Wednesday, June 6, 2007

The Power of Choice

i've been expecting for a stomachache since i arrived in Indonesia, but it never happened until last night..wow 3 AM i have to woke up just to "release the freakin pain in the ass" hahahahaa

in a way i really amazed because i got the stomachache not because as a result of eating the food in here (fyi: food processing in Indonesia is abit below the worldwide health standard...specifically the ones on push/pull carts a.k.a. street vendors)...but because of drinking VITA CHARM...some kind of drink, intended for helping digestion....it suppose to be consumed one bottle for a day only..but i chose to drink two last night...hahaha

so i highly recommend to drink 2 bottles of vitacharm or yakult for those who have challenges in releasing their "stuf"

anyway...here is what i learn today

"Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones, says this in his excellent work, Spiritual Depression, Its Cause and Cure: “Most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself rather than talking to yourself.” Thoughts stream into our minds beyond our control. Instead of choosing to succumb to whichever thoughts happen to pop into our heads, we can purposefully choose to fix our minds on the positive.
(taken from "The Big 5" by Dr. John Maxwell)


Define What A Problem Is:
A problem is something I can choose to do something about. If I cannot choose to do something about a situation, it is a fact of life, not a problem.

Anticipate Problems:
A problem anticipated may be an opportunity, but a problem not anticipated is a simply a problem.

(taken from "The Big 5" by Dr. John Maxwell)


in conclusion...my focus today is to choose the righ thing

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
~ Kahlil Gibran

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
~ Viktor Frankl

“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
~ J.K. Rowling