When You’re Feeling Down

One of my readers wants to know me when I’m feeling down. Yup….you got it my reader. Weeks ago, I felt so powerful, always in smile, so confidence and thought myself as a valuable person. But somehow, some situation can make it different, yeah…, the unexpected thing off course. Recently, I got it, painful, feeling useless, not as valuable as before, weak, even I think my future isn’t clear as others. More I think it, worsen I get, even I know about that. Honestly, it’s hard for me to clear my mind from that negative thinking. But, whatever it takes, I always have a choice, please remember it.

I ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE
WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE

Then, why don’t you pick a good choice, a better one. A must thing you have to do is stop thinking that you’re nothing, don’t have value to others, weak, useless and the others negative perceptions. Remember what you think when you feel so confidence, have a great value to others, having smile from others because they respect you and you are special.

Reborn

What do you feel when you see a baby? Personally, I just feel happy when I see them, moreover while they're sleeping or laughing. Their sincere face, cute smile and their sight that bring full of affection always make people happy to see and being close to them. Have you ever seen the sight of baby with full of hatred? I guess the answer is not. In fact, they have spirit comes from the same Creator, God, just like what we have now.

The great kindheartedness of baby or child makes them easy to give forgiveness, away from revenge and hatred. They also have openness to what the other say, so they can easily get knowledge that come to them. Let I tell you another child characteristics that also we have ever: honest, loving sincerely, fast learner, full of joy, brave to try new thing, persistent and away from suspicious feeling. Obviously, we all have the childhood and its characteristics, which means we are honest, we love each other sincerely, a fast learner and so on. But, where do those characteristics has gone from us now?

As we're growing becomes a mature human being, the hatred, revenge and other negative attitudes or expressions are also growing. Physic has thrown away our childhood characteristics and dominated our soul, so everything is counted by physical dimension. However physical dimension and soul dimension are different. We can not assess soul dimension with physical measurement. If we do so, then we can not understand the truly greatness of our soul. Don't let our physic take our soul if you don't want to lose your amazing soul.

Spiritual Needs

Term ‘Spiritual’ comes from ‘spirit’, ‘spiritus’ which means breathe or form of purely-made alcohol. That’s why spirituality could be represented as a something pure and it includes thought, feeling and our character. Spirituality doesn’t refer to some religion, although they are closely inter-related. Consequently, no matter what our religion is, moreover, the most important thing is who we (our spirit) are exactly.

Hierarchy of Needs, written by Abraham Maslow cited that every single person experiencing phase of needs includes:

1. Physiological Needs, e.g. clothing, food, resident, and biological needs.
2. Safety Needs, e.g. job (financial) security, free from pressure or other threatening situation.
3. Social Needs, e.g. friendship, family, interaction and affection.
4. Esteem Needs, e.g. prestige, status, honor and self-worth.
5. Self-actualization Needs, e.g. self fulfillment by maximizing self potential and giving influence to surrounding.

Based on those five needs, self-actualization is ranked at the highest position, and actually, that is our Spiritual needs. It will be fulfilled if and only if the physiological and psychological needs have been achieved.

According to Maslow statement, spiritual experience is a peak experience, the farthest reaches of human nature. Furthermore, he even state that spiritual experience has going beyond humanness, identity, self-actualization, and the like. Remember that actually we are spiritual being, like France philosopher, Teilhard de Chardin said, “we are not human beings having spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having human experiences.”