The Car Analogy

Tonight was a rough night for me. I didn't sleep well and I got stomachache and was having a nightmare. -FYI, I have a so called 'sleep syndrome' that only allows me to sleep around 5 hours; if I sleep at 11PM then I'll be awake at 4AM. If I sleep at 9PM, then I'll wake up at around 2AM.- Somehow, this 5-hours-of-sleep syndrome attacks me often in the past a couple of months. This very morning, I woke up at 4AM. I guess it is quite early for a holiday. LOL

Well.. Personally for me, what best about this is that I may have some times to think about my life and have a reflection about it. I set short-term goals and determine the steps to achieve it. I remember my dreams and keep motivated. I also have some kind of reflection about the things from the past.

I would like to share the 'revelation' that I got this morning. Recently, I talked to a friend of mine. She tell me how she want to go to Paris (France). She said "I really want to go to Paris and the only possible reason my parents will allow me to go there is by continuing my study. I don't care about the major nor the university as long as I can live there." Well, that's what she said and now she is taking a French course. 

I have an analogy for you; suppose that this is not the best analogy. Is there any possible similarity between a person and a car?
Well, this is what I think....

Regarding to what my friend said (the above statements), I can classified it as a dream (her dream to live in Paris). Dream is the one that keeps you motivated in achieving certain purpose. It is similar with gasoline or the fuel of a car. The fuel is what makes the car able to move and gives the power to the engine to keep working. If you have a car without fuel, it won't transport you to your destination. The obligation or the pressure from your surrounding (parents, etc) might also be the fuel. However, the most effective one is the one that comes from within you; your dream.

The second point is the machine or the engine. Cars have some varieties of machine classification. There are the ones with 2000CC capacity, another ones have only 1300CC, but there are also the ones with bigger machine capacity like 6000CC. The machine of a car is similar with someone's effort. There are people that seem to be more focused and determined. They put 110% effort to achieve their goal, the others only do the things they have to do and overcome a standard result. Remember, the bigger engines need a more expensive (not a regular) fuel. It means to give your best of the best effort, it also needs an even bigger dream you could possibly think of.

The last one is the driver. Where do you want to go? How is your driver?
The milage of a car is depend on the synergy between the engine and the fuel, but the present of the driver is essential. If you have a great machine and fuel, but the driver has lack of driving skill then it's gonna be nothing. The driver analogize the prayer. Do not forget to pray because everything goes back to Him eventually.

In conclusion, sky is the limit of your dream. Dream high, work hard, and pray harder, then I believe nothing is impossible to achieve. The question are 'do you believe in yourself?' and 'how hard have you try?'

"If your dream doesn't scare you, then your dream is not big enough."

Hug & kiss,

Delicia