When TGIF is a lot more than "Thank God It's Friday"

Different people are trying to reach different achievement in life. And some debates or arguments have been brought up to the surface whether we have been firmed enough to reach the point that we're trying to reach.

Another questions appeared..

Have we built the proper pavement to the content of who we are, what we are?
And have all this effort led us to achive something better?

There are two major groups in the planet, those who build their own life, and those who build their life by building their surrounding. The satisfaction of doing something or do more, add more and give more to enrich something contributes fundamental differences between both groups.

But none is the better one, the development of life has to be balanced by different opinions and attitudes which driven us into creating and reaching better achievements every day.

Without ignorant people, we have no reason to educate people about compassion.

Without mediocre people, we have no reason to encourage people to believe in hope and excel their expectation upon their life.

Without hatred, we have reason to embrace people to recognise love as something that we share by caring and forgiving.

Without hunger and catastrophic events in life, we have no reason to hold others' hands to reach those in need and believe that we can actually make a different by giving.

Without goodbyes, we have no recollections of how acquaintances are precious in order to introduce us to different virtues of wisdom and understandings.

And

Without tears, we have no reason to the invention of happiness, we have no reason to smile, we have no reason to sing, we have no reason to rock a baby, we have no reason to actually stretch out our arms and lend our hands to wipe sadness and cure broken hearts and broken hopes.

GOD is extremely Great n Wonderful in making our life full of different things. And every act of love to life may not be an easy thing to do, but we all can start by doing simple things and do a little bit more with a sincere heart.
And shall GOD grants us the enlightenment of reaching things in our life as something more than our achievements which is the great happiness within when we encounter the virtue of contributions...

Have a wonderful end of the week to all my dearest family and friends...
And now, TGIF can stand more than "Thank's God It's Friday" it can also stands for:

* Thank's God I've Forgiven
* There's Great Internal Fulfillment
* Thank's God I've Found

And shall souls rejoice by the excitement to do more in life.

With Love,
Lisa Fransiska Sitompul
October 21st, 2011

Songs of Life

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How am I going to describe Pangeran Adil Sitompul?

A firm man?
Yeah... That's for sure...!
A man who loved his family?
No doubt about that!!
A man who always had the eagerness to learn?
Definitely Yes!
A man who cherished me so much?
Yippikaiye to that!!

One thing for sure...
After all said and done,
He was simply a man who became the existence of many great things, and I am included in the package!

But after missing him for more than 17 years, I had an amazing morning when my namboru drove me to work! It's not easy for a 72.y.o lady to drive that far.
I was singing and humming along the way until suddenly she said,
"U certainly are a happy chirping singing bird, and it has become ur trademark since u were a baby..."

I giggled and discovered that I was so thrilled this morning! Yesterday was my Namboru's birthday, and in my time alone, stuck in the middle of Jakarta's awful traffic jam, I was thinking about how time has passed while I was listening to God knows how many songs!
I got through those boring and agonizing moments by singing songs and remembrance of so many wonderful things in my life...

And now, I'm smiling..
With no doubt,
I'm Missing papa and mama so much!
But this missing feeling is so wonderful now...
Not a single tear dropped...
I only have happiness within...

I still have joyful memories of how I could climb trees when papa played golf...

I still have the great excitement of discovery when papa let me paint my own bedroom wall...

I have the wondrous cherished feeling when papa didn't got mad after he found out that I tapped the phone when I was just 13 (xixixi..the title of Miss Mission Impossible attached since...)

I have the most vehement flame to learn and expand by the feeling of new challenges upon this new day.

And somehow...
These great things have run through my veins like a flow of a great river each time I miss both of you, Pa.. Ma..

And songs are more than beautiful words attached to each other, knitted by wonderful tunes and colored by the harmony of amazing sounds of instruments!
Songs have been a wondrous source of energy, the album of so many wonderful things in life that I can enjoy, repeatedly...!!

"I wanna be where you are" (by. Jose Feliciano) Papa n Mama....
But "I was doing alright" (by. Diana Krall) for I have great memories of "My time with you" (by. Kina Granis & David Choi), yes both of you...!
And I will always have the strength to shout:
"GOOD MORNING HAPPINESS" (by. Neri per Caso)
And
I will "Spend my lifetime loving you" (by. Arie)
Keeping the "Home by the Sea" (by. Genesis) within me, and let the sound of shore be the enrichment of my life! The sound of new Hope and the thought of "We've only just begun" (by. The Carpenters) will always be my strength to move forward.
And with a simple "Kiss to build a dream on" (by. Louis Armstrong) to each new day of my life, I will always have the flame to love this life of mine a little bit more every day!

By this...
Please let me wish you the JOY, HOPE, and LOVE "All the way" (by. Frank Sinatra), and shall we all be the light to shine...
And Hopefully, I can give something to you all as you all have given so much to me..., for "You are my inspiration" (by. Chicago)

Have a full of blessing Thursday to all.
God blesses u all...

As always...with LOVE, and joy in the memory of
PANGERAN ADIL SITOMPUL
(March 25th, 1947 - October 20th, 1994)
A great man, a father of Lisa Fransiska Sitompul.

With very special gratitude, hugs and kisses to:
* My babies, Megumi Marsha Hutagaol, Frantino Matthew Hutagaol, Elijah, Maleachi Hutagaol, Anno,  Gabby, Sherly, Irani, George, Sherry, John Dalton, Naomi and my all beloved children in CBS. You all are my Great Virtues of love, joy and strength...!!
* Mi canto de la guarda, gratsie...le falto mucho, mi amor..
* My beloved baby sisters and brothers, Atek, Dan, Sarry and Candy.
* All my dearest uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces.
* My long life Best friend, Rosita Dewi, I love you babe!
* Mrs. Paskalina Alwidin, So blessed for u discovered me, ma'am, I love each time u embrace me...
* Ms. Melia, for a great friendship, love u, Baby Hyppo!!
* Ms. Uning, Ms. Siti, Ms. Tiu and Ms. Lucia, thank u for your guidance, love, and laughter..
* To All Fellow teachers of CBS, who embrace me with challenges and the spark of life each day.. Xie Xie!!
* To Emma .... Thank u for being such a great friend when I lost papa 17 years ago.. Eddlington Street and the streets of Melbourne were the witnesses of our great friendship!
* Bang Batara Sibarani, Si abang who drove me to the airport @5.am when I had to go home, 17 years ago.. U were and u are still my coolest Abang!!
* To Kak Ellis, Kak Poppy, mas Edi Sulistyo, Waaaa... No words to describe our moments of joy back in Melbourne!
* Bang Jimmy Ruru, the person that always reminds me to sing... miss you bang!!
* To all my dearest DomSav H87 friends, you all are GREAT!!
* To all my dearest friends, back in DomSav and LC... So proud to be a part of you...
* To all my dearest colleagues and friends, life wouldn't be the same without your presence, guys!!
* The last but not least.... To those who caused disappointments, agony, pain, and unfairness upon my life. I'm so glad u dropped by and blessed me with the ability to see things clearer, wiser, and stronger to reach and share grander things in life...!
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The verb 'be'

The Verb "Be"

General form:

The verb be takes on different forms in the present and past.

	Present	Past	Contraction
I	am	was	I’m
He	is	was	He’s
She	is	was	She’s
It	is	was	It’s
You	are	were	You’re
They	are	were	They’re
We	are	were	We’re

The verb be in  Simple Present Tense indicates existence, temporary condition or permanent status.

Examples:

It is really hot today.
Grady's not here right now.
Greg and Tim are engineers.
Trudy was sick yesterday.
Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean.

The base form is be, the past participle is been, and the -ing form is being.

I'll be back tomorrow.
He has been a doctor since 1998.
She is being nice today.

The base form is be, the past participle is been, and the -ing form is being.

Examples:

I'll be back tomorrow.
He has been a doctor since 1998.
She is being nice today.

The verb be is also used in progressive tenses, passives and prepositional collocations:

Progressive tenses

Examples:

He is writing a letter to his brother.
Jeff was cleaning the house this morning.
The Holleys have been living there since April.

Passive voice:

Examples:

The people were surprised by the news.
Craig was stopped by the policeman.

Prepositional collocations:

Examples:

Tracy is fond of chocolates.
Cassie is not afraid of snakes.
I'm interested in making money.

Morning Note - March 26th 2010

Life is worth a living, a day of crying session had ended, I never felt this happy before in my life. I can see that the ray of light has painted the eastern sky.. It's the sign of a new day, new hope and new beginnings..

I found a "One in a Million" man, for I guess, I am a "One in a Million" woman too.. And let God smile upon me, let the angels sing between the clouds for I have found him.. Even though I have to let him walk away from me, let this be a moment that I cherish as a 'Once in a Lifetime' opportunity and the revelation on what love truly is..

A bunch of dark clouds may cover my sky, or an awful cancer may come to me n take my life away, but no one or nothing can take the faith and love within me forever...For I will always have the faith that I deserve to receive n posses the light in my darkest nights n God's hand in the presence of the one that I love as the one I hold..

Have a wonderful day to all my dear friends and family...thank you for your love n support, kind of having the feeling that all of you had sent me a special prayer last night... I love you all..

Lisa Fransiska Sitompul

Who would imagine

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Who Would Imagine

by Lisa F Sitompul on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 at 22:05

I know I can't do anything to change the past as much as I have no recollection on what lays upon the future. But I know one thing for sure, I have a heart, big enough to know where to stand and when I have to synchronize what I feel inside my heart with what I have in mind, and surrender to the fact that the only thing to do is sit in silence, and believe that God will complete what I have started with dignity and one day, He will deliver me to His Glory.

Who would imagine what will happen tomorrow, we aren't wise enough to say to ourselves that we are dare to face all, both happiness and sadness. The moment u know that your heart is willing to try, just make sure that u actually ready for all possibilities, including the possibility to make the hardest decision or the possibility to get hurt. We all got hurt n cried once a while, but maybe today is the day to get rid of those negative thoughts n start your day with a winner mind set, for you were created by our the Greatest Creator. And I always believe that I’m precious enough to be loved by Him and by that reason; I knew it very well that he will never put me on a platform of humiliation by believing that I will always find my happiness at the end of every rainbow after terrible storms.

Everything happens for a reason, and I have the honour to look at the east side of the sky, wait for the sunrise, praise the Lord and make my simple wish for my babies, my family, my dearest friends, my students, my colleagues and some strangers that captured my attention. I have learned to communicate with my heart and the Lord by many simple unexpected things; I guess I’m blessed with the ability to see things differently in life, and sometimes, I have these amazing moments of finding courage to do something that I fear the most.

But, does everything really worth a try? What is the most important thing that you have to calculate the moment you’re willing to open your heart to options and new possibilities? Or, should you stay inside your secure zone and let things passed you by no matter what it is? We all didn’t come to the planet with the ability to run or do the things that we can do now. We were born as vulnerable beings, nothing much that we could do, we even had no ability to survive like other creatures at their earliest time of life. But, by God’s abundant love, we were surrounded by the people that cherished us so dearly, God also blessed us with the experience of falling down and hurt our knees the moment we were learning how to walk on our own feet.

I have learned that instead of having this Heavenly Wisdom, our God is also a very unique and humorous individual; He loves to make jokes just like us. In some points of my life, I think He’s having His own amusement by letting me twist my mind around and try to figure out what would I do and what decisions should I take. But then again, He’s a generous and kind God that never freeze our feet when He didn’t want us to walk to the path that He didn’t approve. He didn’t shut our lips when He didn’t want us to say things that didn’t please Him. He didn’t tell us when, where, who or why to obstacles that lays on our journye or; He also didn’t show us which way to lay our eyes when we really need to see this and that. He blessed us with this ‘Free will” to choose and use the heart, mind and soul that He had given to us as instruments to see things the way He does.

Yes, we all blessed with that abilities, we just didn’t realize it! We were too busy with our sadness; we were too occupied by our grief and sorrow, without acknowledging that God actually had poured the sensitivity to see things clearer and wiser. Sadness is the legacy of the past and regrets are the pain of memory. The only way to get rid of sadness is to throw away this legacy and receive God’s new promise and believe in what you feel deep in your heart. And stop regretting for things, this is the only way to let go the pain and avoid yourself from killing the great and happy memories in you!

Maybe you were sitting in tears, listening to someone saying things that hurt you so much; you might regretting your decision to open your heart to a person that never had the courage to tell you how much he/she needed you to stand right next to him/her; or you might trying to tell your self, ‘What on earth am I doing with this person? He didn’t even have the guts to see himself as a complete person to love me? He kept using the term that he’s not ‘good enough’ to close the door of possibilities that we might meant to each other!” Well, I can give you hundreds of other painful things just to complete the reasons for you to cry, but I also can tell you this, who would imagine if you didn’t do what you had done? Who would imagine how bitter you could be by the cause that you didn’t see the possibility to open your heart ever again? And Who would imagine how dark your life and nights if you didn’t have that painful conversation, the moment that you heard the rejection is the moment that you could learn that you are not a rejected object, and you are beautiful just being YOU!

You are deserved to be loved, cherished and adored for you were born as a lovable baby once, and yes, you are lovable until this very moment. Look at your own reflection in the mirror, and see the beautiful YOU in it, let there be sparkles of diamonds around your face, let there be a joyful sounds of angels the moment you sing the songs of hope, and most of all, let there be love and hope shines through your eyes. And with this moment of grace, let your heart receive the blessing of feeling good about yourself, and let this positive energy shines through out your life, and effect the people in your surroundings with a positive and heavenly way too, for you know how to do things with a great deal of love within YOU.

I wish you to always believe that even though you’re disappointed by human’s decisions and plans, you will always have the courage to see that God has greater, grander plans for you. And the only way to see and understand those plans is through keeping your courage to do things as best as you can as your contribution to love, life and the people around you.

Love to you all, God be with you, always...

Lisa Fransiska Sitompul
March 18th 2010

Another amazing day…March 3rd 2010

I woke up with swollen eyes this morning, for I was a bit worried about one of my cousin that I love so dearly. And the worrying session completed by a phone call that reminded me of some painful things that occurred in my life, years ago…

I was trying to finish one of my music score for my Junior High School students, but I couldn’t do or think of anything at all! And without any warning, I also couldn’t stop my tears, rolling down on my cheek. I couldn’t really tell anyone about it, I don’t really know how to express my sadness; I just got stressed out and sat in stillness. I tried to do something but I couldn’t! As an addition I also got this agonizing head ache from the moment I tried to get the news on my dearest cousin.

But the second I got the news, I was smiling and whispered, “Thank you Lord! Even though I have to wait for another 12 hours or so, but you’ve showed us your love n mercy by the chance to know that things had worked out according to our prayers..I believe in Your love n now... I can hold him in my mind, whispering my prayers to the angels to be with him by the grace of Your love, thank you my precious LORD!

But then again, I realized something; I was so worried because of what? My lack of trust in God’s love to me! And again, I was stunned, and what I have in mind is how am I going to express my apology to Him for I’ve doubted His Greatness and His amazing Love towards my family and I. But then I whispered again,

“Dear Lord, You are the owner of my life, I would cause You another pain if I live in regrets, You’ve always wanted me to stand tall again every time I fell down, You are the Lord of joy, and now, I can jump in joy n say.... "My sadness is not more than a legacy of the past...every second of my life is Your gift, the precious moment of learning and reveal so many secrets of life! And now I can say to me that I've learned my lesson n passed the moment of doubting the power of love n prayers.”

I never thought that I could go this far, I never had the picture of how beautiful my life is at the moment, I am surrounded by amazing people, loved by so many souls, and the most amazing thing is…, I still can be a young girl, for my family and my surroundings provide me with the treasure of youth within me! Einstein said once, darkness doesn’t exist, we recognized darkness by the lack of light, as much as cold also does not existed, for we recognized cold by the lack of heat.

So, we might have no ability to measure the light in our life without any knowledge of how would darkness looks alike, and the word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. We had to shed tears in order to cherish the laughter in our lives, we must witness the dark sky at dawn to actually have the ability to enjoy the beautiful ray of light that shine after that.

And for that, I will greet the rest of the day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and I will be born again. I will love the orange sky right before the sun sets to rest, I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit and pour me a joy and happiness. I will love the light for it shows me which way to go; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome courage, strength and all simple happiness in my life for it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due, the signature of the best thing that I had done to all my loved ones; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.

Thank you for to all my dear friends and family for their love and support, God be with you all…

Lisa Fransiska Sitompul
March 3rd 2010

Generated by

“What is the thing that actually generated by grace in our life?

Blessing?
Wealth?
Happiness?
Friendship?
Intelligence?
Awareness?
Love?

If I have to pick one answer, I would choose love, but does love generated by grace?

In my opinion, the only way to generate anything in us is by serving and one thing about serving, we need no school to know how to serve, we do not have to learn any certain knowledge to serve, but we do have to pay something in order to serve.

And again, there is no certain currency in the term of ‘pay something in order to serve’ for the only currency required is a heart full of grace, and the only way to have a heart full of grace is by

* recognizing each blessing that we receive in every second of our life,
* understanding that we all own the wealth to share anything we have with others,
* spreading the happiness by the simple things we have in us sincerely,
* cherishing the friendship that we have,
* realizing that our intelligence is one of God’s given instrument to see things clearer and
* sharpen our awareness to each other,

By these rich, full of gift reasons we came to the point where love takes a significant part of our life, we’ll be overwhelm by the fact that our soul is actually also generated by love too.

I wish you all to have a wonderful start of the month, full of courage, and the strength to believe that you do have the life that generated by grace and love… I love you, God be with you all…

Always, with love,
Lisa Fransiska Sitompul
March 1st 2010.