To my beautiful Fyka Laveera Aishah -
kecantikan dan kebijaksanaan itu seiring ok,
dan ingatlah kau mewakili wanita-wanita dari Saudi Arab
Champa, China, Melayu dan Indonesia
genetically
you only live once, so do it wisely,
buat betul-betul ok.
When I was 7, my mother read my a short poem:
“Only as high as I reach can I grow
Only as far as I seek can I go
Only as deep as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be”
She'd often mention the final line throughout my childhood whenever I'd talk of the bold things I wanted to do with my life by saying: "Only as much as you dream, can you be." Whenever I pursued something, she would tell me however strongly I believed in my dream determined if I would achieve it. And she stood behind those words with her parenting.
I remember I was 7 because it was that Summer that I asked my mom if my friend and I could pull out my mattresses into the back hard to use as mats. She nodded with a puzzled expression, and we began a ritual for afternoons that Summer, and even into the Fall: " Backyard Kungfu Theater."
We'd create massive battles choreographed with our martial arts techniques we "learned" from watching television. Once practiced, we would act them out with great flourish and panache for my mother, who always clapped at the end. She would ask, "What is the moral of this story?" So, I would elaborate on the reason and the reluctances, the righteousness or the regrets. She would clap again, and tell me how fascinating my imagination.
She catalyzed my future career as a fighter and a writer, as a teacher and a speaker, with her simple questions, and her constant reminders to reach high, go far, look deep, and dream big.
David Schwartz stated, "Attitudes mirror our mind. How we think shows through in how we act." My mother never encouraged me to fight for a living; neither did she ever try to stop me. However, asking me the moral within each battle I faced formed the foundation to all my actions in later life. Her repeated question became the filter with which I formed my own attitudes toward challenges. Today, I cannot help but view each challenge with the same attitude: what is the moral of the story?
You can define the value of each, as much as you dare dream. Whatever you're facing right now, emotionally, nutritionally, physically, relationally, vocationally, financially, even spiritually, you can ask yourself, and define the moral of the story you want to learn from it. Dream it large, hold that attitude through all of your choices, and you WILL find your way through to brighter, better days.
Very Respectfully,
Scott Sonnon
www.facebook.com/ScottSonnon
www.positiveatmosphere.com
“Only as high as I reach can I grow
Only as far as I seek can I go
Only as deep as I look can I see
Only as much as I dream can I be”
She'd often mention the final line throughout my childhood whenever I'd talk of the bold things I wanted to do with my life by saying: "Only as much as you dream, can you be." Whenever I pursued something, she would tell me however strongly I believed in my dream determined if I would achieve it. And she stood behind those words with her parenting.
I remember I was 7 because it was that Summer that I asked my mom if my friend and I could pull out my mattresses into the back hard to use as mats. She nodded with a puzzled expression, and we began a ritual for afternoons that Summer, and even into the Fall: " Backyard Kungfu Theater."
We'd create massive battles choreographed with our martial arts techniques we "learned" from watching television. Once practiced, we would act them out with great flourish and panache for my mother, who always clapped at the end. She would ask, "What is the moral of this story?" So, I would elaborate on the reason and the reluctances, the righteousness or the regrets. She would clap again, and tell me how fascinating my imagination.
She catalyzed my future career as a fighter and a writer, as a teacher and a speaker, with her simple questions, and her constant reminders to reach high, go far, look deep, and dream big.
David Schwartz stated, "Attitudes mirror our mind. How we think shows through in how we act." My mother never encouraged me to fight for a living; neither did she ever try to stop me. However, asking me the moral within each battle I faced formed the foundation to all my actions in later life. Her repeated question became the filter with which I formed my own attitudes toward challenges. Today, I cannot help but view each challenge with the same attitude: what is the moral of the story?
You can define the value of each, as much as you dare dream. Whatever you're facing right now, emotionally, nutritionally, physically, relationally, vocationally, financially, even spiritually, you can ask yourself, and define the moral of the story you want to learn from it. Dream it large, hold that attitude through all of your choices, and you WILL find your way through to brighter, better days.
Very Respectfully,
Scott Sonnon
www.facebook.com/ScottSonnon
www.positiveatmosphere.com
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