14.8.16

Paranoia

Tiga hari yang lalu aku mengirimkan pesan kepadanya. Lewat instant messaging yang ramai digunakan anak kuliahan jaman sekarang. Aku bukan anak kuliahan, dia juga bukan. Pesan itu langsung ia baca, langsung ia balas. Beberapa hari sebelumnya kami tidak saling bercerita. Bagaimana bisa? Dia sibuk dengan dua hal. Pekerjaannya, kemudian kekasihnya.

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Tidak seperti kisah-kisah kebanyakan, aku tidak mengenalnya dari media sosial yang harus di-swipe ke kanan atau ke kiri. Aku mengenalnya tidak sengaja. Seperti meminum air yang sudah diminum orang lain di undangan pernikahan karena diletakkan berdekatan dengan yang belum diminum. Sudah satu tahun aku mengenalnya. Dia tidak minum kopi dan tidak merokok. Aku sering mempertanyakan dalam hati bagaimana mungkin dia bertahan menghadapi peliknya dunia tiada maaf ini tanpa secangkir kopi mahal dan sekotak rokok menthol?

Seperti ketakutanku pada beberapa hal yang nonsense dan mengganggu, dia juga sesuatu yang ingin aku lewatkan. Beda dengan ketika aku masih sekolah SD atau SMP. Aku selalu takut banyak hal, tapi dengan mudah aku dapat melupakannya dan kembali menikmati hari-hariku. Semakin bertambahnya usiaku, semakin sulit bagiku untuk melupakan hal-hal yang ingin aku lupakan. Bukan karena ingatan yang bertambah intense, hanya saja childlike mindset untuk mengeksplor hal-hal baru jadi kurang terasah.

Setahun sudah aku berhasil untuk tidak terlalu memikirkannya. Pencapaian luar biasa itu rusak karena minggu lalu kami tidak sengaja bertemu di suatu tempat yang tidak begitu jauh dari kantorku. Tidak banyak hal yang spesial, tapi untuk pertama kalinya dalam setahun belakangan aku kembali merasakan rasa penasaran yang euphoric. Rasa yang menghantuiku kembali, tapi tidak ku lawan karena aku tahu itu akan hilang dengan sendirinya ketika waktu terus bergulir.

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Lucu rasanya duduk di rumah sendirian sambil mendengarkan rintik hujan di sore hari. Mengapa ketika orang menghilang dia tidak bawa sekalian perasaan yang disebabkannya? Aku duduk bersama paranoia-ku, sedikit rinduku, juga gumpalan keinginanku untuk bertanya. Tiga hari yang lalu ia mengajakku bertemu hari ini. Tidak ada cerita lebih lanjut mengenai hal ini. Aku beranjak ke dapur, menyeduh secangkir white tea, dan memaafkan kealpaannya.

Dear The Overthinkers

There are people who tends to think about everything.

The ones you can talk to for hours about almost everything; especially about life and their point of views, the ones who yearn for wisdom and life secrets. The ones who run their thoughts during commuting or spare times. The ones who find it hard to sit with quiet mind.

Sometimes, you will find those people witty, full of interesting criticism, fun to be with. But sometimes, you might also find them..tiring. Always in quest of something that is difficult to be assessed.

Yesterday, I spent my late afternoon with my best friend who also belonged to the thinkers. She told me once that one of her friend told her, "wow.. It would be so tiring to live a life like yours." That kinda struck me. One day before, my boyfriend said the thing that was quite similar to that. "I know you love to think about everything so much, but are you happy with that?". Those statements linked me back to a famous saying, your quality of life is only as good as your quality of thoughts. There is always the dark side of everything, including within these thinkers; when it is done too much,  it costs them perpetual bad mood or sorrow, sometimes it costs them low self-esteem, sometimes it costs them lack of being present.. they are consumed with their own thoughts, which sometimes are not always true.

I could not deny, I honestly have been through times how overthinking got me bad days. It stole my sanity and my joy. Reflecting on them statements, I vow to direct myself thinking about more useful things. Something comforting and empowering. To be more present and "not always looking forward to". To know when to stop when the rambling and ranting start to steal my present. To be calm and enjoy whatever life brings, without questioning so much.

Thinking is good, it shows that you pay attention and you care, but thinking without actually doing the right action will not bring anything, will not benefit you or your surrounding. Those thought will just whirl within and make you tired. I deeply believe that something good when it is done too much can cause damage. I don't suggest the thinkers to stop asking questions, I don't discourage myself to think, I suggest the overthinkers, like me, to live more fulfilling life through thinking good thoughts and doing real action. I believe God gives us the trait for some useful reasons, so let us use it wisely. Wisely means.. knowing what to keep and what to let go, in this case, letting go all of those obsessive harmful thoughts and be more happy inside out through doing real thing. To live happily and fruitful.

FPL

5.7.16

Thoughts on Forgiveness

Sembari menunggu berbuka puasa, saya mengambil laptop dan mulai mengetik di meja makan. Sebentar lagi malam takbiran, besok saatnya merayakan hari kemenangan bersama keluarga dan teman-teman tercinta.

Pertanyaannya, sudahkah kita memaafkan yang harus kita maafkan?


Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya berbincang dengan Ayah saya mengenai alasan-alasan mengapa orang sering kali menyakiti hati kita terlepas atas apa yang kita perbuat terhadap mereka.  Ketika menanyakan hal itu, mungkin juga saya lupa bahwa sebagai manusia, saya tidak mungkin lepas dari menyakiti hati orang lain. "Mereka sama sekali ga bermaksud menyakiti kamu, Nak.. Kadang, mereka cuma bingung". Mereka disini ga specially referring ke pihak mana-mana.

Beberapa hari yang lalu juga, pas banget momennya, memang saya sempet sedih banget karena ada teman yang saya luar biasa sayang tiba-tiba melakukan sesuatu yang ga saya sangka. Ga macem-macem banget sih, tapi bener-bener kena di hati saya sampai timbul pikiran, "kok bisa sih dia kayak gitu?". Mungkin juga sih itu cobaan puasa. Saya cuma tarik nafas dalam-dalam dan coba memahami keadaan dia, mungkin dia juga ga bermaksud menyakiti saya. Butuh waktu buat saya agar tidak reaktif dan menyalahi dia atas apa yang dia lakukan. Saya coba berkaca sejenak, saya pernah menyakiti hati orang yang seharusnya tidak saya sakiti tapi dia mau memaafkan saya dengan segala kekurangan saya. Hubungan kami memang tidak pernah kembali seperti sebelum saya menyakiti dia, tapi saya tahu dia berhasil move on dengan baik tanpa perlu melakukan sesuatu yang menyakiti balik hati saya, and I respect him for that.

Mungkin itu yang namanya memaafkan.

Dan memaafkan ini tidak bisa lepas dari yang namanya tenggang rasa, juga keikhlasan. Memaafkan bisa jadi hadiah yang paling baik yang bisa kita berikan kepada orang lain, tapi intinya, memaafkan adalah hadiah paling baik yang dapat kita berikan untuk diri kita sendiri because it saves us from a lot of anger and hatred we should never carry in our hearts.

Forgive because you should free yourself from those bad things, forgive because you can.
Insya Allah, sampai jumpa di tahun depan yang lebih baik, bulan maha indah, bulan maha suci, Ramadan. Selamat merayakan kemenangan beriringan maaf.

FPL

4.7.16

Sentimental

I met you when I had not listened to EDM. When all I listened to was brit rock, when all things I wore was pitch black, when all I drank to keep my sanity was coffee. You were the one who taught me how to smoke. Past is a very comfortable place though just like a comfort zone, nothing ever grows there.

So, when things around here get tiring, I'd love to see you smiling and.. maybe we can talk?

Dealing with Unhappiness & Some Love for Marcus Aurelius

I've been seeking for answers, why I did not feel happy and contented with everything. Why every single time I distracted that hollow feeling I would always end up more and more hollow? I lost my passion in life. I spent more and more time sleeping without feeling more energised afterwards. I skipped my hobbies, to do sports and to write. I kept myself in cycle that is safe and boring. Lacking of motivation, you name it. All I knew, I was not happy with my life, I did not feel so alive like I had ever been. They named it quarter life crisis. That sense of being stuck in jobs you don't like, friendship you don't want to have, to conclude, the life that you hate. That sense of not living your dreams because of some responsibilities around you. That thought that we're all mortals, that some day you will die boring without really living your life to the fullest simply because life is supposed to be like that.
Within my mind, it was all messed up and so dark. I was so worried about today and too afraid for tomorrow, that I would be just as unhappy as I was that day.. or I would never be happy again. The thing I dissed the most was, I always associated myself with my hopeful, possible, go-getter self. Where did she go? Why did she leave me with these dark clouds?

I was being so weary and dull for months and the only person I opened up to was my boyfriend and my dad. I always kept asking them the same question, why couldn't I be happy?
Then I surrendered. I realised I could not be like that forever and I was just so sick to feeling sick all the time.

I bumped into an article reciting Marcus Aurelius,

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

I try to sort things out.
I start with stopping doing things does not incline with my soul calling and I do things that feels right for me, I try to be more honest with myself; praying, spending time with people whom I love the most and who also can comfort me, challenging the negative thoughts with the good ones, not engaging in gossips and backbites, picking my circles right, and the most important thing is letting go. Letting go of things that burden and hurt me, letting go of fear, letting go of loved ones and friends who are no longer aligned with me. It takes courage but it has to be done. Just like finally getting back to my beloved Mac to write again.

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

And one more favorite excerpt from Marcus Aurelius;

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

Well, there are still days when I just want to curl up in my bed without really engaging with anyone,  feeling so tired of commuting and so on, but things are getting better, I feel a lot better.
Yes, it is arising from having a hopeful thought,
so please, never lose yours.


FPL

4.3.16

Calm The F* Down, Oh Hi 23

Incredibly late post it is, but still I am thankful beyond words for all blessings and wishes given. They meant a lot and I can't thank you enough how every wish brought me great joy and contentment.

First and foremost, thank God, The Almighty, for a wonderful birthday.
For a brand new age which comes along with loving moments from all family, best friends, and all loved ones -- sincerely I pray, along with it comes more and more and more years to earn better wisdom, to learn from great experiences and unlearn heartbreaks, to have calmer mind and calmer heart, to travel and see and feel better, to always be grateful for all prosperity and shared joy, to enjoy abundance in health, and to live better with love.

For more years to come & to live happily,
For His countless blessings, at any times, that verily succeeding in bringing me thicker faith.

Well, it's kinda difficult to be grow older, yet I'm deeply grateful for having my wisdom teeth removed.  That's another cue to be more mature, isn't it? Just like wine, let's get better with age.
Anyway, #TGIF.


Love,
FPL

1.2.16

Let's Get It On, 2016

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copied from Diana Rikasari's

Supposedly writing this post on New Year's Eve but the night was too festive and joyful that I came home feeling so sleepy then went straight to bed. Thank you 2015 for being one great journey full of adventures and for the first time, I really treasured traveling. For someone who works 9 to 5 and mostly spends the days in the city, traveling always feels relieving..and revealing. Revealing the other side of me who actually got that so called wander-lust.
Anyway, 2015 was one beautiful journey to learn. Travelled a lot, learned a lot, literally connecting with some of good people who offer another point of view of life. Losing my lovely aunt at the end of 2015 really got me thinking about the real purpose of life, and it was so difficult not to mourn since she was one of my favourite.
2015 also gave me sweet treats. I managed to keep the conversation with my ex's mom thru social media, which happens to brighten up my day. She is very lovely and warm, I really regret not talking much to her back then when I still went out with her son.

So, what's that in 2016?

  • Having thicker faith for every single good thing and stop questioning unnecessary questions
  • Taming my mood, be consistent
  • Staying healthy, sleeping properly, living life to the fullest with knowing wisely what to eat and what not to eat :) (I've stopped having instant noodles since November 2015)
  • Loving people more, judging less (yass, just like the pic above)
  • Saving saving saving
  • Preparing for my master degree scholarship (say hi to New York!!!)
  • Choosing positive vibe, less drama, more kindness & good thoughts
  • Working smarter, both in the office & in several projects I got..writing fiction? blog?
Happily stating that I got so much inspiration lately yet having less urge to write because of my tight schedule but anyway... let's start 2016, though it's February already, with a good heart and a thick faith.


Love,
FPL


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