Saya menemukan sesuatu yang menarik ketika sedang membaca You Can Read Anyone by David J. Lieberman.Hal ini tidak ada hubungannya dengan cara membaca orang lain, akan tetapi hal ini berkaitan dengan membaca diri sendiri. Dalam hal ini, di dalam diri kita diibaratkan terdiri dari 3 unsur:Jiwa, Ego, dan Tubuh.Jiwa akan berusaha melakukan hal yang benar.EgoContinue reading “Trilogi Diri”
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On Friendship
Dalam kehidupan, kita sudah pasti berteman. Seburuk-buruknya sifat seseorang, pasti setidaknya dia memiliki seorang teman. Termasuk saya. Setelah saya memperhatikan sekeliling saya tentang pertemanan, kadang saya merenung. Apakah ada pertemanan yang sejati? Saya memperhatikan kedua orang tua saya dan orang-orang yang usianya lebih dari 50 tahun.Kebanyakan mereka berteman dengan orang yang tinggal berjarak dekat denganContinue reading “On Friendship”
On feeling happy with other’s success
Turut bersedih ketika ada orang lain yang bersedih itu mudah.Lebih sulit adalah turut bersuka cita atas keberhasilan orang lain. Tapi kemudian pertanyaannya adalah,kenapa kita harus ikut bersedih kalau ada orang yang bersedih?lalu kenapa kita harus ikut bersukacita kalau ada orang yang sedang merayakan keberhasilan?Kenapa tidak netral saja?atau membiarkan emosi yang muncul menjadi emosi yang muncul.TapiContinue reading “On feeling happy with other’s success”
Envy
One of the most misunderstood emotion is envy.People say, envy is bad, don’t envy,take inspiration, learn from them.Well the thing is, envy is an emotion.Have you ever see someone so successful, and think,“I think I want to envy him.”Never, right?It comes automatically.You see something more than what’s yours, envy blooms.We are never in control. TheContinue reading “Envy”
When Meteor Hits Earth
First a small light in the sky, just like a starEach night grows biggerThey say the end of the world is here3 more monthsIt’s funny how people chase things after thingsTo fulfill what they believe will amount to anythingWhen in the end, not one thing of us will be left Everything will be wiped outNotContinue reading “When Meteor Hits Earth”
The blind man and the rich scammer
I know one blind man, who sells crackers, walking door to door. He never asks for pity, he sells with reasonable price. When I stopped him on the road, he just kept silent until I asked the price. Fifteen thousand rupiah, he said. It was a very normal price for a pack of crackers. HeContinue reading “The blind man and the rich scammer”
Respect is… earned?
Respect is earned, not given?Is that true?If you meet a stranger, do you immediately disrespect him?To me this quote is totally false.The correct one is.You are born with respect, until your action makes you lose it.
The Next Conversation: Final
It’s final already because I already finished the book.Only after finishing the book that I realize, we don’t really need to finish a book by reading through all pages thoroughly, especially self-development non-fiction books. Because sometimes there are pages that might not be relevant to us. For this book specifically, I bought and read thisContinue reading “The Next Conversation: Final”
15 years
I’m super introvert, in case you don’t know it yet.I’m so introverted at one point in my life, I had a very minimum interaction with people for almost 3 months, and I was totally fine. I told this to someone I knew, and she commented that even though I’m introverted, my mind was not darkContinue reading “15 years”
A Thought About The Next Conversation: I
The 1 in roman was only the precaution in case I decide to have another thought about certain part of this book. I’m currently writing this while listening to Otis Redding’s Try a Little Tenderness, in a FamiCafe nearby while watching a couple in the side of my eye basically cuddling in public. It wasContinue reading “A Thought About The Next Conversation: I”
