Monday 25 January 2016

What is life, Ibu?





What do you say to your 21 year old daughter when she keeps asking you "What is Life?". 

Maybe Life is about jumping in; sometimes with your eyes wide open and sometimes with your eyes closed. 

It is about maneuvering the raft over and around the rapids; about teamwork and protecting each others' back. It is about being in the "now" and going with the flow. But sometimes the one you trust the most is the one who flips the boat. Sure, you will be underwater and swallow tons of water ..or you can just stop fighting 

... which means 2 things can happen :you will float or you will wake up and its judgment day.Either way, you still win..and you can look back and say to yourself that "hey, i am still okay..it wasn't so bad after all." .. then wipe your face...grab your paddle and continue your journey...

Just remember that the one who flipped the raft ...he fell,too...












A Licensed Counsellor in the making...

Tuesday 5 January 2016

Being Happy in the moment






Adelaide : 
Going on a holiday on impulse with no itinerary...means... not having any expectations and just going with the flow...which means: no disappointments and everything that is happening becomes a source of joy. 

We missed some of the usual tourisy places but happiness is more about giggling over being lost, or laughing over the smell of cat's urine in our airbnb room or crushing eucalyptus leaves and inhaling the fragrance or watching the jellyfish bobbing and eating rendang puff that doesn't taste like rendang .... and most of all, meeting an old high schoolmate who never seem to age...at the end of it, it is about one's life priority at that moment. 

When one feels that one doesn't need to achieve anything to be happy.
























A Licensed Counsellor in the making...