimes people have the tendency to influence our thoughts or even cloud our judgment. We must learn to seperate those who have done us harm in the past not to allow them to meddle in our present & yet our future...
4. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. (A lesson from Maya Angelou.) - Its amazing on how actions speaks much louder & clearer than the promises given. Always take action over words anytime.
5. Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you. When we do something about it; we are actually figuring out how to solve the issue.
6. What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe. Believe is a very powerful source of the mind. Untap the power. We can be whoever & whatever we want. Just believe.
7. If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that will be enough. (From the German theologian and humanist Meister Eckhart.) Of course it would be much better we include our wishes after the prayers.. so that Al-mighty can give us what we actually want. Nobody is good at guessing games.
8. The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give. We get what we give. simple methology. So give lotsa love to receive lotsa happiness...
9. Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction. Often we mourn so much on the failure (i prefer to call it "setbacks/challenges"); we become blinded to the opportunities ahead us. When facing a setback, by all means; we need to find new strategies to build up again.
10. If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart. We may view the world from the way we see them. It may look like it is falling apart - but no. it wont if we dont allow it to.
11. Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie. Our gut feelings always have a say in most decisions we make. The twinge in the stomach; the butterflies.. the migrains.. Basically they know & they're all trying to tell us something. Do hear them out.
12. Love yourself and then learn to extend that love to others in every encounter. The more we love ourselves; the more we can give love. the more happier we can be; the more love we can get....and the more love we give....its one big circle of looooove....
13. Let passion drive your profession. **My fave quote amongst all. Life with no passion is like no life at all. The same goes for love...
14. Find a way to get paid for doing what you love. Then every paycheck will be a bonus. When we have love & passion in what we do; happiness & paycheck has its way to comeback to us...
15. Love doesn't hurt. It feels really good. A real love is about joy & happiness. No love comes from bitterness, anger, hatred, jealousy & resentments.
16. Every day brings a chance to start over. Who says its impossible to start over? The future is still yet unknown & today is your chance to make the change. No, its never ever too late.
17. Being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so. Thats why in Islam; heaven is right under mum's foot (tapak kaki). The love of a mother is beyond imagination & indescribable....the true meaning of unconditional love!
18. Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward. There is a really good reason when we are in doubt. means we're simply not ready to move forward or even make that step. Next is to ask why?
19. When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come. Take a deep breath & believe there is a solution in every problem. Even in Quran says: there is a cure to every disease.. just the matter of finding it..
20. "Trouble don't last always." (A line from a Negro spiritual, which calls to mind another favorite: This, too, shall pass.) - Agree. this too shall pass. Everything will be okay. Trust yourself and believe. it will be. Eventually.
Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/The-Top-20-Things-Oprah-Knows-for-Sure#ixzz1ZItV8JyM
Apart from the lemang & rendang cooking (head chef - my MIL) and hubs; there were lots of pic snapping; fam potraits & raya-ing In Laws relatives place. it was a typical raya of visiting with a new version of food. (if back home - Johor serves ketupat only kot hehe)
