#2: Let Go of Goals

[The book - Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live]

Anonymous is right. The test is nothing. Nothing compared to realisation of your childhood dream. In knowing that your effort for the past five years paid off well. Because you have transformed the dream, which seems to be impossible, into a real picture. That's the greatest part of life. The joyous moment of celebration.

When I came across the chapter "Let Go of Goals", I was paused and puzzled. Instead of setting a higher goal, why would we be asked to let go of it?

"There's certainly nothing wrong with goal setting. In fact, goals can provide badly needed structure and direction. But our ability to let go of goals is as important as our effort to fulfill them."

"Looking back, I realise that for many years I was a goalaholic. Goals made me successful, but unfortunately, they provided me little passion or satisfaction along the way....Thus I let go of them."

"I have no idea what the future holds, but I do know that I wake up every day energised, excited, and filled with expectations."

Well, it's time to let go. :-) ~Nat

#1:Keep the Faith

[These are life lessons I quote from my new pet-Life Lessons for Living the Way You Live-one of the Chicken Soup for the Souls'. I start off with Faith today.]

What does faith mean to you? "If you plant faith today, you will reap miracle tomorrow." I stumbled upon this once time ago. And I believe it for some times till I almost forgot it at all. Today, the author reminds me of the magic of faith.

She reckoned, "Faith is an undeniable knowing that all is well and that all will be taken care of. You see everything that happens as having a purpose, good or bad, as contributing to my understanding about life..."

Darkness is my candle.

At some points of life, I see myself in darkness. Searching for the clues in vain. Questioning about decisions made and lamenting the downsides of life. I lose faith. You lose it when you start questioning and doubting. "Could I make it?" "Am I eligible?" "Do I work hard enough?"

She continued, "..a condition of the heart in which you have no doubts, but rather certainty and trust. Faith erases anxiety and doubt, and creates or builds inner peace and happiness."

Keep the faith in you. Be it religion or belief. Knowing that on the other side of obstacles, there are always miracles.

And I am telling myself every day. So do you. /Natalie.

Book: Tuesday with Morrie #1

From time to time, I will excerpt a story, a short text or even few lines from my favourite book--Tuesday with Morrie, by Mitch Albom. The book taught me life's greatest lessons...Above all, the Compassion which is lacking while aging. :)

"On this day, Morrie says he has an exercise for us to try. We are to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on another student to catch us. Most of us are uncomfortable with this, and we cannot let go for more than a few inches before stopping ourselves. We laugh in embarrassment.

Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl, crosses her arms over her chest, closes her eyes, leans back, and...For a moment, I am sure she is going to thump on the floor. At the last instant, her partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly.

Morrie finally smiles.

"You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes, you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too---even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."

Natalie: Believing others is not easy; but worth trying. :)