you heart will sense it

Some people enjoy impressing others; some enjoy connecting with others.

Some admire people who impress; some admire people who connect.

Some people play all the roles in their lives; some lost themselves in between.

Whichever type of people you are with, be yourself. Be what your heart wants you to be.

If you meet someone who's worth a real relationship, you heart will sense it.

idea evangelism, wordless...

Why does spreading ideas have to do with words? Why must it be in the form of speeches or writings or blogging or lyrics or conversations?

It doesn't.If you aren't a person who loves dealing with words, no point forcing it, just follow the guidance from your inner being.

The colours, the melodies, the shapes & patterns, the numbers & formulas, the real-world movies...all are perfect vehicles for idea spreading.

It may even go beyond ideas.

Then what you pass on, is a life-changing spirit.

music, unconsciously...

Music can change our lives.

Music that touches our souls; music with stories that move our hearts.

Music that unlock our unconscious minds; music that makes us cry.

Somehow. We just listen, and things happen.

Somehow. When we trust what we got inside, we live the freedom.

you wish...?

It was after an important exam, or contest, which you thought you totally screwed up. You wish you had put in a lot more efforts, you wish luck hadn't turned its back on you, you wish you could pass...

But you knew the chance was 0.01%.

Did you just let go and move on with your life? Had you been so disappointed with yourself you didn't even bother to check the results?

Chances are, you did check the results. And you might have passed.

Your brain, your rational judgment told you you wouldn't pass. But deep in your heart you didn't give up. When you said you wish, despite what other people think, despite what you yourself told others, your heart knew there was still chance... It could still happen, it was possible...

Your heart told you not to give up.

So when you started the sentence "I wish..." today, did you do that simply to feed the lunch conversation with interesting imagination or wild dreams? Deep in your heart you know the answer.

The question is, are you ready to pay the price?

what's your story?

A friend who's known for her seriousness just won a humourous speech contest.

Total surprise!

It's remarkable. It is the kind of story that people love to hear and love to tell and it's gonna be around for a while...

Doesn't it sound familiar? Hasn't something similar happened to your community or someone in your life? Or has it already happened to you?

If not, why don't just go create one?

financial wisdom (maybe not that financial)...

"You are most likely to exceed the budget when you have none,"

i repeat, Dive In.

Take your time to really figure out your Blueprint in life...don't rush, be patient, keep thinking, imagining...

When you're done, Dive In. It's how you get to know if you'll ever need any adjustment...

Learn to ignore the constant interruptions in this noisy world...with enough practice you can be really good at it...

...and allow me to keep repeating this...

Don't think, just Dive In.

confession of a bankerartist...

"I'm not proud nor passionate about my work. I didn't quit (and do arts full-time) because I still have something to contribute and I'm still learning. Plus I need to eat. Financial pressure will make my family and creativity suffer. The need to make money out of painting will pollute my originality. I compromise my time, my days in life, so that I won't have to compromise my arts"

you made the efforts to sketch your blueprint, now trust it...at least a bit longer...

Doing the things that you love, that you are truly passionate about, that you are born to do, may involve dealing with things that you don't like.

So you need lots of discipline to bring you where you want to go.

Over the months/years, you did the soul searching, you did the gap analysis, you identified your goals and determined the prices to pay, you made and revised the Master Blueprint of Life with detailed plans...then you plunge in to pay your dues day in & day out swimming towards your destination.

It's a tough run, it's not for everybody. You know what it takes.

Some days into the journey, things happen. They always do. It can be as trivial as a terrible mood after a bad day; or it can be someone or something that storms into your life story with the burning twister so authoritative it burns through your mind and turns your beliefs & plans upside down.

You feel like giving up.

It's like you're just enlightened/awaken to see all the flaws and stupidity and unnecessary plans that are just not going to make your dreams come true. The scheduled marathon training seems downright absurd given your calling as a physician...

There may be moments when you really believe your original Master Blueprint of Life is torn & crashed & destroyed and that it was wrong & worthless...

Not matter what or who they are, Don't let them do this to you.

Don't let them break your plan and discipline and hard-earned momentum just like this.

Just set aside some time in the weekend, or go to bed 30mins later each day for one month, or even take a vacation, to really scrutinize your Blueprint and your mind. Eventually you'll find the adjustments that your original Blueprint might need are no big deal.

And you'll be glad you did discipline yourself to still go run the marathons.

Encounters in Oasis

The caravans come, the caravans go. People come from the horizon, then disappear to where they're from. You shared the laugters, your shared the tears. You sing the songs of desert, you carve a moon in souls. And tomorrow, you're off on the road alone.

Go north.

You left nothing behind, you expect nothing beyond. The wine in the sand, the moments euphoria flamed; the endless silver horizon, the ancient dancers' ghosts. Yesterdays buried in sandstorms, forever gone.

Go north.

When the wind brings back the scent, the stars picture the oasis.
You craft your heart to melodies, drift 'em in the memory of eternity.

LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD!!!

I've probably said this many times already, allow me to shout it out again: LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD!!!

On the path to making dreams come true, we refer to successful people as references. When we see people who made it big have background, or character, or beliefs, or choices made that are similar to ours, we felt so much more confident and convinced about our odds of getting there.

On the path to making dreams come true, we refer to successful people as models. We try to figure out what they believed, how they acted, so we can copy and get the same results.

But sometimes you just can't fit in and align with those role models that you studied. Over the years you explored and figured out and adjusted your values, your character, your models, your strengths, your goals & ultimate missions in life...and they simply don't jive with what you got from those proven people.

You're so unlike anyone of them. It's so frustrating, it's so unfair...

It's not. It simply means you have to stop copying those authorities and beat out your own path. It simply means you're destined to be a leading pioneer who opens up a whole new paranoma for others. It means you've got to stop looking back, stop finding comfort and confidence from other people's stories; you just have to trust your guts and charge forward.

Nobody can tell you what's like out there, nobody can show you a neatly sketched road map, not a single billionaire life coach can tell how far you can go. You're on your own, you got to paint your vision from scratch, you got to LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD, then try & experiment & find your own route, 'cause you are the chosen one. No one's ever been there.

You Are.

5-min Tango drill...

This post is about Focus and Consistency.

It's better to do a mere 5-min Tango practice for 3650 days in a row, then to participate in a one-week intensive workshop and put it away after 3 months of enthusiastic dancing.

If you're not living in an island alone, there're way too many things that can distract you from your plan, whatever it is. And these distractions make you feel busy and less guilty about giving up on your scheduled practice/study/whatever...

Then just make it a stressless 5-min daily practice, make yourself comfortable with the notion of effortless "daily commitment", watch the momentum built up by your consistency (and enjoy the sense of accomplishment)...

You will become unstoppable.