A Journey

(source:internet) “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.” ―  Christopher McDougall ,  Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen ( http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/292417-every-morning-in-africa-a-gazelle-wakes-up-it-knows ) Life is harsh. You can be the winner of life or a looser. You can be the champions or be the victims. It's all starting with the soft grey part in our head, brain. However, the brain can be also source of bias, confusion and trickery that even sabotages our life from the best in life. Therefore, brain must be trained. I believe no lion wakes up with no goal in its life. Every lion wakes up with goal to get ...

I just found out that  12 November 2016, is the Fathers Day in Indonesia. The day has been assigned as the Fathers' Day since 2006. However, I believe very few people are aware that today is Fathers' Day in Indonesia. For years, men are actually the victims of  discrimination by telling them that showing affections are sissy and not manly. Men must look tough, unbreakable, and dependable... even emotionless. No wonder there are many absent void emotionless fathers in many families. For some kids who have the good role model of fathers, you must be very thankful to God for those dads. They might be a bit annoying especially with whom you hang out, but all is for your own sake. Dads just want to protect you. Trust me.. those dads are rare!! My own story with my own dad when I was a kid was not really a golden stairs story. I struggled to love my dad, to forgive him and to see him as the victim of the old doctrine of macho man. Nevertheless, I was able to see the man behind t...