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Don't let yourself be troubled by whatever happens around you. There's no such peace without opposition. Klo keadaannya adem ayem, lancar, santai ga ada gangguan itu bukan berarti damai. Tapi damai itu baru bisa dirasa wktu mgkn lg ada badai, atau lingkungan yang berisik sekali dsb, tapi hati kita masi bisa tetep tenang walaupun semua hal itu terjadi di sekitar kita. Damai itu ketika kita ga membiarkan hal2 yang terjadi di sekitar mempengaruhi hati kita. Damai itu artinya kita percaya dan yakin akan penyertaan Tuhan. Mau apapun keadaan yang terjadi, Tuhan pasti selalu bersama kita, jadi kita bisa tenang.

Jesus didn't come to remove all opposition from our lives, but rather to give us a different approach to the storms of life. ~Joyce Meyer

What are you naturally curious about?

i'm interested in design/art and craft things. i enjoy reading interior design books/magazines, reading/browsing about craft and do-it yourself things, gazing decoration & flower-sets photos. i also enjoy reading articles about nature, animals, pets, go-green/save the environment matters.

Comments: Your answer to this question gives you an indication what are the different topics where your passion may lie. You may find here clues about a suitable profession for you or a field you want to work on. Often what we naturally do we enjoy the most.

 

What would you change about the world?

i don't like to see people wasting their time on the streets just to beg from car to car/people to people. i believe they have lots of potentials that's needed to help them live better. i also don't like to see people misused the environment and not preserve them as we should. i want to make the world a better place, that we can have a nature-friendly living, and give a better future environment to the next generations.

Comments: What makes you angry the most shows you in a way what you care about the most, what is close to your heart. It is unlikely that you are emotionally strongly moved by something you are not even slightly passionate about.

 

What would you love to do or accomplish before you die?

- i want to make my own line of design/craft products, having a store (or hopefully more!) selling products that i design by myself. some of the products would be handmades. i'll teach the people (who was unemployed and haven't got a chance to go to school/study) how to make handmades, they would help me make the products to be sold, but at the same time they're learning to do something to make their living. this line of design/craft would offer products to be used for home-living/interior. products that can be used everyday and also nature-friendly.

- i want to be an inspiring woman, that can help others live their life with passion, maybe with my writings/design/craft/etc

- i want to travel to places of the earth that's still preserved in it's natural/pure beauty.

Comments: The things you listed as answers not only give you an idea of your goals, but also your values - what is important to you and how you would like to live your life. See if you can spot any themes in your things to do list.

 

What would you do if could not fail?

i'll gain all those things i write on number 3 :D

Comments: This question helped you to think without limitations. There is a good chance you wrote here things that you really want to do.

 

What would you do if you would not be limited by money?

i would try to create all the ideas i already have now, try exploring more ideas and create more. travel to the places of the world to get more inspirations, and share all those inspirations to people. help people live beyond their own boundaries and inspire them to do more, live more, and also to love the nature more.

Comments: Similar to the last one, the question removed barriers from your thinking and brought out your inner desires. Remember that you might be able to earn money following your passion too.

 

What would you like to hear at your funeral?

i want people to know me as an inspiring and caring person, that have a big heart and a big life. a helpful friend/family member, a soft-hearted person, generous and not afraid to sacrifice my own matters for the sake of others. i want people to see that i'm living a great and inspiring life, that they can see the great God that is living in me. i want people to know and feel that God is blessing and loving them also through me.

Comments: Your answer shows you what you value and how you would like to live your life, what is truly important to you.

 

What are the things you currently enjoy doing?

reading good books/magazines/articles, browsing inspiring pictures on pinterest, reading blogs, drawing ideas (interior design and products), making design ideas/concept, making craft, writing, watching cooking shows on television, making foods, trying new recipes, playing with dogs, ...

Comments: Very straightforward - your passion may lie in one of those activities.

 

What were the activities or tasks you were doing when you felt most empowered?

browsing around for ideas, drawing sketches, making a list of the-things-to-do, ...

Comments: When you are passionate about some project or assignment, you feel energized, you don't get tired and you feel excited. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person than you ever dreamed yourself to be. If you felt something like this when doing the tasks you listed, this might be it or at least you're close.

 

What would you most like to be acknowledged for so far in your life?

i've finished my university with a good mark, not as the top of the students but i know my parents are proud of me. i've made a different and unique final project topic, something that is also in my concern (about global warming/go-green matters) and get a great result (an A mark). from the circle of close friends i had in university (there were 7 of us), i am the only one who is still developing in the field/major i had before. i think it's also something to be proud of :D i am also proud that God gave me a lot of chances and opportunities, things that are not in my thoughts before. i could not imagine i have these opportunities before, but there i have it. and i believe there's still more to come.

Comments: You only take pride in things that matter to you. The question is if these things matter you the most?

 

If you had only one wish, what would it be?

i wish i could live out all the potentials God had planted in me. wishing that there's nothing wasted, everything He had put in my life would come out and bless the people around me

Comments: Now that you gave it some thought, try to think of at least 5 more people for whom you could make a wish, include strangers. After you've done this for a little while, see what trends you see. This will be at least very close to your purpose.

 

Whose life do you want to be living?

i admire and envy the people who are living in their potentials. the people who are not afraid to do things according to what they've been called. the people who have the courage to do more and step out from the boundaries they've faced. i envy the people with big lives. sometimes seeing them makes me feel small and see my self less than them, but it should not be that way. i know i could have a big life too. but i need to step out from the boundaries that hinders me to grow.

Comments: If you did pick anyone, why did you choose these people? There is something about their achievements, lifestyle or other aspects of life that you find desirable. That's a hint.

 

What ideas are you most inspired by?

i'm inspired by the ideas about green-living environment, ideas to reduce the human impact on the nature and save the environment. i also love the ideas on how to teach and educate people who are unfortunate to live big with their lives, and to be productive and creative, so that they can make a living on their own and inspire their society at the same time.

Comments: If there is an idea that really inspires you, that could very well be your purpose.

 

With whom would you like to surround myself?

i want to be surrounded with people who are passionate in what they're doing, have the same interests with me (but i don't mind being with people who has different interests, it would make me learn). i would surround myself with people who is in a higher level than me, so i could learn to step up to be like them. but i also would surround myself with the people who are in the lower level than me to give them inspirations, to help them increase and bless them. i would say it would be more or less 70% with the higher and 30% with the lower.

Comments: You become who you drink coffee with. The kind of people you want to have around you tells you what kind of a person you want to be.

 

Do you take responsibility for what is happening to you?

i believe it was by half my responsibility that i could be the person i am now (although sometimes i could wrongly blame others for the things i don't like in myself/life - but i have the responsibility in how to respond to it). i know everything that has happened and where i am now is in God's plan, and i know that the future is also in His plan. so i believe in living close to God, let Him direct my life to be according His plan, and be cooperative with Him to live according to His will. the best is yet to come :)

Comments: Only you can change your future and create the life you want to live, noone else. If you blame others and shift the responsibility away from you, you are looking for answers in a wrong place. If you said yes, congratulations.

 

Now that you have gone through this exercise, answered all the questions and read the answers once again - do you see patterns in your answers? Identify what are the common themes in your answers and you will find your passion and purpose in life.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. -English Proverb

The devil always try to steal our joy/happiness. When we loose our joy, we became weak. God wants us to keep on being joyful and happy, eventhough things/circumstances doesn't support us to do so. Not only being joyful when everything in life happened the way we expect it to be, but also being joyful when the things are not the way we expect them to be. We could keep being joyful because God is the One who holds our life. God is still in control, He is still working being the scene, for our own good. So we should be joyful all the time! :)

The key to success is time. Don't overthink. Just do it. Just get started.

If a plant doesn't grow, we have to see what are the barriers that stops the plant from growing, and get rid of those barriers.
Identify the barriers, get rid of them, and grow.
Philipians 3:12-14

The barriers that often hinders us from growing in life:
1. Thinking that u hv arrived.
Ur job is to make progress everyday.
U have a lot of room to grow.
Whatever field u are in now, God has more for u.

2. Isolation.
Proverbs 18:1
Isolations makes ur world small.
1 Sam 10
When u go out and be in a new environment, u'll get something good for u. Never stop to learn new things.

3. The lack of right friendships.
Proverbs 13:20
Those u choose to associate with, u will become like them.

4. Unforgiveness.
Unforgiveness ties u to the person and the place and makes u can't move to another place.

5. Fear
Fear of change, rejection, failure, afraid of not learning something new, stops us from growing.
If u want to live a bigger life, u have to get rid of ur fears.
What do u afraid of?

3 ways to overcome fears:
1. Realize who u are in Christ.
2 Tim 1:7
2. Seek the Lord
Psalm 34:5
3. Believe in God's love for u
1 John 4:16,18
Perfect Love casts all fears. God loves u more than ur capacity that u can understand. God's love for u is not based on ur performance, but based on His character.

4 areas that we can grow:
1. Faith
Faith/salvation is about relationship
John 17:3
Glory: weight, mass, substance
To live is Christ. It's about the Person.
Trust is the byproduct of a relationship.
Faith is not an issue if ur relationship with God is close.

2. Fitness
Feed, exercise, and rest ur spirit, soul and body.
We may remember the Words we read/hear last week, but it maybe doesn't really affect u at the moment the same as last week. We need to meditate and "eat" God's Words daily.
1 King 18, 19:1-7
Take a rest!
Mat 18:28
Ur contentment is to do what God wants u to do.
Isaiah 28:11-12
Pray in another tongue give refreshment to ur spirit.

3. Family & Friends
Quality relationships come out from quantity of the time spent.

4. Future
Career, destiny
Psalm 33:13-15
God has fashioned my heart in an individual way.
The man's gift makes room for him and makes him stand in front of great man.
What's ur gift, who r u going to be, what brings u satisfaction?
1. What God has called u to do will give u satisfactions.
2. What makes u come alive? What gets u excited?
3. Where were u naturally fruitful? What comes easy for u?
4. What makes u angry? God generally gives u gifts to fix the things that makes u angry

5. Our time is limited.
Philipians 1. To live is Christ, to die is gain.
Whatever God's giving u, God wants u to transfer those to the generations after u.

People do change. I've changed. The things I love/liked so much in the past, maybe isn't really lovely anymore. The things I like to do in the past, maybe I don't like to do it anymore. As time goes by and experiences and other stuffs came, I realize that I'm no longer the same person. Sometimes it's in a good way, but sometimes I feel like I want to go back to the past and be the person I was before. The person who is full of dreams, full of expectations, always try to learn something from everything, and not afraid of what people think.
Today I've got myself unpurposely read my writings and blog in the past. And I get a lot of reminder about the life values that maybe I've forgotten. And somehow I'm kind of amazed of myself, wow I made a lot of good writings back then. Reading them again makes me feel inspired. And I wanna write/inspire more.
I believe God created me for a purpose, and He let me face every circumstances and experience for good reason. Nothing in my life is wasted, because all of it lines up to help me be the person and be in the place He wants me to be. He wants me to grow and be more mature in Him.
So thank You God for reminding me again to get back on track. Deo gracias :)

Once I was bitter and brokenhearted.
I was stupid and ignorant, and I treated You as a wild animal would.
But I never really left You, and You hold my right hand.
Your advice has been my guide, and later You will welcome me in glory.

"In heaven I have only You, and on this earth You are all I want."

"My body and mind may fail, but YOU are MY STRENGTH and my choice forever."

"Like an open book, You watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before You, The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day."

Craft. Pattern design. Fabrics. Decorative cushions. Beach. Blue sea water. Sunglasses. Palm trees. Serene places. Me-time. Sewing. Ribbons. Mix-matching patterns. Woods. Nature. Green leaves. Fresh air. Mountains.