Saturday, October 8
Sunday, October 2
Organize ; Simplify
Nowadays we have many different kinds of information available almost anywhere and anytime, especially when you have the internet. Its easy for us to take all the information into our minds by just making judgement (strongly agreeing or disagreeing) with the information rather than really think how it can be well-incorporated into our lives. Personally think it is crucial for us to organize, simplify and only store what is truly important in a systematic manner in order to let the information obtained benefit us.
It is worth to invest a little time to organize the complex things readily available into simple things so that we can put more focus into less (but more important) things. Often, we want keep as much as possible information so that we do not "lose" any important information. It is also the fear that cause us to keep and consider too much info and complicates our thoughts.
Organize, may be lumping different but similar thoughts together, or put ideas together and view things as a big picture, etc - I have not think of any ways to simplify or organize what I have learnt, but on my way to putting my learnings into better use by organizing them!
It is worth to invest a little time to organize the complex things readily available into simple things so that we can put more focus into less (but more important) things. Often, we want keep as much as possible information so that we do not "lose" any important information. It is also the fear that cause us to keep and consider too much info and complicates our thoughts.
Organize, may be lumping different but similar thoughts together, or put ideas together and view things as a big picture, etc - I have not think of any ways to simplify or organize what I have learnt, but on my way to putting my learnings into better use by organizing them!
Tuesday, September 20
Give thanks
Gave a short moment to just focus on myself. Put away the people I know, the people I love, the people I loathe and focus on myself.
The moment I reflect on my recent life (say, a year's time), I have realised the thing that I am most grateful for, is to have known myself better. I could not gauge the progress of my growth, how good or how quick is it, but definitely, I can say that I am getting to know myself better, and that facilitated my growth. There are many ideas that I have had for years, I can feel myself starting to take (maybe small) steps to grow them into action, slowly growing the believe in myself that I can do it, and knowing my heart and soul better, allowing me to understand better what do I want to focus in life. I think it is the first and most important step to know ourselves, our truest hearts, inner voice, in order to grow into a better individual.
I am thankful for who I am and the things I have been exposed to that allowed me to learn, the number of walls I have hit before I understand better, the experience I have encountered to have a taste of life, the people I have met to help me understand the world better, the fears I have managed to overcome (which really "looks impossible until its done") that made me stronger.
TQTQTQ!
“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
The moment I reflect on my recent life (say, a year's time), I have realised the thing that I am most grateful for, is to have known myself better. I could not gauge the progress of my growth, how good or how quick is it, but definitely, I can say that I am getting to know myself better, and that facilitated my growth. There are many ideas that I have had for years, I can feel myself starting to take (maybe small) steps to grow them into action, slowly growing the believe in myself that I can do it, and knowing my heart and soul better, allowing me to understand better what do I want to focus in life. I think it is the first and most important step to know ourselves, our truest hearts, inner voice, in order to grow into a better individual.
I am thankful for who I am and the things I have been exposed to that allowed me to learn, the number of walls I have hit before I understand better, the experience I have encountered to have a taste of life, the people I have met to help me understand the world better, the fears I have managed to overcome (which really "looks impossible until its done") that made me stronger.
TQTQTQ!
“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Friday, September 16
Facts vs emotions
Recently I have a handful of topics in mind for posting / sharing. Kinda start to understand why people say that songwriters are people who have gone through heaps of feelings or experiences in life. When you go through some things, typically tougher incidents in life, it just seems like you are swarmed with ideas of life. I thought it would be great to jot it down in the blog as it marks the thoughts I have came through as part of my life.
So we all know what distinguishes human from all other living things is that human have
(1) emotions
(2) ability to think
Lets start off with (1) emotions- In mandarin, we say that everyone has 喜怒哀乐 (happiness, anger, sorrowfulness and joy, generally representing the term "emotions"). It is a natural ability given to us, it is of course, perfectly fine for us to express our feelings and emotions by laughing, crying, or even being mad,however, it is important to not let it take over / override the logical mind. If the emotions gets to the extreme, depression, suicidal happens. We should understand that things happen in life for a reason, and it is always my favourite to "laugh see" life with this quote - "If its good, its wonderful, if its bad, its experience." We do, sometimes, let emotions decide our actions and cause us some pain. It is fine to make mistakes, but bear in mind that "You can never make the same mistake twice, because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, its a choice." It is not surprising that people can make mistakes over and over again , even though they reflected, knew their mistakes, but it takes huge courage to walk out of a comfort zone to do things differently. When overwhelmed with negative emotions, we should switch to the logical side of things and not take things too seriously, learn to forgive ourselves, at the same time learn from our mistakes and really integrate it into our upcoming days of lives, before walking out of the bad experiences and crafting another new part / chapter of life.
(2) The ability to think - this ability, is a powerful ability that makes us wiser if it is used correctly and in moderation. It is a balance point that we need to strive for, to not overthink, as well as to not neglect certain factors when making a critical decision. However, i think most of the time human complicate thoughts because they have emotions. Elon Musk shared a point on "boiling things down to the most fundamental truth" and " being less wrong" , which I think is a good start off point of building thoughts on anything. I always think that, facts will always be facts, truth will always be truth, no matter we choose to believe or cheat ourselves... The truth will still be revealed someday. We do not have the ability to predict the future, or ensure everything we do is perfect, so we kind of boil things down from its "fundamental truth" and just get to the point of enough confident to do something without second doubts or afraid of being wrong. Most people have great ideas, but they might not have the courage to overcome the fear of being wrong. Its a combination of several things to be a great thinker - not afraid of being wrong (try to just make it less wrong), have the courage to do it , constantly challenge the common notions of doing things, knowing the value of doing it and having a purpose of doing things.
It is, sometimes, hurtful seeing a love one decides to go with their way , knowing it is an "emotional" decision rather than a logical one (seen much clearer from outside the situation), and especially seen the choice causing some pain already... But maybe, it is another kind of love, to let them go with their free will to live the life they want...wishing them all the best... I can help the best that I can, with the best knowledge I have, and at the end of the day, it is a "choice" for everyone to go the way they want. I could not be in control of anyone's life, no matter how much love I have for them.
Before I end, i would suggest everyone that come across this post to try -
"Learn from the mistakes of others, as you won't live long enough to make them all yourself."
This is a challenging one, as it is always harder to believe from seeing or listening, until we feel / experience it...
Enjoy the lifelong learning. Learn, and act.
So we all know what distinguishes human from all other living things is that human have
(1) emotions
(2) ability to think
Lets start off with (1) emotions- In mandarin, we say that everyone has 喜怒哀乐 (happiness, anger, sorrowfulness and joy, generally representing the term "emotions"). It is a natural ability given to us, it is of course, perfectly fine for us to express our feelings and emotions by laughing, crying, or even being mad,however, it is important to not let it take over / override the logical mind. If the emotions gets to the extreme, depression, suicidal happens. We should understand that things happen in life for a reason, and it is always my favourite to "laugh see" life with this quote - "If its good, its wonderful, if its bad, its experience." We do, sometimes, let emotions decide our actions and cause us some pain. It is fine to make mistakes, but bear in mind that "You can never make the same mistake twice, because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, its a choice." It is not surprising that people can make mistakes over and over again , even though they reflected, knew their mistakes, but it takes huge courage to walk out of a comfort zone to do things differently. When overwhelmed with negative emotions, we should switch to the logical side of things and not take things too seriously, learn to forgive ourselves, at the same time learn from our mistakes and really integrate it into our upcoming days of lives, before walking out of the bad experiences and crafting another new part / chapter of life.
(2) The ability to think - this ability, is a powerful ability that makes us wiser if it is used correctly and in moderation. It is a balance point that we need to strive for, to not overthink, as well as to not neglect certain factors when making a critical decision. However, i think most of the time human complicate thoughts because they have emotions. Elon Musk shared a point on "boiling things down to the most fundamental truth" and " being less wrong" , which I think is a good start off point of building thoughts on anything. I always think that, facts will always be facts, truth will always be truth, no matter we choose to believe or cheat ourselves... The truth will still be revealed someday. We do not have the ability to predict the future, or ensure everything we do is perfect, so we kind of boil things down from its "fundamental truth" and just get to the point of enough confident to do something without second doubts or afraid of being wrong. Most people have great ideas, but they might not have the courage to overcome the fear of being wrong. Its a combination of several things to be a great thinker - not afraid of being wrong (try to just make it less wrong), have the courage to do it , constantly challenge the common notions of doing things, knowing the value of doing it and having a purpose of doing things.
It is, sometimes, hurtful seeing a love one decides to go with their way , knowing it is an "emotional" decision rather than a logical one (seen much clearer from outside the situation), and especially seen the choice causing some pain already... But maybe, it is another kind of love, to let them go with their free will to live the life they want...wishing them all the best... I can help the best that I can, with the best knowledge I have, and at the end of the day, it is a "choice" for everyone to go the way they want. I could not be in control of anyone's life, no matter how much love I have for them.
Before I end, i would suggest everyone that come across this post to try -
"Learn from the mistakes of others, as you won't live long enough to make them all yourself."
This is a challenging one, as it is always harder to believe from seeing or listening, until we feel / experience it...
Enjoy the lifelong learning. Learn, and act.
Tuesday, September 13
Just the way you are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Everyone likes or wants to be appreciated.
In relationships, people often change themselves in order to suit a group of friends/ people or for others to like them better. They change their interests or liking, hide some truths of themselves that people may not like, and make themselves do what others would like them to do. In fact, everyone has to know that they have their very own unique style and it will feel much greater when someone appreciates you just the way you are. Do not be afraid of not having friends or people around you. Be yourself and the right people will just come by.
I often come across articles saying "love yourself". I think the term brings a deeper level meaning than just to love yourself. When you love yourself, you appreciate yourself as who you are and it will not be easy to change yourself just to suit other people. When you love yourself, you listen to yourself, know what you are capable and incapable of, what you like and what you don't. But beware, this does not mean that one should "appreciate" their negative behaviors such as being stubborn and stay with those negative behaviors.
All in all, be true to yourself, be true to life, and appreciate your unique self. Also, from time to time, take in feedback from people around you, listen to yourself, and always strive to be a better person.
In relationships, people often change themselves in order to suit a group of friends/ people or for others to like them better. They change their interests or liking, hide some truths of themselves that people may not like, and make themselves do what others would like them to do. In fact, everyone has to know that they have their very own unique style and it will feel much greater when someone appreciates you just the way you are. Do not be afraid of not having friends or people around you. Be yourself and the right people will just come by.
I often come across articles saying "love yourself". I think the term brings a deeper level meaning than just to love yourself. When you love yourself, you appreciate yourself as who you are and it will not be easy to change yourself just to suit other people. When you love yourself, you listen to yourself, know what you are capable and incapable of, what you like and what you don't. But beware, this does not mean that one should "appreciate" their negative behaviors such as being stubborn and stay with those negative behaviors.
All in all, be true to yourself, be true to life, and appreciate your unique self. Also, from time to time, take in feedback from people around you, listen to yourself, and always strive to be a better person.
Thursday, July 7
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