When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to
achieve it.
It
was summer 2004, the first time for my daughters visited Epcot Center in
Disneyworld Florida. I was busy to tell them what to do in Epcot. I brought
them to the American Adventure and we would watch a group of people singing A
cappella American folk songs. I always
love music performance and I want to share with my children to appreciate music
and talents. My children and I had to wait for the music performance and
especially I didn’t want to miss it.
The
singers came and sang the songs that I knew very well. Thank you to my teacher
from Junior high school who taught me all the American folk songs. After the music
performance, the singers approached the audiences; they let the audiences to
take picture with them. We didn’t have a chance to take a picture with the
group, however I had a chance to talk with the leader of the group. He was
surprised when I told him that we came from Indonesia, and I was there in 1990
with Jozef my boyfriend at that moment, and now I brought my children to see
the memories of their mom and dad. Unexpectedly he wanted to give me a CD recording
of their songs. His friend made the CD, and definitely we couldn’t buy it
everywhere. He gave me the CD as a gift and it was only for me. It made my day.
Jozef
told me, how lucky I was to get the recordings and I loved all the songs. He
kept wondering how it could happen. I said, “Once in a life time it happened to
me”
It
was hard to believe that something nice happened to us just in a simple way. I
needed to learn to believe that everything could happen in our life. Back to 2007 I watched Nick Vujicic on TV,
the man without limbs with a great power of motivation. I told my husband that I had a wish to meet
him or to be able to see him in person. I used Nick Vujicic figure in my speech
project in 2008, and I kept saying I wished I could meet him. One day in December 2008, my daughter called
me from her school, “Mommy, my teacher asked whether you could help for my
school program. I said, “yes” for you. I
know you will love to meet this person; Nick Vujicic will be the speaker for people
with disabilities.” I called my husband right away, “Guess what? I will see
Nick Vujicic giving his speech tomorrow” My husband came back home and he
brought another news, “Nick Vujicic will give a speech at the church in our
complex too in the evening. I will take a picture for you” As the result I saw
Nick Vujicic twice in a day. What a wonderful day!
Sometimes
in life we just need to believe something good can happen in our life. I want to quote from Tom Hopkins “You begin by always
expecting good things to happen”. Let’s start a new day with good and positive
things in mind.
**Lina
Kartasasmita** Jakarta, January 7, 2013 at 4.51PM
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and
accomplish miracles.
