If I delay, success will become wed to another

“I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek rest. I will act now for now is all I have. Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now. Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place. I am the person.”

~Og Mandino (American Essayist and Psychologist, 1923-1996)

I have to recite this to myself every moment of every day so that I'll be focused and not be so easily swayed by transient escape.

This going after one's goals is a challenging ordeal that will shake you to your core. It is tiring and taxing to everything.

I don't know. It may very well be true that I am simply just a weak person that I easily get tired and demoralized. But hey, I haven't quit and I want to see this through to the end.

I'll see you guys at the top! Make sure you're there too ;)

The world is too big to be stuck in one place

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home ~William Hazlitt

I'm so jealous I could cry...

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Bloghopping has brought me to this. The blog owner is an old friend of mine, known her since primary school. She and her husband are photographers and before they went on to UK they have a photography service (all the details you can find on their blog). The pictures thay take are truly breathtaking, it makes me want to go to the places showcased in their pictures then and there. Alas, that is but a dream ~ :(

But looking at those beautiful pictures almost brought me to tears due to jealousy. It's not the green eyed monster-envy-I'm-gonna-get-there-someday but the more mellow oh-i-don't-think-I'll-ever-get-there kind of jealousy.

I am sadly an avid dream traveler. I like to travel but don't seem to get the chance to. I don't crave the constant adventure or the constant moving, but rather I want to see and feel the world in its entirety. I want to see beauty in every perspective. I want to stand in silence in the face of wonder. I want to drink it all in.

Someday when all the mess has settled maybe I can just pack up and go. But sometimes I fear it is going to be too late. However, fear has never gotten anybody anywhere worthwhile, so maybe the thing to do is to just do it and see what'll happen. I suspect that life has many things left in store for me ;)

Cool woman wisdom

Jennifer Cavalieri: You look stupid and rich.

Oliver Barrett IV: Well, what if I'm smart and poor?

Jennifer Cavalieri: *I'm* smart and poor.

Oliver Barrett IV: Well what makes you so smart?

Jennifer Cavalieri: I wouldn't go out for coffee with you that's what.

Oliver Barrett IV: Well what if I wasn't even gonna ask you to go out for coffee with me?

Jennifer Cavalieri: Well that's what makes you stupid.

~From movie, Love Story 1970

:) That's simple woman wisdom for you. The reasons we come out with for anything is truly fascinating and frustrating at the same time.

I wish I can come out with cool comebacks like that: malas lah asyik terkena saja kn? Haha