(Flashback)
It's always interesting to look back at each point of our lives and observe our thoughts then, and observe our evolution.
I'm glad I wrote back then, 'cause today I can have a track record of my history and my self-discovery.
(As posted in my facebook notes)
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It's always interesting to look back at each point of our lives and observe our thoughts then, and observe our evolution.
I'm glad I wrote back then, 'cause today I can have a track record of my history and my self-discovery.
(As posted in my facebook notes)
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ABOUT ME ....
Ok, so here I am, It's Sunday night and I got 2 books to read by Tuesday,
in just one of my classes... The reading is killng me softly, yet the more I
read the more I crave for more ... I just wish I had more time...
Yet with the little, tiny-bitty time I have, I just felt like writing, actually I first felt like reading Obama's speeches, which pushed me to write ... to write about MOI:
I really enjoy meeting and interacting with people from myriad horizons... from the women back home in Cameroon, selling plantains on the streets, to university students, to high-ranked administrative people in the U.S or back home. It's wonderful to get to know people from diverse backgrounds and learning the most you can from people you cross paths with. In part, that's what Humanity is all about our consciousness and mindfulness of moments we share with people, and the reflections we gain from it!
I admire Candor, Eloquence and Ambition.
I admire great speakers and great writers. I respect Intellectuals.
I have the utmost respect for Barack Obama because he encompasses all the above: Candor, Eloquence and Ambition. (and he's so HOT! lol!)
I believe that in life you should always ask yourself "How can I be useful?", "How can I use all the talents God gave me to the maximum, for the good of others?" 'cause I hope you have already realized at your present age that "the world doesn't just revolve around you" and like Barack Obama says: "It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential."
I love variety and it's hard for me to stay in one place for too long. I get tired of places and faces very quickly. I hate monotony and routine, I'm always trying to "spice up my life".
I'm always fixing myself an objective in my life (or more or less, I try to); from major things like being an excellent lawyer who defends human rights and fight for the innocents one day, to minor ones like making sure I make up my bed each day of the week (which with the years is becoming a daily struggle!) No matter how small or big my goals and objectives are, I feel I need to fix them to keep on going... to have a focus point in my life.
I'm as schizophrenic a person as you'll find:
-I'm driven, outspoken and determined, yet I'm very poised, tolerant and sometimes indecisive.
-I'm a solitary person who loves abstract ideas and self-reflection, and always keeps her stuff organized, yet I'm a social butterfly, who loves "concretizing" her ideas and is extremely disorganized with plans!
That's me right there, as schizophrenic as you can get.
Of course, I'm a lot more complex than this, and I'm very far from being the perfect being (ask my best friends and siblings and they'll have lotttts of dirt about me).
but one thing is for sure: each day I thrive to be a better person, be more generous, more loving more empathetic. To be less impatient, less susceptible and less critical about people. To be understanding, broad minded, conscientious. To fight against indifference, self-sufficience and self-righteousness. It's a daily struggle to be a better person and to thrive to give the best in you everyday, it's kind of an impossible model of perfection. Yet the more you try, the more you challenge yourself to reach perfection, the more you will be perfected and would attain excellency.
I aspire to be as candid as Thomas Sankara, as eloquent as Barack Obama and as perseverant as Nelson Mandela.
And most of all, I yearn to understand myself more profoundly, 'cause Walter Lippmann said it best:
"Our greatest instrument for understanding the world—introspection . . . . The best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbor is to know ourselves."
Lots of Peace, Love, and Happiness.
Sincerely,
Olivia M.
Yet with the little, tiny-bitty time I have, I just felt like writing, actually I first felt like reading Obama's speeches, which pushed me to write ... to write about MOI:
I really enjoy meeting and interacting with people from myriad horizons... from the women back home in Cameroon, selling plantains on the streets, to university students, to high-ranked administrative people in the U.S or back home. It's wonderful to get to know people from diverse backgrounds and learning the most you can from people you cross paths with. In part, that's what Humanity is all about our consciousness and mindfulness of moments we share with people, and the reflections we gain from it!
I admire Candor, Eloquence and Ambition.
I admire great speakers and great writers. I respect Intellectuals.
I have the utmost respect for Barack Obama because he encompasses all the above: Candor, Eloquence and Ambition. (and he's so HOT! lol!)
I believe that in life you should always ask yourself "How can I be useful?", "How can I use all the talents God gave me to the maximum, for the good of others?" 'cause I hope you have already realized at your present age that "the world doesn't just revolve around you" and like Barack Obama says: "It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential."
I love variety and it's hard for me to stay in one place for too long. I get tired of places and faces very quickly. I hate monotony and routine, I'm always trying to "spice up my life".
I'm always fixing myself an objective in my life (or more or less, I try to); from major things like being an excellent lawyer who defends human rights and fight for the innocents one day, to minor ones like making sure I make up my bed each day of the week (which with the years is becoming a daily struggle!) No matter how small or big my goals and objectives are, I feel I need to fix them to keep on going... to have a focus point in my life.
I'm as schizophrenic a person as you'll find:
-I'm driven, outspoken and determined, yet I'm very poised, tolerant and sometimes indecisive.
-I'm a solitary person who loves abstract ideas and self-reflection, and always keeps her stuff organized, yet I'm a social butterfly, who loves "concretizing" her ideas and is extremely disorganized with plans!
That's me right there, as schizophrenic as you can get.
Of course, I'm a lot more complex than this, and I'm very far from being the perfect being (ask my best friends and siblings and they'll have lotttts of dirt about me).
but one thing is for sure: each day I thrive to be a better person, be more generous, more loving more empathetic. To be less impatient, less susceptible and less critical about people. To be understanding, broad minded, conscientious. To fight against indifference, self-sufficience and self-righteousness. It's a daily struggle to be a better person and to thrive to give the best in you everyday, it's kind of an impossible model of perfection. Yet the more you try, the more you challenge yourself to reach perfection, the more you will be perfected and would attain excellency.
I aspire to be as candid as Thomas Sankara, as eloquent as Barack Obama and as perseverant as Nelson Mandela.
And most of all, I yearn to understand myself more profoundly, 'cause Walter Lippmann said it best:
"Our greatest instrument for understanding the world—introspection . . . . The best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbor is to know ourselves."
Lots of Peace, Love, and Happiness.
Sincerely,
Olivia M.
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