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"Kristus Raja...Kristus Mulia...Kristus...Kristus Tuhan kita...."
That's the line I kept singing on the procession of today's Palm Sunday. I forgot how many years it has been since the last time I participate in the procession. I think I got lazy on the last few years. Maybe because my mass schedule was usually on saturday afternoon (what a lame excuse...lol). Walking along with the other parish members, I remembered hansel's question, "How's your lent going?" "What do you give up this lent?" I couldn't answer these questions right away coz I don't think this year is better than last year. So I said plain. Then hansel said that he/she also didn't grow a new leaf. Dunno if the things I give up this lent are quite significant in the process of being a better person. It seems like I give up the same things, just like last year. Then the question will be, what's the use? Giving up the same things, failing to keep one some things....
I remembered on last monday I attended this prayer gathering for young professionals. Ko Riko talked about sucess. What is the main obstacle that keeps us from being success? It's none other than fear. Yes, the biggest obstacle of success is fear of failing. Once we have this fear and don't overcome it, we will never be success. Coz we'll never even have the courage to take the first step, to try, to fail, to reflect, to try again after failing. The possibility of failing is so scary for us that it paralyzes us. We have to be dare to fail. Of course dare in this term is also realizing our ability, our potential. What do we have that can help us achieving our dreams (he used the term our calling that God has put in the depths of our heart).
We have to open ourselves to a new perspective. We all fail. Human fail. There's no one in this world who hasn't failed. We're all faces of failure. Then he took an example from the bible. Both Peter and Judas failed Christ. Peter the brave denied Him three times and Judas exchanged Him for money. But the difference was, Peter didn't lock himself in the closet after failing, he didn't become desperate. While Judas so desperate in failing his teacher, he ended his life. Peter set the difference that made him the first pope. Even Jesus failed (He fell three times on his way to Golgotha). But He always stood and walked again.
Soichiro Honda said that success can only be achieved through series of repeated failure and introspection. I think the keyword here beside daring to fail is introspection. Failure is normal, but without introspection, we will end up making the same mistakes, falling into the same hole over and over again. Each time we fail we should examine it, take lessons from it as our life experience so we'll evolve. I hope by writing this journal I also doing this introspection part, to be a better man. Easter message...There's always a better tomorrow, we just have to have the courage to embrace it.
Robbie Williams - Better Man
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time
*chorus
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man.....
"Kristus Raja...Kristus Mulia...Kristus...Kristus Tuhan kita...."
That's the line I kept singing on the procession of today's Palm Sunday. I forgot how many years it has been since the last time I participate in the procession. I think I got lazy on the last few years. Maybe because my mass schedule was usually on saturday afternoon (what a lame excuse...lol). Walking along with the other parish members, I remembered hansel's question, "How's your lent going?" "What do you give up this lent?" I couldn't answer these questions right away coz I don't think this year is better than last year. So I said plain. Then hansel said that he/she also didn't grow a new leaf. Dunno if the things I give up this lent are quite significant in the process of being a better person. It seems like I give up the same things, just like last year. Then the question will be, what's the use? Giving up the same things, failing to keep one some things....
I remembered on last monday I attended this prayer gathering for young professionals. Ko Riko talked about sucess. What is the main obstacle that keeps us from being success? It's none other than fear. Yes, the biggest obstacle of success is fear of failing. Once we have this fear and don't overcome it, we will never be success. Coz we'll never even have the courage to take the first step, to try, to fail, to reflect, to try again after failing. The possibility of failing is so scary for us that it paralyzes us. We have to be dare to fail. Of course dare in this term is also realizing our ability, our potential. What do we have that can help us achieving our dreams (he used the term our calling that God has put in the depths of our heart).
We have to open ourselves to a new perspective. We all fail. Human fail. There's no one in this world who hasn't failed. We're all faces of failure. Then he took an example from the bible. Both Peter and Judas failed Christ. Peter the brave denied Him three times and Judas exchanged Him for money. But the difference was, Peter didn't lock himself in the closet after failing, he didn't become desperate. While Judas so desperate in failing his teacher, he ended his life. Peter set the difference that made him the first pope. Even Jesus failed (He fell three times on his way to Golgotha). But He always stood and walked again.
Soichiro Honda said that success can only be achieved through series of repeated failure and introspection. I think the keyword here beside daring to fail is introspection. Failure is normal, but without introspection, we will end up making the same mistakes, falling into the same hole over and over again. Each time we fail we should examine it, take lessons from it as our life experience so we'll evolve. I hope by writing this journal I also doing this introspection part, to be a better man. Easter message...There's always a better tomorrow, we just have to have the courage to embrace it.
Robbie Williams - Better Man
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time
*chorus
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man.....
2 Comments:
There's always a better tomorrow, we just have to have the courage to embrace it.
wow~~that's sounds like a proverb.i really like ur idea.
besides,since we are still young,we should try to do sth we never done b4,and experience as much failure as we can,then later,we'll tast the sweet of succuess when we get old.
thanks for your comment :D
it's nice to have a loyal reader...helps in motivating to write better ;D
btw...do you have messenger ID?
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