another sanctuary

as the months passed by each year, as moslem we cellebrate the holly month of ramadhan. this year is very special to me, since i have been away from my hometown and family after 4 years. sure it's not that long when you think of my 28 years of life, but here i am savoring the joy of my hometown, jogja.

being indulged by its ambience, the air, sunshine, activities, architecture, everything that surrounds me. hearing the prayers calling time after time, visiting ancient mosques, dancing again with live gamelan music, feel the fresh cool water of the sea, bath on summer sunlit patio of the old city, the wonderous feeling of closeness from relatives and friends...

you know how it feels to be finally founding your feet on the grown? it feels so relaxing... it's almost feels heavenly. there's no longer the denial of my root, all the happenings, there they are... i am facing the most invirogating moments and am thankfull for His tender love and care.

i am still in the path of searching, but if this type of moments could often happened, i won't feel that i am wasting my life, because it's so fulfilling. yes, i am still the traveler of life who's calling to the half of soul is still not yet completed. who knows who that other soul is, or where its position on the planet. so, i pray to God, that may the day will come hither, smooth and easy... just like the cool summer night breeze...

journey

It has been a while since the last time I wrote about feelings. You know when you feel that there's hope, but you couldn't reach out? The feeling that there is an offshore for your journey that you almost found? Or the feeling of wanting but not wanting at the same time?

Well it has occured to me, that we can strive for the better in life, but we could also find our wrong doings and foolishness in love and life. According to many proverbs, in all different languages, "it is dumb to fall on the same mistake all over again."

Well... here's the shock, it is not true. When the rest of the norms saying that what you did was right, accept that one mere foolishness, then it is just a foolishness.. It is rightful to be stupid at some points of our life, because then we learn, again and again. That is what life is, a journey...

Life requires more courage than death, and as a warrior of light (taken from Coelho) we always find courage when we believe. Even prayers succeeded because we believe in what we ask for. Believing is a very wonderful state of mind. We all know, just like the end of the rainbow, there's always hope in life, and we should be thankful for it. Have a wonderfull life...

great team

Many people thinks that when it comes to teaming up, they will try to find commonalities or similiarities to lessen conflicts and also hoping they will understand better. The realities are not the same though, greatest teams usually being consist of variations of people. Why so?

With the differences, we are able to use approaches and also strategies of finding solutions to a problem in a richer complexities. Off course the down side would be when these differences are being brought together only as blockades.

For example:
When a partner who is very creative, yet not well organized; the other partner whose ability is to organize your things would be beneficial, even if somes time this oganized person might iritate his or her partner for their (try to be) perfect plannings.

Or when a partner is downright serious, the other is delightfully funny, they contribute to different approaches to a problem and their solution would create the most uncommon yet effective solutions because it was thought from 2 point of views.

So don't hesitate, embrance your differences and make them strong points of your team.