Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
George Orwell
It has been 10 years ago, my last trip to the island of Gods, Bali. I couldn’t recall what happened during that time clearly but I could recall my first trip to Bali when I was five years old. I remembered when I played at the beach with my brother; I knew all stories about Tampak Siring and all the legend of temples in Bali. I fallen in love with Balinese dances and that was inspired me to let my daughters to learn Balinese dance since they were at the age of five. It seemed Bali has changed a lot during the past 10 years. I was amazed to see something that probably never changed in Balinese people’s life. They still love to pray, they still dedicate eighty percent of their time for praying and giving offerings to their Gods. They believe in karma and it leads their life from generation to generation. They accept good thing and bad thing as part of their karma.
It was a very simple message from the island of Gods. Life is more peaceful when we can accept what happens in our life because there is a reason, either we believe it is part of our Karma or God’s plan; it doesn’t matter as long as we can accept it easily.
In our life, it was so hard to accept our condition, because we think we don’t deserve bad thing happens in our life. Or we think bad condition as a curse or punishment from God. I think it is because the common concept that good life equals to good health, good fortune and prosperity. It is so difficult to just accept the condition that it is probably our Karma or God’s plan for our life. If we can easily accept everything is part of our life, we don’t need to envy other people fortune or even their misfortune in life. We can enjoy every situation as part of our blessing.
A young man said to me, “Life is a choice and life is hard” yes that is true. Life is a choice; we can choose to accept everything in a simple way.
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James
**Lina Kartasasmita** Jakarta, 6 August 2011, at 7.34 PM
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
My Relationship with God
A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.
Doris Lessing
It was lunch time, I was about to put a spoon of spaghetti into my mouth, when I heard my friend asked me, “Lina have you prayed before eating?” I was almost choked. I said,” Yes I did” then the other question came, “When? I didn’t see you closed your eyes and prayed”
I only can quote from Malcolm Boyd “By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way. “
It is rare for me to put myself in a right prayer position which people used to do. I have my own way to express my love and my gratitude toward God.
I am so sorry if I never kneel down on my knee to pray. It might irritate some people around me, as they know I am a Christian. They rarely see me praying in a right position which is standardized by believers. I am a very simple person and I have a very simple understanding about a relationship with God. I believe every breath I take; it is a prayer to God. I don’t need to close my eyes to see God, because God is in the eyes of my heart. I don’t have to take special time to talk with God, because I can do it anytime, any minutes and any seconds in my mind. There is no limitation in my mind to reach God.
I can see His love and His blessings in every single thing in my life. I can see His blessing in my spaghetti or my simple snacks. I can feel God’s appearance in many ways.
This is the way I express myself to God. I believe that God have a great acceptance which I hope everybody can see it through Him. Here I am. I don’t want to be a hypocrite. I know people will mislead with my point of view but I just know the relationship between human and God is a private matter.
An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
**Lina Kartasasmita** Jakarta, August 5, 2011 at 9.30 PM
Doris Lessing
It was lunch time, I was about to put a spoon of spaghetti into my mouth, when I heard my friend asked me, “Lina have you prayed before eating?” I was almost choked. I said,” Yes I did” then the other question came, “When? I didn’t see you closed your eyes and prayed”
I only can quote from Malcolm Boyd “By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way. “
It is rare for me to put myself in a right prayer position which people used to do. I have my own way to express my love and my gratitude toward God.
I am so sorry if I never kneel down on my knee to pray. It might irritate some people around me, as they know I am a Christian. They rarely see me praying in a right position which is standardized by believers. I am a very simple person and I have a very simple understanding about a relationship with God. I believe every breath I take; it is a prayer to God. I don’t need to close my eyes to see God, because God is in the eyes of my heart. I don’t have to take special time to talk with God, because I can do it anytime, any minutes and any seconds in my mind. There is no limitation in my mind to reach God.
I can see His love and His blessings in every single thing in my life. I can see His blessing in my spaghetti or my simple snacks. I can feel God’s appearance in many ways.
This is the way I express myself to God. I believe that God have a great acceptance which I hope everybody can see it through Him. Here I am. I don’t want to be a hypocrite. I know people will mislead with my point of view but I just know the relationship between human and God is a private matter.
An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
**Lina Kartasasmita** Jakarta, August 5, 2011 at 9.30 PM
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