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Living A Life Without Regrets

August 16, 2009 //
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“Regrets for the things we did can we consoled over time, it is the things that we did not do which are inconsolable.”

-Sydney Smith-

This is one of the most powerful quotes I have ever heard. It gives me a lot of perspective, as it gives me a sense of  urgency. This quote reminds me of the inconsolable truth of how many people just squander off their life not doing things that they really want to.

I look around me and realise that this in fact happen to many other people around me.

I look at individuals not attempting to live life doing the things they love. Some just wander around, not knowing where they are going. Some are letting their dreams go by. I have met individuals who didn’t have the courage to say how other people mean to them. More often then not, I see many individuals at fault for being fearful. Most of them are so afraid to be vulnerable and really say their heart out.

It saddens me to know that many live and then die with their song still buried within them. I often remind myself to do the things I want, regardless of whether how afraid or painful the consequences might be.

I pray and hope that more individuals would be willing to go after those things which matters to them, without regreting about NOT doing it. For certain things, we only get one chance and after that, the chance will be gone.

Categories Thoughts

List Item 2: Go Bungee Jumping

August 14, 2009 //
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DONE !!!

Love the adrenalin. The video tells more than anything.

Trust me, is not as easy as just jumping off like that. I especially love the way Taupo Bungy puts it: ” Why live on the edge, when you can jump off ?”

Taupo Bungy

Taupo Bungy

My Certificate Of Courage

My Certificate Of Courage

I would definetely do it again. Try it too. You will not regret it, trust me.

Categories 101 List

Book Review: Ultra Marathon Man

August 12, 2009 //
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Book: Ultra Marathon ManUltramarathon Man

Author: Dean Karnazes

This is one of the best books I have read on sports. Dean Karnazes, known for his great feats in Ultra-marathoning, tells us how he picked up running as his form of creative expression and for his form of therapy.

Dean Karnazes is internationally recognised endurance athlete. I love how he explains in thorough detail what he goes through to his journey to be an ultra-marathoner. He tells about the emotions and hardships that he goes through during his runs. He talks about how he first started running as a teenager. How he experienced a 15 years hiatus from running. How he first participated in his ultra-marathon.

I especially love how he tell his journey during his first 100 mile race, called the Western States 100 Mile Race. I especially respect his guts, determination and persistance for attempting such runs. He tells about his feats of running the South Pole Marathon and the Death Valley Marathon ( a 200 mile race ).

This book explores the life of a great individual who treats running as his life. After reading his book, the urge to run was so great that I went out straight away to run. I love how he explains that he treats his running as a form of therapy. He tells how his running has brought his family together, and how he used it as a tool for reflection and solitude. How so many of those “inner chatter” arise within himself during those long and dwinding run.

I will always remember a part of the book when he says that he runs marathon as just practice run.

This is a book I recommend to all runners and sports lovers. It tells how great the human spirit is.

“The Human Body Has Limitations, The Human Spirit Is Boundless.”

Categories Book Review

Recovering From Grief: The Art Of Healing After Losing Someone

August 4, 2009 //
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Recently, I was ask my a friend to give her some advice on how to recover from grief. Her boyfriend has just lost his father and she wanted some advice on how do someone would recover after losing someone close.

I would admit that losing someone is one of the toughest experience to go through. The feeling of losing someone is something which would always linger in my mind, especially the feeling of seeing your first “death.”  Be it a family member, relative or friend; losing someone is a feeling which often shocks us, especially when this is the first one close to us who have passed away.Grief

I could not recommend how would someone help another who is grieving, but I guess I could give my advice to someone who is grieving.

  1. Accept that death is a natural process. Everyone dies. Period.
  2. Give yourself a period of time to grief. The period would be around 10 days or 2 weeks. During this period you could just cry or reflect or just anything. But after that period, you have to take charge of whatever situation you are in. Whatever emotional state you are in. Whether you are still unhappy or still can’t accept the lost, you have to continue your usual routine. Take charge of whatever emotional state you are in.
  3. DO NOT sweep away the feeling of sadness from the loss. One of the worst things to do when we lose our dearest people is to just get busy. We think that by getting busy it would be a solution. The fact is such: emotions that are being supressed would come back again to haunt you. If you do not accept that you are sad, you are just using your work to cover up. Read the rest of this entry »
Categories Emotions, Thoughts
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