Wholeheartedly Written.

As much as I wanted to keep someone in my life, I couldn’t. After going through a battle between my heart and my mind, I realized I had to let him go to protect myself. My mind tried to be logical, to remind me of what I deserve. But my heart still craved what it used to feel. It wanted what it wanted, even if it hurt me. But at the end of the day, I only have myself. And  that’s why I need to keep myself safe. Secure. Rooted in peace. Because the only way to get that kind of peace… is to remove the very thing that disrupts it.  You Don’t Unlove Someone. You Just Learn To Love Them Differently. I read that quote from Catherine Paiz (she used to have a family YouTube channel, but now she's focused on healing and just dropped her first book about her journey) .  She said something that is constantly stays in my mind.  And it’s true. You don’t just stop loving someone. But as time passes, the way you love them changes.  Not with longing. Not with desperation. But w...

I will never understand why, when a human knows something is always beside them no matter what, they tend to take it for granted. Regrettably, I'm not talking about "items." Items like when we take our phone for granted, pushing it to the limit by using it all the time until it overheats. And, of course, you don't feel sorry for your phone because you think it's normal to treat it that way, you know your phone will cool down and go back to normal, and you can use it again. But the most important reason why you don't feel sorry for your phone is because you know it will be fine at the end of the day and you know that it doesn't have feelings. Then why do people often fail to appreciate others, just as they sometimes fail to appreciate material possessions? Why do humans take others for granted after they know we will tolerate them, we will understand them, and we will forgive them eventually?  Have you ever pondered this as well? Sometimes we take our paren...

I've got a funny story yet meaningful to share about my cleansing oil getting confiscated by the airport staff in Thailand. So, a couple of weeks ago, I was traveling to Thailand-Malaysia and of course I brought along all my skincare products because my skin was not in the best condition due to redness and acne, so I was really relying on my trusted skincare routine. As I was getting ready to fly to Malaysia, I completely forgot about the liquid restrictions in Thailand. Apparently, you can't bring anything in a bottle larger than 100 ml. Long story short, my 200 ml cleansing oil got confiscated along with my lotions. I was unhappy because I had just bought the cleanser and hadn't even used half of it. I had no choice but to let it go. Despite feeling dissatisfied about the earlier encounter, I am still dedicated to finding a replacement for my beloved cleanser. Until I stumbled upon a milk cleanser from a local brand, I carefully checked the ingredients, and finally put it...

Konflik bersenjata atau perang adalah aktifitas yang berdampak destruktif dan negatif secara kolosal bagi banyak pihak selain yang berkonflik. Hal paling besar tentu adalah dampak hilangnya nyawa manusia warga sipil dan militer yang terus berguguran. Perang Rusia dan Ukraina misalnya, betapa besar dampak  kerusakan dan kerugian bagi kedua belah pihak, terutama Ukraina. Perang Israel dan Hamas, yang teranyar telah menelan hampir 40 ribu korban jiwa warga sipil Palestina.  Lantas, jika kita tarik ke dalam kacamata hukum, seperti apakah sudut pandangnya terhadap peristiwa perang? Menurut Pasal 2 yang termaktub dalam Piagam Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa, ada beberapa kondisi yang memperbolehkan suatu negara mendeklarasikan perang. Kondisi tersebut misalnya dalam hal pertahanan diri dari serangan bersenjata oleh negara lain.  Selain dari pasal 2 piagam PBB, ada pula asas Jus ad bellum yang secara harfiah berarti “Hak untuk berperang”. Karna bagaimanapun juga, banyak para ahli ber...

“The essence of life is to serve others and to do good” -Aristoteles. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see” -Mark Twain Have you ever heard of the Butterfly Effect? I came across this interesting concept recently and was wondering if you guys already know about it (maybe you have). It's a fascinating idea that explores how small actions can have a significant impact on the future. But, why is it called The butterfly effect?  So there was this weather guy called Edward Lorenz who figured out that a butterfly flapping its wings could eventually lead to a huge tornado weeks later. Crazy, right? It just goes to show that even small things can have a big impact down the line. I have experienced something called the butterfly effect, where a small action from me or someone else can have a significant impact on others. It brings me immense joy to know that my actions have caused a positive change in someone's life, big or small. This feeling inspire...

Have you ever had so much problem in your life? That you can’t think of how to solve it than to think of  “Why God gave me this so much life obstacles?” “Why me? “Why life is being so hard on me?” Let me gues, I think most of us are at least ever think like what I mentioned above twice in their entire life? Me too, me too. Sometimes when the college tasks getting out of my hand, and there were an essay competition that I wanted to join so much, but at the same time, there are so much things to do, got into a friendship drama or even love drama, college drama and then got into grade rivalry at class, I got scared my grade will be decreasing this semester. And everything seems to stressed me out. In this state of mind, I ever ponder to myself.. “why I have to be born to this cruel world?” “I think it’ll be great if I just be de*d” And so many more bad thoughts about life and why did God let me alive at this point.  After day by day passed, month and month. Those problems are som...