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Getting Old ...

2010-04-30T04:50:00.009+07:00

The thinking of getting old come up when I took a walk around my block with my mum last Sunday, at the bright beautiful morning ..., while I was watching her ... I asked her what her feeling be a grandma ... and getting old ... she said that it's nothing special ... so-so ... I was laughing at that time ... ha ha ha ...

Why did I ask that question ?? ... I didn't know ... maybe I was afraid of getting old ??

So I start searching what other people think of getting old and here some of them :
Josh Billings : In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us.
Diana Cooper : Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse.
Leon Trotsky : Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.
Chinese proverb : Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it.
Arnold Glasow : Find an aim in life before you run out of ammunition.
François de la Rochefoucauld, Maximes : As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

"At twenty we worry about what others think of us; at forty we don't care about what others think of us; at sixty we discover they haven't been thinking about us at all"

You know you're getting old...
- It takes two tries to get up from the couch.
- When your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
- When happy hour is a nap.
- When you're on vacation and your ENERGY runs out before your money does.
- When you step off a curb and look down one more time to make sure the street is still there.
- It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.
- Your memory is shorter and your complaining lasts longer.
- You look for your glasses for half an hour and they were on your head the whole time.
- You give up all your bad habits and still don't feel good
- You have more patience, but it is actually that you just don't care anymore.
- Your favorite part of the newspaper is "20 years ago today."
- You know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions.

I hope it will be a nice experience "being old" ... to feel it ... and enjoy it ... since we can't avoid that time ...

Don't worry ... be happy ...
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It's New Year

2010-01-01T05:28:00.008+07:00

Auld Lang Syne

It's New Year .... I’ve always loved this day ...

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear, and with a manly heart
(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

I wish we have a jolly and bright 2010. Have a blast on the New Year and have a very happy year ahead ...

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
(Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850)

A New Year Joke - A depressed man

There's a man sitting at a bar just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half an hour. Then, a big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him, takes the drink from the guy, and just drinks it all down.

The poor man starts crying. The truck driver says, "Come on man, I was just joking. Here, I'll buy you another drink. I just can't stand seeing a man crying."

"No, it's not that. This day is the worst of my life. First, I fall asleep, and I'm late to my office. My boss, in an outrage, fires me. When I leave the building to my car, I found out it was stolen. The police say they can do nothing. I get a cab to return home and when I leave it, I remember I left my wallet and credit cards there. The cab driver just drives away. I go home and when I get there, I find my wife sleeping with the gardener. I leave home and come to this bar. And when I was thinking about putting an end to my life, you show up and drink my poison."

Happy New Year everybody ...

Friend

2009-04-15T20:02:00.011+07:00

What does it mean? A person you know well and regard with affection and trust? A person whom you know, like, and trust?

When we search on "quote friend" we could get so many quotation about friend. Some quotes that touch my feeling and my thinking are :

o I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.(Frances Farmer)

o Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.(Albert Camus)

o Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.(Author Unknown)

o The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. (Elbert Hubbard, The Notebook, 1927)

o True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. (Dave Tyson Gentry)

o A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. (Grace Pulpit)

o The best time to make friends is before you need them. (Ethel Barrymore)

Although in my life, I have not got so many friends, but thank God, I always get one in every stage of my life, for me it's enough. I believe since I could not manage so many friends well, God had not sent so many friends for me. I got a little but all were the best. I was very happy to get all of them.

Friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm us.

Dionne Warwick and friends has a wonderful song about friend "That's what friends are for", below is lyric of that song ,

Palestina dan Israel, orang-orang sombong yang putus asa ...

2009-01-18T07:46:00.003+07:00

Konflik Palestina dan Israel di jalur Gaza, peperangan karena orang sombong yang putus asa, Israel membunuh penduduk sipil karena sudah tidak melihat ada cara lain yang lebih baik untuk menghadapi Hamas yang sama-sama keras kepala. Israel sombong, tidak mau pengalah, karena merasa mempunyai kekuatan militer.

Terroris (Al-Qaedah) membunuh orang sipil hampir diseluruh dunia, karena sangat membenci Amerika, salah satu aksinya adalah ketika mereka menabrakan pesawat bajakan pada gedung WTC di new York (black September), dengan korban semua orang sipil. Al-Qaedah putus asa tidak dapat menemukan cara yang lebih baik untuk menghadapi Amerika. Al-Qaedah sombong, merasa bahwa pembunuhannya direstui oleh tuhannya.

Pernyataan Presiden Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yang akan menghapus Israel dari peta, yang apabila terjadi, korbannya adalah penduduk sipil. Pernyataan orang putus asa yang tidak dapat melihat jalan keluar yang lebih baik, kecuali dengan mengorbankan penduduk sipil yang tidak berdosa. Dia sombong karena merasa mampu untuk menghancurkan negara lain.

Kalau aku bertengkar dengan saudaraku, orangtuaku selalu bilang, pertengkaran selalu terjadi karena sama-sama keras kepala dan sombong, kalau ada satu saja yang mengalah tidak akan bertengkar, dan kami yang bertengkar, semuanya kena hukuman yang sama... dijewer + omelan panjang pendek ...

Bagaimanapun adalah sangat terhormat untuk selalu menghindari cara-cara kekerasan dalam menyelesaikan masalah sehingga tidak mengorbankan warga sipil yang tidak berdosa. Kekerasan hanya dilakukan oleh orang-orang sombong yang putus asa, sehingga tidak dapat melihat kemungkinan lain yang lebih baik.

Quiet

2008-12-14T02:54:00.006+07:00

I believe .... that the healthy live come from the Quiet place, Quiet mind.

We live in a busy world, hope... this video with peace and quiet place, could keep our quiet mind.

Honesty

2008-10-06T03:31:00.021+07:00

For me honesty is a key for any relationship, without honesty the relationship is nothing, honesty is the best policy.

* Honesty is telling the truth.
* Honesty is straightforward conduct.(direct, not hiding facts)
* Honesty is being sincere, truthful, trustworthy, honorable, fair, genuine, and loyal with integrity.

Anyone ask for honesty, since no one likes being lied to.

Lying with words is simple enough to pull off but easy enough to detect. No matter how smooth and suave the lie has been delivered, we all have an innate sense of knowing that we were lied to. Just feeling that we have been deceived already hurts, regardless of whether it was done deliberately or not.

In the end, the truth shall come out.

It is clear that honesty is vital to the health of all relationships.

Some quotes about honesty
* In the mountains of truth you never climb in vain. ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)
* If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if not, you have infinite power against you. ~ Charles George Gordon (1833-1885)
* Better the ugly truth than a beautiful lie. ~ Jewish Proverb

Be honest ...... !!!!

This is one of my favourite song, honesty by Billy Joel, below is honesty lyrics, it's a nice lyrics,

The following are some links for picture of honesty :
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

Words for life

2008-08-21T21:11:00.004+07:00

I would like to share about Mother Teresa, especially about her words for us, hope, one or some of her words will change our life to be better and better....

Remembering My beloved father

2008-07-26T15:35:00.002+07:00

1000 days ago my father left this earth, left me.
But in my heart he will forever be.
I hold him close within my heart, and there he shall remain,
to walk with me throughout my live, until I meet him again.
So rest in peace "Papi" and thanks for all you've done.
I pray that God has given him an eternal live in heaven.

My pray in "Bahasa Indonesia" for my father

Tuhan berikanlah istirahat, abadi dan tenang untuk papiku
Beri pengampunan segala dosanya, karena Engkau Maha Murah.
Terima kasih Tuhan, amin.

Nearer My God To Thee-
...

Peace to everyone

2008-07-13T23:56:00.003+07:00

For me, peace means patience.
since patience is the ability to wait for something
calmly for along time, the power of bearing pain or
other unpleasant things without complaining.

Mother Teresa said that peace is the fruit of service and
peace caused we haven't forgotten that we belong to each other.

There are many different meaning of peace that I could get
from many sources, some are as follows :

Peace means freedom from war, a state of harmony
or the absence of hostility, a non-violent way of life,
a state of quiet or tranquility—an absence of disturbance or
agitation, the presence of justice, calmness-serenity-silence,
the cessation of violent conflict, a relationship between
any people characterized by respect-justice-goodwill.

peace can pertain to an individual's sense of himself or herself,
as to be "at peace" with one's own mind.

Do you have any experience related with "peace", let's share !!

The following are some links for picture of peace

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17 , 18, 19, 20

Kitab Suci dan Kehidupan

2008-06-16T14:55:00.001+07:00

Begitu banyak orang mempertentangkan atau memperbandingkan
kitab suci yang satu dengan yang lain, tentang isi ataupun
sinkronisasi didalamnya.

Begitu banyak tenaga dan pikiran dicurahkan untuk
mempelajari kitab-kitab suci, hanya untuk meyakinkan dirinya juga
mungkin orang lain tentang kebenaran yang tertulis didalamnya.

Begitu banyak energi dikeluarkan hanya untk mencari
kesalahan yang terdapat pada kitab suci-kitab suci tersebut,
dan meyakinkan diri sendiri bahwa, kitab suci yang dianut
adalah paling benar.

Begitu banyak waktu dan uang yang dibuang hanya untuk
menunjukkan betapa bodohnya manusia itu, dengan melakukan
hal-hal tersebut diatas.

Begitu tebal kitab suci-kitab suci itu,
Begitu banyak peraturan-peraturan didalamnya
Begitu sulit, bagi orang sederhana untuk mengerti.

Hidup ini sudah cukup sulit,
Mengapa Tuhan masih mempersulitnya
dengan kitab suci-kitab suci yang bermacam-macam
dengan kitab suci-kitab suci yang tebal-tebal???

Tuhan itu Maha tahu dan Maha mengerti, dan tidak bodoh
seperti manusia, peraturan dari Tuhan seharusnya sangat sederhana
dan mudah dimengerti. Sehingga manusia primitif sampai modern
semua dapat memahaminya dengan mudah.

Percaya pada Tuhan adalah mencintaiNya dengan segenap hati dan
segenap jiwaraga, dengan selalu bersyukur untuk kehidupan yang
diberikanNya,dengan mencintai kehidupan yang diberikanNya.

Percaya pada Tuhan adalah tidak berlagak sebagai pelindung Tuhan,
karena Dia tidak perlu pelindung, Dia dapat melindungi diriNya sendiri.

Percaya pada Tuhan adalah tidak perang dan tidak membunuh demi Tuhan,
karena Tuhan tidak bodoh, Dia dapat mengalahkan musuh-musuhNya.

Percaya pada Tuhan adalah tidak menghakimi, karena Tuhanlah yang
paling pantas menjadi hakim.

Cintailah kehidupan !!!!

Salam damai untuk kita semua..............

Hari ini indah

2008-05-31T23:30:00.000+07:00

Hari ini indah, bergembiralah, tersenyumlah, karena gembira lebih baik dari sedih, dan senyum lebih baik dari cemberut, seperti bunga mawar yang tidak pernah kuatir akan layu.

Hari ini indah, bagikanlah kegembiraan dan senyuman, kepada sebanyak-banyak orang, karena perasaan gembira dan senyuman tidak pernah akan habis meskipun dibagikan kepada semua orang

Salam Damai untuk kita semua.......................