A Mindful Journey of Yohana Meyrida Simamora

I just celebrated my 35. Meski "celebrated" terkesan exaggerating, but still happy birthday to me! 😋 😉 Di usia yang Tuhan berikan ini, (masih) banyak hadiah yang diberikanNya kepada kami yang kalau dihitung satu demi satu kayaknya jari-jemari ini enggak akan cukup menggambarkan bagaimana melimpahnya berkat Tuhan bagi kami.  Ada satu berkat yang membuat saya menggeleng-gelengkan kepala karena terpukau: watching my sons grow bigger, wiser, and tougher (AMEN ). Tingkah mereka memang sering membuat saya (bahkan kami, dalam konteks ini saya dan suami) agak sakit kepala, tapi tidak jarang juga berdecak kagum bangga. Ya sebandinglah ya! 😝😜 Jadi, mereka mulai berani mengeskpresikan ketidaksukaan/ketidaksetujuan mereka terhadap cara kami, perkataan kami, dan bahkan aturan kami. Berkompromi sih pasti. Tapi, kami apalagi saya pun masih duniawi dan sangat manusiawi bila emosi lebih sering terjadi daripada forum diskusi.  Berbekal ilmu parenting yang sangat dangkal yang hanya mengan...

I just do not know how to express my feelings when I started to write again. Tons of ideas are suddenly gone in a blink.  2023!  Wohoooo... What can I say? 30 days have passed in January, and what I have done so far?  I just believe that if I started it ( new year ) with a positive thinking & a positive attitude, I will finish it with a great result I want. I have applied it in 2022, and heaveeenly yeah! 2022 was a very amazing and a WOW year to us, esp. to me.  ( I am gonna write about 2022 in a different post.) Back to where I am right now. I am really trying to be a good version of myself, although God put me in an uncomforting place ( allow me to say that now I am living not in my comfort zone) and I am surrounded by people I barely have respect. For my own sanity, I simply summarized that this happens for a reason ( or many? ): God want to take me to another higher level which is I don't know yet where it will lead me to. People mostly will be excited when ...