Si Encik, guru saya

Pembicaraan dengan encik pemilik/kasir Bakmi Boy Mayestik. Di meja kasir kayu sederhana, dengan lembaran pesanan bakmi bercoretan pensil.

**Kok gak pake plang di depan rumah makannya sih, Cik?

Let’s talk strength

Most of us are familiar with the term SWOT, which stands for Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat. It is an assessment technique to gauge our situation, mostly in an organization or business.

More often than not, we tend to dwell on our weaknesses and threats. This is true on a professional or personal level. We highlight things we don’t have or have too little of.

Depends

I stood there in silence. (Im)patiently waiting. Because this was as far as I could go. This was as far as I was allowed to go.

I wondered if you knew the distance I would actually travel for you, with you, if you only let me.

You looked at me and asked, “What would you do if you were me?”

Providing space

“Give space” – that was what popped up in my head when I was asked what one message that I want to convey. I know I have been given plenty and it is high time to share. But to share what? I am just a beginner. Am I eligible to share?

The second question I shall deal with in another post. But first, the first question. What am I sharing? What message do I really really want to share with the world? What am I about?

To enjoy this conversation

By Rumi

I must tell you something now or mislead you. And I would rather die than mislead you on this Path that is so beautiful and so hard. A false step can mean death or madness or futility or the destruction of years of hard-won attainment.

“Anytime”

I let you in on a little secret. I have different ways of responding to a “thank you” and, as almost always, I am being deliberate about it.

Sometimes it is “You’re welcome”, sometimes it’s “okay”, “sure”, “pleasure”, “likewise”, or “anytime”.

Anytime is the least frequent, due to what the word entails. To a select few, I say “anytime” all the time. And I mean every single stroke of it.

Let us

When we are ready
Let us meet
Let us converse

Let us engage
In the most honest manner possible

An honesty that is Truth
Light
Kind

When the time is ripe
Let us be

And smile our most beautiful smile

At that auction, humanity won

A passing invitation came to me the other day from a friend to attend a fundraising musical drama “Music for Rema” at Salihara cultural center in South Jakarta. The event was to support patients of rheumatoid arthritis. It turned out to be a very heartwarming occasion shared with kind and light-hearted people.

Single

Funny thoughts that we wake up with sometimes. This time for me, it was: “I am not single.” – “I am not single.” Where on earth did it come from?