Just a reminder that there's so much more 

that we still don't know about ourselves 

and that's what makes life so beautiful. 

Next, you could find your next favourite musician 

or fall in love with someone you haven't even met yet. 

You might see a new shade of green

 that will become your new favourite color 

or you could become obsessed with a new food 

that you thought you once hated.

We change as life goes on,

We grow as life changes,

our experiences shape us into a new person.

It's beautiful, 
it's absolutely beautiful... 

-Inspired by a post on instagram

Welcoming Autumn!

Bersiap menuju bulan September, Selamat datang musim gugur!

Tunggu, tunggu dulu, tidak ada musim semacam itu di lho di Indonesia, hahaha 

Kalau ngomongin tentang musim gugur, pikiranku langsung tertuju ke daun Maple. 

Kenapa gitu?

Maple, menjadi sebuah daun yang entah kenapa aku kagumi sejak di bangku sma. Sebenarnya aku tidak terlalu mengetahui filosofi di balik itu semua sih. Yang aku tahu, kalau ngomongin tentang musim gugur ya..identik dengan daun ini. 

Sebelum aku memikirkan tentang filosofi atau keterkaitan maple dengan musim gugur,  aku menyukai Maple karena murni Maple, sebuah daun yang memiliki banyak warna, terutama warna merah kecoklatan yang berguguran saat musim gugur. 

Maple, memiliki karakter kuat yang membawaku larut di dalamnya. Lalu apa sebenarnya filosofi di balik daun Maple?

 Baca juga Leaves, left, and Lost 

Menurut pendapatku pribadi, dan imajinasiku pribadi, daun Maple memiliki sebuah kehangatan, arti dari sebuah pengorbanaan, dan mimpi. Seakan daun Maple menyeruakan perasaan semangat untuk mengejar sesuatu yang kita harapkan, entah itu mimpi atau sebuah perasaan cinta. 

Oiya, daun Maple menjadi sebuah simbol di bendera Kanada, tetapi sebenarnya aku ga ngehubungin sama sekali ke sana.. Hehe. 

Berdasarkan berbagai sumber di internet, aku baru mengetahui kalau daun Maple memang dijadikan sebagai simbol cinta. Selain itu, Maple juga menggambarkan keseimbangan dan panjang umur. Oleh karenanya Daun Maple menjadi simbol kekuatan cinta, uang, dan panjang umur. Hem... 

Hehe yaudah deh, terlepas antara makna daun Maple berdasarkan imajinasiku dan beberapa arti lain menurut sebuah kisah, aku tetap mengagumi daun Maple. 

Maples in Japan (photo by M.)

Quarter-life crisis they said, uh? 

Reaching the age of quarter centuries, branches of mind, stressful working condition, friends' successful stories, high standard of life from influencers, cultivating into one point, 

I N S E C U R I T I E S 

Nowadays, insecurities have become the most spoken topic, especially for youth generations. As it really happens in my surroundings, when exploring social media, you'll find some feed that would post about this topic.

Why do we feel insecure?

Well, I'm not gonna talk about somebody else's, I'm gonna talk about what I really feel. 

After struggling for formal education until I graduated and maintaining to get my job, here I am, talking nonsense in this blog. Actually I'm not good at discussing it, or I just haven't found a person to discuss it, no idea. But, it's really dancing in my mind, so I think it's the time to write about it, preventing it from exploding in my mind. hahaha. 

Well, they said that 'Privilege' matters. Some people do have this privilege for their life, some do not have such a thing. 

I do agree with that, to be precise we're having different beginning to achieve something. So that, different processes, and different finishes. You may not agree with that kind of 'privilege' thing, eh?

If we're talking about it, we should actually realize that, we're not defined by certain ages to be called a successful person, am I right?

Maybe when you're becoming one of the 'Sandwich Generation', that's still striving for earning money to pay your family's needs, you got the job, but you can't be such a decent person that is already married with their loved one, having their own houses, and business. They could make some other side jobs, travelling overseas, in contrast you're still busy with your own life. 

If it's counted and seen only from one perspective, then you could say that life is unfair, isn't it?

Then something called, insecurities will be the right term to define your mood. 

But, is that so?

  Also read Perfect with imperfections

I should admit that, sometimes I do feel insecurities strike my head. That would make myself become a loser, having low self-esteem. 

However, I choose to not feel that any longer. 

I do feel that, but I should see something from a different point of view (Still trying to do that). 

In my opinion, we should recognize our feelings, admit that, and accept that. If we already recognize ourselves better, we could take another step to get up. 

The key of all the things is we should be more grateful and loving ourselves. 

Stargazing a future :D

'' Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion and respect to your own journey.''  - S. Menutt

We want everything to be perfect, we have abundant willingness, high expectation on something, but how if 

We choose to embrace all that we have been and are with love, acceptance and tenderness?

By loving ourselves, we can take better care of ourselves. We then know how to begin to accept our true self, not blaming all the failures that we made. And we will gain more because we know how to improve ourselves with patience, compassion, and we know the best for ourselves because we have our own path, our own timing, our own journey. 

Taru wo shiru mono wa tomu. 

I am content with what I am.

Also read I am content with I am. 

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