…The Hikers…
Weekend kemarin, tanggal 1-3 Juni, aku ikut beberapa kawan menikmati akhir pekan di cabin. Sebuah rumah kecil yang sederhana, berdinding kayu, tidak ada pasokan listrik, terletak di luar kota, dan menyatu dengan alam. Pada hari Sabtu, kami berjalan ke salah satu bukit yang sebagian tertutupi salju. Pengalaman pertamaku.
Ada beberapa insight yang terlintas ketika aku melewati rintangan-rintangan di perjalanan. Aku mau berbagi, sambil tentunya sedikit pamer foto-foto. *Foto yang kamu lihat, langsung dari kamera aku lhoo…* ^^
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Begin the journey enthusiasticly
Antusiasme ternyata sangat mempengaruhi persistensi aku dalam mencapai tujuan. Selain itu, antusiasme kawan-kawan di dalam tim pun sangat berpengaruh bagi pergerakan tim ini dalam mencapai tujuan.
To reach your goal, you need the "right people" together with you.
They are experienced hikers. They share the same desire about nature. They have the same goal, i.e. to reach the top. They support each other during the journey. And they celebrate the victory together.
The most difficult situation may not always be found close to the top.
This is something new to me. It is ashame that people fail just because they quit too early. Dalam beberapa hal, rintangan terberat malahan terletak di awal atau pertengahan dari suatu perjuangan. Maka pastikan Anda tidak menyerah terlalu awal.
It is helpful to have a guide
This was a steep hill. Maybe 40 or 45 degrees. For a person who never walked on the snow, it was difficult to make the right steps. I thought it was impossible. So what I did was stepping into each footprints that were by left someone in front of me. In Christian faith, Jesus walked in front of us. He already made the footprints for us. He is our guide.
When you reach the top, all pain is gone!
So it is helpful if you could always visualize "yourself on the top" during the journey. Jangan terkungkung oleh apa yang Anda rasakan selama menjalani proses. Ada sesuatu yang lebih besar menunggu di balik semua penderitaan dan pengorbanan Anda.
It is so joyful when I know that I am going back "home"
Doesn’t it sound like our lives? We will go "home" someday when we die. I think if people could manage this attitude, they would live their lives joyfully.
Perjalanan yang sangat menyenangkan dan penuh inspirasi. I almost missed that trip because of a struggle in my relationship. But yet, it inspired me to keep on moving even in the most difficult situation. This could be one last insight: Never let your moods or feelings control your life! You must control them instead.
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