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Life.. is so SIMPLE…

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My horoscope today’s state like this :

-LIBRA-

Why pressure yourself into taking it all in when grasping one small detail can be so rewarding? Right now you need to focus on one aspect of your life to see how you can improve it. Instead of focusing on your overall health, try just your teeth. Instead of focusing on making more money, try just saving one dollar a day. And instead of focusing on finding a true love, try just finding someone you can have a great conversation with. The best way to move forward is by taking one step at a time.

I think that something which anyone should know from the beginning, right? Don’t need any advice from those horoscope things. Just maybe sometimes I forget how to think in pieces. Busy to thought about the global things, worried about anythings, but forgot to face the very small and easy things that have very important connection to improve my problems.

Maybe that’s the reason why I sometimes feel how hard my life would going to be, because I was busy to think anything so hard. Yeah… why don’t make it simple by think in pieces, one by one, and be ready to face what’s next. Like Han said in Fast & Furious : Tokyo Drift, “… Life is so simple,.. just go what u have to do, and don’t look back…”.

Music

TWENTY YEARS

Chic

There are twenty years to go
And twenty ways to know
Who will wear,
Who will wear
The hat.

There are twenty years to go,
The best of all I hope.
Enjoy the ride, the medicine show.

And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
We need to concentrate on more then meets the eye.

There are twenty years to go,
The faithful and the low.
The best of starts, the broken heart, the stone.
There are twenty years the go,
The punch drunk and the blow.
The worst of starts, the mercy part, the phone.

And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
We need to concentrate on more then meets the eye.
And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
But it’s you I take ’cause your the truth not I.

There are twenty years to go.
A golden age I know.
But all will pass, will end to fast, you know.

There are twenty years to go,
And many friends I hope.
Though some may hold the rose some hold the rope.

And that’s the end and that’s the start of it.
That’s the whole and that’s the part of it.
That’s the high and that’s the heart of it.
That’s the long and that’s the short of it.
That’s the best and that’s the test in it.
That’s the doubt, the doubt,
The trust in it.
That’s the sight and that’s the sound of it.
That’s the gift and that’s the trick in it.

You’re the truth not I.

Berbagi, Television

Oprah Show

Chic

These, what I’ve got from Oprah Winfrey at the Oprah Show last month.

She’s so truly girls’ best friend, I think… 😉

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay. Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.

Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be. Slower is better.

Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy. If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can’t "be friends". A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend. Don’t settle.


If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is. Don’t stay because you think "it will get better." You’ll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better. The only person you can control in a relationship is you.


Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently? Always have your own set of friends separate from his. Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you, speak up.


Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.

You cannot change a man’s behavior. Change comes from within.

Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are… even if he has more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less. Never let a man define who you are.


Never borrow someone else’s man. If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you. A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.


All men are NOT dogs. You should not be the one doing all the bending… compromise is two way street.


You need time to heal between relationships… there is nothing cute about baggage… Deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship. You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you… a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals… look for someone complimentary… not supplementary.


Dating is fun… even if he doesn’t turn out to be Mr. Right. Make him miss you sometimes… when a man always knows where you are, and you’re always readily available to him – he takes it for granted.


Never move into his mother’s house.

Never co-sign for a man.

Don’t fully commit to a man who doesn’t give you everything that you need. Keep him in your radar but get to know others.


Share this with other women and men (just so they know)… You’ll make someone smile, another rethink her/his choices, and another woman prepare, and a man aware.

So… I’ve shared it with u guys… Feel those words.

Berbagi

… and GOD said …

Chic

I asked God to take away my pride. And God said "No". 

God said it was not for God to take away, but for me to give up.

I asked God to grant me patience. And God said "No". 

God said patience is a by-product of tribulations.  It isn’t granted, it is earned.


I asked God to give me happiness.  And God said "No". 

God said God gives me blessings, happiness is up to me.


I asked God to spare me pain. And God said "No". 

God said suffering draws me apart from worldly cares and brings me closer to God.


I asked God to make my spirit grow. And God said "No".

God said I must grow on my own. But God will prune me to make me fruitful.


I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. And God said "No". 

God said God would give me life, that I may enjoy all things.

I ask God to help me love others, as much as God loves me.  .

And God said "Ah, finally you have the idea!"

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A Contract With God

Chic

Written & drawn by the late Will Eisner.

A Contract With God is a book that I admittedly would buy if there’s no other graphic novel in theContract_with_god  book store. The characters are roughly sketched. It’s printed in sepia which I find plain (the introduction, however, explains the purpose of such a colour–it’s a colour of dreams or memories). In addition, there are too many words to my liking. Granted it’s a graphic novel where stories are supposed to play more significant role. Still I’d have expected more drawings than words. But, I bought the book – in the end – at one of the book store in Kemang. Always keep an open mind, right? No other graphic novel to be picked, anyway. First of all, just because I was really curious about the title “A Contract With God”. Read it yesterday & no regret.

There are four stories in the novel. A Contract With God is one of them. The most memorable one as it deals with a humane expectation concerning religions. Or God. Do good & you’ll be rewarded. Do bad? Be punished. The foundation of all religions.

The story features one old Jewish man who since he’s young has done good things to others & in return, blessed by good things. He’s sent to America with the money donated by people of his village (one of the blessing as he has a chance to survive as the village is under constant attack during a war. He writes that contract with God on a stone on his journey). He adopts a baby girl abandoned in front of his doorstep (another blessing as he now has a family). But later on, the girl, who has been growing up as a loving daughter, suddenly dies. The father angrily accuses God of not respecting the contract. He throws away the stone. And he decides to stop honoring the contract.

He uses the bonds entrusted to him as a collateral to buy an apartment building. He raises the rental fee. Mercilessly. He’s rich within 1 year. He acquires more buildings & as the story suggests, Luck has been kind to him. His return of investment is impressive. His timing? Superb. He becomes very rich. Has a mistress. Luxury. Everything!

Yet he feels empty. And one day, he returns the bonds (once used as a collateral for his first purchase of property) to the rightful owners: the synagogue leaders. The bonds plus the interest. What he asks is the leaders to draft a new contract between him & God. The leaders eventually agrees. Not without a lengthy discussion among them. But yes, a new contract is meticulously drafted.

The old Jewish man is glad as he feels he has made peace with his God. He has accepted the possibility that the breach of the first contract (the one in the stone) is due to him writing it as a kid and thus, the contract is not properly written. He wants to do good things in life. He wants to be back to how he is before. Doing good things & be happy. As simple as that.

Guess what happens next? When he’s still joyful reading the contract–all smiles, knowing God will honour this new contract, a heart attack hits him. He dies.

Life and its unique sense of humour. Huh?

Can you find the moral story guys…

Anyway… That story was really hit me in the first place…