A Child At Heart

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     What's interesting about life is the fact that you are meant to go through a lot while you  are alive. You are not supposed to expect to live happily ever after all you life, that does not add up to anything in your life records. What makes your life worth the living and reading if you start to write it down, is the struggles and problems you go through while you live. It is from them you take all your strengths and it is from them that you learn to beauty of actual living. You experience patience, pain, silence, and faith all together and while you do, you start to grow into a wiser person. That is the case only if you believe that everything happens for a pretty good reason, and whatever good you do is not to expect anything in return, in fact you do it to live happy and to feel good about yourself. That is all.

     Never expect anything in return to whatever you do, if you do good then keep on doing it for nothing in return. On the contrary, avoid seeking harm and pain to the other people around you. If you think you can not say something nice, then don't speak at all. If you believe that you can not do something good to make it better then do not volunteer to make it worse. Keep it all to yourself unless it's something good that will contribute to making others happy. 

     I came to learn that everything happens for a reason, whether it's something we like or something we detest, if it's meant to be it will be regardless. I came to learn that a weak heart always wins, when a child starts to cry, feeling soft is not a bad thing. When a child that wants to be held is not held, you go and pick him/er up and hold them until their desire is satisfied, it is okay to do that. Sometimes an unexpected moment of silence is all that is needed. Children feel and understand even though they have not matured yet. They feel sad from time to time, they feel the urge to cry for no reason, that is okay. When they are in their ultimate point of joy is when I say "It is okay to be a child at heart". It is them tiny humans that show us the true meaning of life and teach us how to live and enjoy the moment. Let go of all the pain and guilt and hatred, be a child and live happily ever after.

     When you want to do something unexpectedly, then do it. Try to avoid thinking about what has not happened and you "think it might" happen in the future because there is no guarantee that the future will arrive. It is all about the moment, although hard to live by but it is worth a try. Force yourself to think about now and live now, when you catch yourself thinking about the future, then look back and stay in the now. Before you run out of the now.

They Were Right

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    Growing up, we were living with the thoughts that everything is really easy to do, it just needed a little courage from our side to achieve. However, little did we know about what it really took for all the elders around us to make life seem so simple and easy. Little did we know about the time they spent finding the easy solution for us, the most enjoyable one for us to understand, and the simplest act for us to stand up and talk... little did we really know indeed. They spent most of their time, usually days working on a project for us to dissolve it from that huge complicated one to the tiny one we saw was very easy to do. We thought when we grew up, we would easily find our way on our own, we would easily make it through, little did we know, indeed.

    It finally is true, what they used to say, once you grow up you will thank me, once you grow up you will learn and know what it takes. All it needed was to grow up, and we finally did, and what conclusion did we fall into: "They were right."

    If there's anything you want to be, anything you want to do, or anything you want to get, you will definitely have to work day and night to get to it, some say you have to give up sleep to get to where you want. Are they right? Is that true? Damn right it is.

    They used to make fun of all the dreams and ambitions you have, most of the time we heard people say "Dreams? They never come true.". Some people say they don't, other believe they do, but have they witnessed dreams come true? That, I am not sure about, but one thing's definite and for sure : I have seem dreams come true right before my very own eyes.  After that being witnessed, I had faith in dreams even more, because at some point if I crave my path towards my dreams, I will make them happen, and that is definite.

    Don't just sit there and dream all you want, sit there and dream all you want and work your way to get there, take that step that will be the breaking point between your courage and hesitance, and one day you will look back and pat yourself on the back for being courageous at least once in your life so far.

"열심히 해라"

Being Different

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    When you take a moment and think of what you are at the moment, so many thoughts come rushing down all at once. You think of where you stand and how you really got there, and most importantly, are you satisfied with where you stand? How you got there is a mere reason for discouragement and it doesn't really matter. How you got there, is the one secret you keep to yourself and share with no one else because it was you who experienced it all. Do bare in mind that "how you got there"  is like the key that only you make. We can all be working together, and we can all be working towards that one same goal, but we are never doing the same thing to get to it. That's the mere beauty of it all. It may sound a little odd, but it really is the best part of standing there.

    Taking the simplest example of being a writer, everyone writes these days. have it being perfectly written, or simply the worst you've ever written, everyone writes at some point. The question is, how do you really write? That's what makes a difference. It's quite funny and exciting when you think of it, we can all be graduates standing in one line, but then it all comes down to what you gave and what it took to be standing in that line. That's what being humans is all about. You could be identical twins and no one can literally tell you apart, but there is that black spot that will make you both different.

    Through the worst of times, the times when you're feeling like you've had enough with all the pressure and work, what gets you to enjoy that bitter-sweet moment is the thought that whatever is spent in that time will be a memory at some point worth laughing at. That's why you should find joy in the simplest and toughest of moments because regardless of how good or how awful they are, they will be a source of jokes and a source of sentimental feelings of achievements. 

A little effort would do

"If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.” Mitch Albom

    Over the past few weeks I've been keeping myself busy with all sorts of things. There's been a lot of reading for sure, writing, and many more. I've enrolled myself in a few online courses to broaden my knowledge in a few technological fields to keep myself updated and on the go for something new. This past week was supposed to be the very first week of work, however that had to be postponed for some confidential reason we should not worry about. Moving on.

    There are a few things that sometimes inspire me, impress me and shock me. What I'm going to write about in this post is surprisingly a mix of all three. There was this workshop about teamwork that I have decided to attend during this past week. The best parts about attending such workshops is the experience of sitting in an auditorium with a multi-major audience who's got so much to say and so much to argue about since everyone's literally got a different point of view. Some can agree, other can disagree, and others can simply negotiate in a friendly manner. Anyways, this workshop usually spans a 5 day period, yet it was narrowed down for a 4 hour session so that was understandable and quite beneficial. We were given the opportunity to dig in with the talk and ask whatever we wanted to ask. On my personal preference, I simply enjoyed listening for this time, and from that I came to learn a lot. I did not have much to say though as a participant because everything was being said by the speaker and agreed upon by the audience so that was great. The thing is about being part of an audience is that peaceful act of sitting back and listening to what the rest of the audience has to say, how they feel about what's being told and the fun part is, nodding to what you agree upon or simply saying " No that's not really it.". That's what I love doing at workshops of such kind.

    Anyways, right at the introduction, the speaker was introducing the topic in a very relatable manner since the audience was 99.9% college students. For that he really knew how to kick off his workshop really well. That's  when he started talking about GPAs. Everyone joined in with their experiences, thoughts and miseries. I never knew how GPAs were more like nightmares to everyone, though they never really mattered to me. How was that even possible? I never really thought of it, I just studied and whatever came out came, thankfully it was always satisfying.  The speaker was a certified trainer, an honour student and a very qualified speaker. What a grand mix, he was proud of who he was and where he stood, I bet it took a lot of hard work and sweat to stand on that stage,  I don't blame him because I know what it feels like to reach that moment after hard work. The process of reaching that goal is a private matter between you and yourself because no one really cares about it more than yourself, you should not bother and explain how you got there. It's part of the plan actually to keep the fruits of obstacles to yourself because you had your own way of overcoming them.  However, you do have the choice to share, but in the end you'd be thinking 'Why bother, let's just keep it to the final moment.'

    Throughout the introduction, GPA was a hot topic amongst the audience and everyone shared their thoughts. There was this one thought that drew me back and caused way too much tension and whispers in the audience. It was that one that took me aback for a second. The moment was centered around a Chemical Engineer student that basically hated what she was doing. She simply hated the fact that she has to do Chemical Engineering and just wants to get it over with and get a job. All she cared about was maintaining a GPA above 2.0 and getting ahold of her final bachelor's degree. Now I know what you must be thinking "Why? What made her speak up like this?" That's what I thought exactly, why bother spend the rest 5-6 years in misery just for the sake of a bachelor's degree? That's not going to buy you a job is it? That was simply the speaker's answer " Your degree is not going to secure you that job you always wanted" Yes you do have a bachelor's degree from one of the world's leading universities in the Middle East, but that doesn't mean you get a job because you might as well fail your first interview questions.

    What got me thinking was quite a lot. The speaker had the perfect reply to that one student "You're making the biggest mistake of your life, you won't secure a job like that." he said.

    "If I were you, I'd try to dig up and find the simplest acts that'll make me enjoy and love what I'm doing today" that was it, just like that, trying to find something that makes it worth the time and effort. This reflects on the fact that whatever time you spend in misery is not going to do you no good anyways so why not find productivity in that time span you spend?  That's split second you spend in anger and unworthiness will never come back, it turns to wasted time in basically nothing so why?

    This is very debatable but from a personal perspective I find it awful for people to live their lives that way, it's their life there's no doubt, but that's not the way it should be lived. Especially when you're given all that it takes to live it well and only a little effort is to be done on your behalf, then I don't think you have the right to nag really..it's just a waste of breath.

Laying it all out

Humans, in a sense tend to hold things in for sometime. Some can hold them in forever, others tolerate them for sometime and seek right person to vent to. The biggest fear is not being understood well and not being taken seriously. Somethings are inevitable, while other are simply avoidable, but if you were smart enough you'd know what to do because after all nothing matters, you are the one that makes the smallest/ biggest thing matter. 

From experience, it's quite difficult to find the right person to talk to and put everything you've been holding in out there , yet the right person has always been the closest one, or even the one you never thought would hear you out carefully and seriously. It's a changeable equation to most of us, sometimes the closest person is not the right one to hear you out, or at least not at the moment.

It's a matter of having someone who understands you and someone who can actually make you feel a lot better by just letting you lay it all out and hear what you have to say. Sometimes that's more than enough because as people keep accumulating all those feelings and troubles inside of them they get to the point where they just want to let it all out and feel good about doing so. They do not want to let it all out and feel terrible because that's not what they should be feeling in the aftermath. Again, it's a matter of what you want to do.

The best thing , however, is to be able to take action as soon as possible before it's too late. If you've got something to say, then do not keep it in because you never know if you'd be given the chance to actually ever say it. This leads to regret, one of life's worst feelings. The wisest choice is to say whatever you want to say at that moment, regardless of the situation, again you will 100% end up feeling great about yourself.

The bottom line is, it's a matter of choice again..but still that doesn't make us any different from each other in any way, it actually makes us all the same.

Thoughts in the void

From time to time things happen, and we go through some ordeals or shall I classify them as 'ups' & 'downs'. They are not always bad, but they are sometimes lesson teachers. It's the way life is, you go through something and you either pass the test and learn something valuable, or you fail and stay where you are.

People always said that if you are on the right track, or if you are doing well then others will try to bring you down. It's some sort of motto I guess, but it's true. They think you were born this way and it's the way you will carry on forever, but that's not the entire truth is it?

You were born just like any other in this world, the only difference is that you decided to plan your life and set goals, while they slacked off till it's too late. It's quite sad I must admit but it's the painful truth as they say.

The other day I was out and surrounded by basically the entire human race where I live and it was something I've never experienced before, but I'm really glad I did. Being surrounded by all these people with all the thoughts running in their heads, it was fascinating. Just imagine for a second if you were able to read people's thoughts and listen to their unspoken words, how awful will that be? Or won't it be awful? I surly will not be able to handle it that's for sure because I find it difficult to listen to a group of 3 people speaking at the same time..it's nerve-wrecking to be precise.

Anyways, it's already week 2 of the Spring semester and so far I feel a bit lost because my schedule is not very stable at the moment and it's driving me nuts, with all the senior meetings and the Dassault challenge meetings...I've got to get things written down and organised for the sake of it .

Halt

I just noticed that I haven't written a post in a while although I've got a lot going on that I wanted to write out here.

Let me start it off.

This week marks the beginning of the Spring semester of 2015. After a week of rest and mental stability, things had to get back on track and I had to get back and get my degree progressed. Although it's just the first week, I've experienced a lot of things that got me thinking and actually made me want to speak out..in some way.

Usually, just like in any other place around the world, students love to volunteer and they love to do extra curriculum tasks that are going to boot their social skills as well as strengthen their CVs. However, the problem I have been noticing for sometime is the fact that people can not get their eyes of their phone, nor pass an hour without checking their phones. What I'm trying to say is, it is 2015, the uproar of the digital world as they say but there has to be some sort of commitment and some sort o taking a few things seriously. We , as humans, we all have our own problems, our own lives, our own everything, but that doesn't mean we do not take our work seriously.

One of my elective professors impressed my the other day and just filled the void.

He was in class about 10 minutes before the lecture's scheduled time, and believe it or not he was empty handed and his pockets were empty. No cellphone and I think no wallet either. The only thing he brought with him to the lecture hall was the Syllabus, he printed it out and distributed it to all the students...I mean a professor who , more than us students, is super busy and has all these scheduled meetings preparations, responsibilities, life, problems..he just came empty handed.

What does that make us?

Regardless of who you are or what you have going on in your life, just remember that everything has it's period of time. Meaning if your here to learn, keep your cellphone away for that period and learn. And the lectures last for like what about an hour and 15 minutes or 2 hours max? What's the problem?

Just take things seriously and push yourself to discover your capabilities.

Early Morning

Early risers have always been the weird ones, how can they wake up so early..? 

Well that explains a lot, early risers are not really weird, they are just people that know the true meaning of "Never waste it if you get the chance".

Anyways, so for a morning change I've decided to change my place and start writing this blog somewhere i do not usually write in...I guess it's pretty effective and it feels pretty great. I think I can clearly say that I'm a person that goes for change whenever there's a chance for it.

Have a great day bloggers :)

A starting point

Sometimes all you need is a checkpoint to actually start. As the human beings we always are, we tend to procrastinate a lot. Procrastination always seems to get the best of us, however, to feel like you've accomplished something you should actually do something.

But will that make a difference? I mean we wake up having a to-do list already planned but in reality you surprisingly only get through half of it if you're lucky....like I said...procrastination gets the best of us.